Mr. Seibert has substantial experience in aviation. He began an aviation career in the military flying helicopters. During combat in Vietnam he received the Air Medal repeatedly during 527 combat hours. His military service continued as a flight instructor and then as an aviation safety officer in the North Carolina National Guard. He then expanded his aviation expertise throughout a variety of areas from FAR Part 135 commuter operations to service as an airline transport pilot flying the Boeing 737 with Piedmont Airlines.
As an Aerospace Engineer, Mr. Seibert worked in the area of finite element stress analysis using Fortran IV and SAP IV stress analysis. His work experience includes accident reconstruction and investigation.
Mr. Seibert brings to his law practice extensive experience from the business, military and aviation community. He continues to extend that association with his current clientele and is the area attorney for the Airplane Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). He maintains an active Civil and Criminal local practice in Superior and District Courts in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He served with the General Counsel for the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon and maintains his association with the Defense and Civilian community in the Aerospace industry at the forefront of technology.
Mr. Seibert has represented a substantial number of driving while impaired, criminal, and traffic offenses in the Wake County, North Carolina area over the past twenty years and his practice emphasizes this area of law in the local State District Courts.
Education
May 1986: Juris Doctor, N.C.C.U. School of Law
May 1977: B.S.E. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University
Graduated a member of Sigma Gamma Tau, National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering. Studied programming in FORTRAN IV and SAP IV. Minored in Electrical Engineering and Meteorology.
March 1973: Aviation Accident Prevention Course, U.S. Army.
March 1973: Advanced Math, NCSU Branch campus.
June 1971: Graduated from Flight School, U.S. Army.
August 1968–1970: Duke University, School of Engineering.
Professional Affiliations
N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers
N.C. Bar Association
Wake County Bar Association
Phi Delta Phi
Sigma Gamma Tau
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
National Association of Professional Engineers
Licenses
Attorney at Law: North Carolina, State and Federal Court
Airline Transport Pilot: Multi-Engine Land
Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single, Multi-Engine Land, Rotorcraft-Helicopter
Instrument – Airplane and Helicopter
E.I.T. April 1978 N.C. Board Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
N.A.U.I. – Scuba Diver
Water Safety Instructor Lifeguard
Red Cross CPR
Personal Background
Married to Robin M. Seibert; two daughters, Julie and Nikki.
Eagle Scout.
Languages
Studied French and Arabic.