Mark C. Fava is a career aviation lawyer and retired naval flight officer. He is a prolific writer and entertaining speaker. Mark retired from the Navy as a captain and commanded three units, including an aviation squadron. He has been a law firm partner and corporate executive lawyer. As a law school adjunct professor, he has also taught aviation law and legal writing.

Mark was the chief operations attorney at Delta Air Lines on 9/11 and spent years in the Navy’ P-3 Orion chasing Soviet submarines. He has practiced law for more than thirty years and is currently a vice president at the world’s largest aerospace company.

Mark’s first book Lessons from the Admiral, Naval Wisdom and Sea Stories for Leaderswas published in January of 2025 and is an Amazon Bestseller.

He lives in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and three daughters. 

Mark is a graduate of UNc - Chapel Hill and the University of South Carolina School of Law. 

When not working, reading, or writing, Mark enjoys life in the Lowcountry and appreciates a cold glass of sweet tea in the summer and a good oyster roast in the fall.