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| Practice Areas | Alternative Dispute Resolution; Complex Litigation; Copyrights; Construction Law; Architectural Law; Construction and Design Law; Construction Arbitration; Construction Claims; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Insurance; Construction Liability; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Contractors Liability; Materialmens Liens; Mechanics Liens; Public Construction Law | | | Education | University of Chicago, J.D., 1988, University of Illinois, B.A., with distinction in Sociology, magna cum laude, 1985 | | | Admitted | 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois | |
| Memberships | DuPage County and American (Member: Litigation Section; Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys; American Institute of Architects Northeast Illinois; American Institute of Architects Chicago Professional Affiliate (Professional Affiliate Director, American Institute of Architects Chicago, 1999-2001). | | | Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1964 | | | Biography | Author: Inside Indiana Business, "Green Ache(rs): Insuring Your Sustainable Construction Project", August 2008; AEPronet "Retention Deficit & Disorder: The Riddle In Document Retention Policies", March 2005; "Expunge Bob, Brown Pants: Defending Claims Without Your Star Witness," January 2005; "Where the Vellum Meets the Road: What is the Status of Copyright Protection of Plans Adopted into "Law"", with Jenee M. Straub, Construction Litigation Reporter, Thompson/West Publishing, October, 2005; "AIA Waivers of Subrogation Continue to Benefit Architects Even While the Facts Are Stretching the Analysis," Construction Litigation Reporter, Thompson/West Publishing, May, 1998; and many other articles available at http://aepronet.org/guest_essays.html. Presented: "Hairy Problems and the Chamber of Risk Management Secrets" with Karen Erger at the American Institute of Architects National Convention in May, 2008; "Risk Management For 'arrrrrr!'chitects:, Walking the Professional Liability Plank" at the American Institute of Architects National Convention, 2007; "Managing Risk: Three Spooky Case Studies of Architect Liability" at the American Institute of Architects National Convention, 2006; "Risk Management or Project Poker: Avoiding the Royal Flush" at the American Institute of Architects National Convention, May 2005; "When Bad Things Happen To Good Projects" at the AIA National Convention, 2004, all with Karen Erger; "Are You Lonesome Tonight? Construction Management as a Risk Management Tool" at the 2008 Structures Congress and CASE Risk Management Spring Convocation, Vancouver, British Columbia, April, 2008; "Public Construction Contracts," at Illinois Development and Finance conference, Chicago, Illinois, The Seminar Group, August 2006. Presented and moderated session on professional liability insurance policies for architects and engineers at Construction Insurance Symposium in St. Louis, jointly sponsored by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, September 20, 2007. Speaker: "AIA Contracts" Lorman Education Services, St. Louis, MO, July 2005 and July 2006; "Owner Contracts With Architects and Builders" with Williams Development, Ltd., Illinois Parks and Recreation Association Annual Conference, January 2006. | | | Reported Cases | Onsite Engineering & Management, Inc. v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc. et al., available at 2001 Ill. App. LEXIS 60 and 2001 WL 114266 (1st District, 2001); Intergovernmental Risk Management v. O'Donnell Wicklund, Pigozzi & Peterson Architects, Inc., 295 Ill. App. 3d 784, 692 N.E. 2d 739 (1st District, 1998); Ocean Atl. Woodland Corp. v. DRH Cambridge Homes, Inc., No. 02 C 2523, U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D., Ill., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26774, (September 27, 2002); Baker v. Indian Prairie Community Unit, Case No. 96 C 3927, U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D., Ill., 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17221, October 26, 1999; Beggerow v. Affiliated Ins. Consultants, No. 95 C 6677, U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D., Ill., 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5303, April 19, 1996. | | | ISLN | 903684864 | |
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