Construction Litigation Committee

Mission

The Construction Litigation Committee strives to bring together litigators who primarily practice construction law. The Committee sponsors programs on various topics at the Annual Meetings of the American Bar Association, the Section of Litigation, and the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. The Committee has also historically held its own separate programs, including most recently a joint program with the ADR Committee on Handling Complex Construction Disputes Using ADR in November 2005. At the present time, more than 2,300 members belong to the Committee, one of the fastest growing committees and currently the second largest substantive law committee within the Section of Litigation. In addition to its numerous presentations, the Committee has published three monographs: a fifty state survey on No Damages for Delay, a fifty state survey on the Economic Loss Doctrine, and a fifty state survey on the Statutes of Repose. All three of the monographs are in the process of being updated and supplemented. Quarterly, the Committee publishes its newsletter, CONTRUCT!, which includes scholarly articles on emerging and significant developments in the construction law field. It also gathers and regularly posts on this website case notes from the different states analyzing recent cases and statutory/regulatory changes coming out of the state and federal systems that have impact on the practice of construction litigation. The Committee offers its members varied opportunities to participate in the Committee activities ranging from opportunities to simply attend and network at its programs to the ability to substantively participate by writing case notes, articles for CONSTRUCT!, speaking opportunities and leadership roles as active subcommittee members and chairs.

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Involvement in our committee is a great way to keep your practice up-to-date and get more involved in the Section of Litigation. In addition to seeking contributions to our newsletter and website, we are looking for help with our subcommittees. If you think you might be interested in contributing an article, news & development, or case note; joining a subcommittee; or getting involved in leadership, please let us know.

Construction Litigation: Spring 2012 Newsletter

The latest edition of the Construction Litigation newsletter is now available.

Message from the Chairs

Welcome to the Construction Litigation Committee and thank you for visiting our webpage. We hope that you will check back often as we strive to keep it updated with timely news, committee activities, and recent construction-law case notes and updates.

The Construction Litigation Committee is a large and active part of the Section of Litigation and we are always looking to add new members. If you are not already a member of our committee, or if you would like to take a more active role, we welcome your involvement. We are an equal-opportunity committee and welcome participation by all of our members, including our young lawyers. Please get involved. We guarantee you will find it very rewarding. Additionally, recommendations by you to others in your firms or communities to join this committee are always appreciated.

Please join us at the Section Annual Conference in Washington D.C., April 18–20, 2012 at the JW Marriott. We have several events planned, including a dinner for all committee members. Please contact Drew or Ed  if you would like to attend. Additionally, we are cosponsoring a program on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims scheduled during the practice-group luncheon on Thursday, April 19 from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Chief Judge Emily Hewitt will be the keynote speaker for this excellent program. To attend the lunch, you will need to register for the Practice Area & Networking Discussion Luncheon Program for April 19.

The next issue of the committee e-newsletter is about to come out and will be posted on the website. If you have any article ideas for upcoming issues of Construct! please contact Dave Kurtz. If you would like your web-based articles linked to committee’s web site, please submit them directly to Patrick Greene. We are also always interested in ideas for future CLE programs, including distance CLEs and webinars. Please contact us with any ideas. We also have a wide array of subcommittees and are always seeking new members and new ideas. Please review our list and contact us to learn how to get involved.

We hope to see you in Washington D.C.

D. Andrew Williams
Ed Gentilcore
Chairs, Construction Litigation Committee

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