- Get a breakdown of key contractual components and contract negotiations
- Learn about the Professional Standard of Care and other liability issues
- Learn the importance of document ownership guidelines
- Learn how the prime agreement affects subconsultants
- Understand the consultant’s dilemma
- Get strategies for dispute resolution
Has your A/E firm ever been embroiled in a contract dispute? Have issues of liability, job site safety, document ownership, or prime and subcontract relationships affected one of your projects? Have you been forced to go through a long, drawn-out dispute resolution process?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes (and for that matter, even if it’s no), then this four-part ZweigWhite Virtual Seminar Recording is for you. The Law of the A/E Industry: An In-Depth Examination of Legal Issues Pertinent to A/E Professionals features two legal experts with more than 22 years of experience dealing with every variety of A/E guideline, regulation, contract, and dispute resolution. They will arm you with the knowledge necessary to avoid unnecessary hassles when it comes to addressing project-related legal issues at your A/E firm. There are no shortcuts when it comes to legal matters and any misstep can put the future of your firm in jeopardy. Make sure you are well-schooled and well-prepared on these issues and don’t miss out on this opportunity for relevant and critical legal advice.
The Law of the A/E Industry Virtual Seminar Recording contains a four-part audio and video presentation. Each CD-ROM comes complete with all presentation slides and presenter handouts.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
 Jonathan S. O’Donnell
Attorney-at-Law
MBV Law LLP
Jon is a trial attorney with more than 22 years of experience in real estate, construction, design, corporate and partnership dissolution, employment, business tort, and environmental litigation. He routinely advises clients on litigation avoidance, advocates creative approaches to dispute resolution, and has a business-oriented approach to problem solving.
Prior to joining MBV Law LLP, Jon was a partner of O’Donnell & Pia, a San Francisco civil litigation law firm, and was associated with Horwich & Warner, also in San Francisco. He has been retained as an expert by other attorneys, has served as a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Construction Industry Panel, and has taught numerous seminars on construction industry contracts.
Jon graduated from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law) in 1981. He received his B.A. with High Honors from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1977.
 Laura Terry Howard
Attorney-at-Law
MBV Law LLP
Laura’s practice is focused on assisting business clients with a wide range of legal needs, from addressing formation issues in the start-up phase, through developing and implementing an exit strategy. Her expertise includes general corporate counseling, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and ownership transition. Many of her clients are architects and engineers.
Laura is a graduate of Emory University (B.A., Russian Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude) and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law) in 1981, where she was a member of the California Law Review. Laura served on the board of directors for the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco and was a contributor to Architect’s Essentials of Ownership Transition. Prior to joining MBV Law LLP, Laura was a corporate associate with Brobeck, Phleger, & Harrison in San Francisco and was founder of Howard & Howard, a firm that specialized in business counseling and employment law.
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