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Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC - Shareholder

Attorney, Architect (inactive)

Shareholder / Associate, Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC, 2003-Present (and 1991-2002); Partner, Samples, Jennings, Ray & Gibbons, PLLC, 2002-2003.

Resolved hundreds of disputes, through litigation, arbitration or mediation involving: differing site conditions, lost efficiency, change orders, defects, delay claims, structure collapses, job site fatalities, lien and payment disputes.<br/><br/>Negotiated and drafted contracts for major construction projects, including: large automobile assembly plants, sophisticated chemical processing facilities, sports stadiums, corporate headquarters facilities, and solar arrays.<br/><br/>Provided legal advice to owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties, and design professionals.<br/><br/>Practiced as a Licensed Architect in Georgia<br/>Designed numerous projects, performed site inspections, familiar with construction means and methods, familiar with project design, budgeting and scheduling.

Served as mediator resolving dozens of cases involving defective construction (residential and commercial), water infiltration and mold (residential), payment disputes, punch list items, delay claims, HVAC issues, and equipment installation issues.

No "standard template" is appropriate for all mediations; instead, in each mediation I ask the attorneys for their views on what mediation procedures will be most effective. For example, opening sessions can be structured depending on the direction of parties and counsel (or dispensed with altogether). I often call counsel before and after submission of any materials to ask questions and seek insights on sensitive issues, anticipated sticking points, and gauging the parties' biases. In the event of an impasse, I have often used a mediator's proposal. If the dispute is not resolved, I continue to call counsel after the fact to see if I may assist in further negotiations. In some disputes, I have called many months after the mediation and been able to suggest other approaches that have resolved the dispute. I do not mind pestering the lawyers in order to encourage resolution.

University of Georgia School of Law (JD, magna cum laude – 1991); Georgia Institute of Technology (MS, Industrial Management – 1982, Georgia Tech's MBA degree); Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Architecture – 1981); Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, with honors – 1979).

Admitted to Bar: Georgia (1991), Tennessee (1991); U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Tennessee (1991), Northern District of Georgia (1991); U.S. Supreme Court (1995).

Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel, Founding Member<br/>Meritas, past Construction Section Chair <br/>Associated General Contractors of America, Committee on Construction Contracts<br/>ACE Mentor Program of Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia, past Board of Directors<br/>Tennessee Workforce Investment Board, Southeast Tennessee Development District<br/>Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee, past Board of Directors<br/>Associated General Contractors of Georgia, past member

AGC of East TN Webinar on Force Majeure Contract Provisions, "Force Majeure: Common Sense in Uncommon Times," 2020<br/><br/>Presented to the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel's Spring meeting, "Ideas About Real-Time ADR for Projects at Risk," 2020<br/><br/>Provided Insight on the Arbitration Process at the TBA 2020 Construction Law Forum, "The Arbitration Process – a Plenary Discussion of the Stages of Arbitration," 2020<br/><br/>Spoke at Construction Lawyers Society of America 2019 International Conference, "Ethical Issues in Addressing Design, 2019<br/><br/>Co-Presenter, ConsensusDocs Webinar for Associated General Contractors of America "Key Contracting Issues for Owner & Design Professional Agreements: Comparing Provisions in AIA & ConsensusDocs Contracts", 2015<br/><br/>Presented at the Tennessee Bar Association's Construction Law Seminar "Advocate's Perspective on Conducting an Arbitration Hearing", 2015<br/><br/>Co-Presenter for AIA/Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee "Prompt Pay Act and Lien Law:, 2014<br/><br/>Co-Presenter at the Associated General Contractors of Tennessee 2014 Annual Convention "Tennessee Construction Law Update" 2014<br/><br/>Co-Presenter, ConsensusDocs Webinar for Associated General Contractors of America "Key Contracting Issues for Owner & Design Professional Agreements: Comparing Provisions in AIA & ConsensusDocs Contracts", 2014<br/><br/>Presented at the Tennessee Bar Association's CLE program "Anatomy of a Construction Dispute from A to Z", 2014<br/><br/>Presented for Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee "Key BIM Contracting Issues Owner & Design Professional Agreements", 2013<br/><br/>Presenter for AIA/Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee "Prompt Pay Act and Lien Law", 2013<br/><br/>Co-Presenter for ConsensusDocs Webinar for Associated General Contractors of America "Key Contracting Issues for Owner & Design Professional Agreements: Comparing Provisions in AIA & ConsensusDocs Contracts", 2013<br/><br/>Presented at the Tennessee Bar Association's CLE program “What Every Lawyer Involved in a Construction Case Needs to Know About Construction but is Afraid to Ask", 2013<br/><br/>Co-Presenter for Lorman Education Services “Construction Lien Law Seminar”, 2012<br/><br/>Presented at Chambliss Real Estate Law Seminar "Legal Issues Affecting Real Estate Owners, Developers, Lenders and Professionals", 2011<br/><br/>Co-Presenter for the Tennessee Bar Association’s General Practice Summit on Construction Law, 2010<br/><br/>Co-Presenter to the Chattanooga Chapter of American Institute of Architects "Green/Sustainable Design Potential Liability Issues", 2010<br/><br/>Presented at the Tennessee Bar Association's Mediating and Arbitrating Construction Disputes Seminar "Preparing a Client (and yourself) for Mediation", 2010<br/><br/>Presented at the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel "Mock Construction Trial – Opening Statement Strategies and Expert Witness Examination Strategies", 2009<br/><br/>Co-Presenter for Lorman Education Services "Lien Law Concepts", 2009<br/><br/>Presented to the Chattanooga Chapter of American Institute of Architects "Comparison of AIA A201 & ConsensusDOCS200", 2008<br/><br/>Presented to Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel Prompt Pay Act and Lien Law Review "An Examination and Discussion of the 2007 Amendments", 2007<br/><br/>Presented to Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee and Chattanooga Chapter of American Institute of Architects " New Tennessee Retainage Statute", 2007<br/><br/>Presented for Lorman Education Services "Construction Delay Claims in Tennessee", 2006<br/><br/>Presented for Lorman Education Services "Change Orders in Tennessee", 2005

$375 Per Hour

English

United States of America

Chattanooga, TN

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