FN-715 MN-715 LN-715, Esq.
Attorney; Colonel, US Army Reserve (ret.)
Beverly Hills, California
Kamine Law P.C. – Shareholder
Attorney; Colonel, US Army Reserve (ret.)
Shareholder, Kamine Law P.C. (and predecessor firms), 1976 – Present; Associate, Shapiro & Maguire, 1974 – 1976; Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Department of Law, 1972 – 1974; Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, 1969 – 1972.
Over 55 years of experience as a civil trial lawyer, the last 50 years specializing in construction industry disputes. 95% of practice is in construction law, primarily helping contractors, sureties, and owners avoid and resolve disputes on public and private projects. Projects range from custom homes to commercial and school buildings to major pipelines and sewage treatment plants; the majority of the projects involve state and local government infrastructure improvements. Most cases involve breach of contract claims (e.g., extra work, differing site conditions, change orders, delays, acceleration, disruption), bid protests, enforcement of stop payment notices, claims against payment bonds, or foreclosures of mechanic's liens. From 1983 to 2014, member of the Greenbook Committee that publishes the STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION.
Mediated over 100 construction disputes, mostly between contractors and owners (including public agencies), or contractors and subcontractors, with a few involving design professionals. Appointed to five public agency dispute review boards.
Issues have included breaches of contract (including contract interpretation, extra work, backcharges, differing site conditions, delay, acceleration, disruption, and liquidated damages), some construction defects, and some design professional negligence.
Never give up. Work closely with counsel for the parties.
Have conducted many mediations by Zoom.
Harvard University (JD-1968); University of Denver (BA-1965). US Army Command and General Staff College (1984); US Air Force Air War College (1989); National Defense University (Reserve Components National Security Course-1998).
Admitted to the Bar: Colorado (1969), California (1969); U.S. District Court: Central District of California (1969); U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1969); U.S. Court of Military Appeals (1987); U.S. Supreme Court (1973).
American Bar Association; California State Bar (Calendar Coordinating Committee, Past Chair; Past Conference of Delegates); California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Legal Forms (Subcommittee that drafted form interrogatories, Past Chair); Los Angeles County Bar Association (Real Property Section, Construction Law Subsection, Past Chair; Superior Courts Committee, Past Chair); The Beavers; Construction Lawyers Society of America (Charter Fellow; co-recipient of 2023 Edward P. Meyerson Lifetime Achievement Award), Engineering Contractors' Association; Southern California Contractors Association; Construction Lawyers Study Group, LA.
PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION MANUAL - A LEGAL GUIDE FOR CALIFORNIA, BNi Building News, 1996; over 100 construction law articles in the ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE (since 1984) and LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL (since 1989); co-author, "MCLE Self-study: Staying on Top of Construction Law Deadlines," 16 CALIFORNIA LAWYER, no. 5, 64, 1996; co-author, "Who is the 'Contractor' that Civil Code Section 3097(b) Exempts from Giving a Preliminary 20-Day Notice?," 10 CAL. REAL PROPERTY J., no. l, 45, 1992; co-author, "Chapter 22. Construction Contracts," 2 CALIFORNIA FORMS OF JURY INSTRUCTION, Matthew Bender, 1985; consultant, "Chapter 3. Claims on Public Works," CALIFORNIA MECHANICS' LIENS AND OTHER REMEDIES, 2nd ed., California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1988; "Frivolous Appeals," 47 CALIFORNIA STATE BAR JOURNAL 306, 1972; "The First 5 Minutes of an Oral Civil Deposition," 18 THE PRACTICAL LAWYER, no. 3, 45, 1972. Speaker at numerous seminars and presentations for legal audiences and construction industry audiences, including programs sponsored by the California Continuing Education of the Bar, various State Bar of California sections, various Los Angeles County Bar Association sections, the American Arbitration Association, the Associated General Contractors of California, the Engineering Contractors' Association, the American Construction Inspectors Association, Construction Management Association of America, Western Council of Construction Consumers, BNi Building News Seminars, Law Seminars International, and National Business Institute, Inc.
Travel within Los Angeles County.
$420 Per Hour
English
United States of America
Beverly Hills, CA
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