When: Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Where: Pines Manor, Edison, NJ
Accreditation: 6 CLE Credits plus 1 Ethics Credit pending
Special Guest! Former NY Giants Super Bowl XXV MVP Ottis ‘OJ’ Anderson!
Chaired by: Michael G. Serafino, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Lend Lease Americas and
Dennis A. Estis, Partner, Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP.
Executive Producer: Marc Goldberg, Veritext Legal Solutions
Prices: $295 per attorney in private practice; $650 for service providers; and complimentary for in-house counsel
Agenda
Project Delay Damages
Michael G. Serafino, Lend Lease Americas, conference chair & moderator
Gary Werner, Schenck Price
Mark Fleder, Connell Foley
Kelly Heuer, Navigant Consulting
- What are the Project Delay Damages and how are they proven?
- What is the proper role of Damage Experts and what kinds of documents will they need to prepare and testify?
- What are the difficult “items” of delay damages claims and how should they be approached for documentation and proof purposes?
- What other sources of information are useful to proving damages claims besides what your own client’s records contain?
- What is “Unabsorbed Overhead” and is it recoverable as part of Delay Damages Claims?
- Can “Profit” be recovered as part of Delay Damages?
- Against whom are Contractor’s Delay Damages Recoverable?
- What is the “Economic Loss Rule” and what does it have to do with Delay Damages?
Insurance Coverage Claims & Disputes
Carlton Spiller, Greenbaum Rowe, moderator
Adam Smith, Coughlin Duffy
Chris Carroll, Carroll McNulty
Deborah Masucci, Arbitrator
- Breach of contract claims and defenses.
- Contractual indemnity.
- Coverage for additional insureds.
- Trends in insurance coverage case law.
Construction Defect Litigation
Daniella Gordon, Gordon Law Firm, moderator
Lee Tesser, Tesser Cohen
Dennis Drasco, Lum, Drasco & Positan
Jonathan Dixon, Dixon Associates
Construction Contracts
Dennis Estis, Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, conference chair & moderator
Steve Charney, Peckar Abramson
Rick Lowe, Duane Morris
- Consensus documents vs AIA documents vs ASCE contract documents.
- What are the problems with them and what are the benefits.
- AIA documents past and future changes.
In-House Counsel Perspectives
Howard Uniman, Wolff Samson, moderator
Larry Leykam, General Counsel, The Epic Group
Janesa Urbano, General Counsel, Ernest Bock & Sons
Robbie Vargo, General Counsel, Turner Construction
- How do they select outside counsel?
- How much are they doing in house in terms of construction claims?
- What are they looking for?
- What kind of communication is there between in-house and outside counsel?
- What kind of billing arrangements are they doing these days?
- In-House Counsel’s approach to discovery and our coordination with outside counsel.
- The increasing role of E-Discovery and the toll it takes on cases.
Mediation/Arbitration
Robert J. MacPherson, Gibbons P.C., moderator
Hon. John Harper (ret.), Laufer, Dalena, Cadicinia, Jensen & Boyd
John Bickerman, Bickerman Dispute Resolution
Neil Eiseman, Goetz Fitzpatrick