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AFFILIATIONS • Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer (2005)
<br />(SELECTED) • Minnesota Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics (2006, 2007)
<br />• American Arbitration Association - Construction and Commercial Arbitrator
<br />• Minnesota Legislative School Safety Task Force
<br />• American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry
<br />• Minnesota State Bar Association, Construction Law Section
<br />• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (Director; Founding Chair, Construction Law Committee)
<br />• Minnesota Construction Association
<br />• Council of School Attorneys, National and Minnesota School Boards Associations
<br />• Minnesota School Boards Association Disaster Response Team
<br />• Minnesota Association of School Business Officials
<br />• Building Owners and Management Association
<br />• Minnesota Self - Insurers Association
<br />• Minnesota Indoor Air Association (Director)
<br />• Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities (Chair)
<br />• Saint Paul RiverCentre Convention & Visitors Authority (Founding Co- Chair)
<br />AUTHOR • Partnering for School Safety, Minnesota School Boards Association Leadership Conference, Co -Chair
<br />& SPEAKER (2007); MSBA Journal (2007); U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug -Free Schools
<br />(SELECTED) School Security Officials and Safe School Center Directors Conference (2005)
<br />• School Security and Disaster Planning, National School Plant Managers Association Conference (2007);
<br />Tennessee Education Conference (2007)
<br />• Avoiding Building Design and Construction Problems, National School Plant Managers Association
<br />Conference (2007); National Business Institute (2007); Minnesota Association of School Maintenance
<br />Supervisors (2006)
<br />• The Betterment or Added Benefit Defense, Construction Lawyer (2006); American Bar Association
<br />Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Conference (New Orleans 2005)
<br />• School Safety and Violence Prevention in Minnesota, Minnesota School Boards Association Leadership
<br />Conference, Co -Chair (2006)
<br />• Digital Partnering With the Legal Profession, The Verdict (2006)
<br />• The Home Buyers Warranty Option in Minnesota, The Builder's Club (2006)
<br />• Construction Defect Claims in Minnesota, Lorman Education (2006)
<br />• How's Your Mechanical Project ?, Minnesota Association of School Business Officials Conference (2006)
<br />• Defense Perspectives on Education Law, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Conference (2006)
<br />• Digital Partnering for People With Developmental Disabilities (2006)
<br />• Managing the Imperfect Storm, Minnesota District Judges Association Conference (2006); Minnesota
<br />Indoor Air Association Conferences (2004 -2007)
<br />• The 25 Year Water Claim, Minnesota Defense (2005); HarrisMartin Mold (2005)
<br />• Joint Powers and Partnership Arrangements for School Districts, Minnesota School Boards Association
<br />Leadership Conference (2005)
<br />• Legal and Practical Approaches to Construction Contracting and Disaster Response, Minnesota
<br />Counties Insurance Trust Safety and Loss Control Workshop (2004); Minnesota Association of Townships
<br />Seminar (2004)
<br />• Summary, Minnesota Department of Education Health and Safety Policy, Minnesota School Boards
<br />Association Leadership Conference (2004)
<br />• Selecting and Using Experts in Mold Cases, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education (2003)
<br />• Environmental Issues for Schools: Mold, Lead, Toxic Building Sites, and Other Unmentionables,
<br />National School Boards Association Annual Conference (San Francisco 2003)
<br />• Construction Considerations in Mold Litigation: Investigation, Causation, Mitigation &
<br />Remediation, HarrisMartin Mold (2006); Minnesota Defense (2002,2003); American Conference Institute
<br />Conferences (Miami, New York, Toronto, San Francisco (Co- Chair) (2001, 2002)
<br />• The Owner's Role, Construction Contracting for Public Entities, Lorman Education (2002)
<br />• Proving the Mold Claim, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education (2002)
<br />• Mold: The Litigation Blossoms, An Advanced Course, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Seminar,
<br />Co -Chair (2002)
<br />• Indoor Air Quality, National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys Inquiry Journal
<br />(2001)
<br />• Mold in Buildings, The Legal Issues, Midwest Conference and Symposium on Indoor Air Quality (2001-
<br />2003)
<br />• Defense & Coverage Considerations in Construction Mold Cases, Northwest Claims Seminar (2000)
<br />• Pitfalls in Standard Construction Contracts, League of Minnesota Cities Loss Control Quarterly (2000)
<br />• AlA Contract Analysis (1998, 2002)
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