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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) <br />