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Austin Office Managing Shareholder and Firm Management Committee Member

Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 750 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today's legal and business challenges. From a partnership of four Philadelphia attorneys in 1904, the firm has grown to be among the 100 largest in the world. Duane Morris'a lawyers now work out of offices in North America, Europe and Asia to address clients'a issues around the globe. See the Harvard Business Schoolas second case study of the firm titled aCollaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector.a Throughout all the growth, Duane Morris always has been guided by the same principle. At the heart of the firm is a partnership, an agreement to work together in the pursuit of its clients'a goals. Under the leadership of the firm's founders, and the influence of past and present chairmen, Duane Morris has embraced a culture of inclusiveness, congeniality and consensus building that is rare among law firms.

Partner in the Austin, Texas office at Duane Morris, LLP. More than 27 years of practice experience includes litigating numerous complex construction and environmental matters, negotiation and drafting construction and design contracts, serving as in-house counsel for an international A/E firm, and working on issues concerning the practice of architecture, engineering, and project construction in all 50 states, Mexico and South America. In addition to construction law matters, I handle administrative matters related to the construction and design industry, as well as environmental and commercial litigation. Specialties: Construction Litigation and Contracts, Professional Liability Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Litigation