California
Construction Law

It's Your Source for Complete Information & Answers to Your Construction Law Questions!

Why spend time and money going from seminar to seminar trying to get your questions answered when you can attend the most effective, valuable and complete construction law conference?

This program, led by renowned California attorneys Gordon Hunt and Laurence P. Lubka, will take an in-depth look at the legal safeguards that can help you avoid litigation. They will give you answers to your toughest questions on California construction law and will alert you to new developments in licensing, mechanics' liens, false claims, construction defect law and much more!

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New Project Delivery Methods
Design/Build
Agency Construction Management (CM)
CM at Risk
Multi-Prime
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
Collaborative Contracting

Arbitration, Mediation, Dispute Review Board

Breach of Contract by Owner
Types of Breach
Failure to Make Payments
Prompt Payment Statutes
Defective Plans and Specifications
Abandonment of Contractor
Damages For Breach
Breach of Contract by Contractor
Failure to Perform Work
Delay in Completion

Construction Claims
Types of Claims
Overview of Delay, Disruption and Acceleration Claims
Documentation of Claims
Scheduling and Accounting Analysis: How to Prove or Defend
Against a Delay, Disruption or Acceleration Claim
False Claims: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Scheduling and Proof of Delay Claims
Critical Path Method of Scheduling

Construction Insurance and Indemnity Issues
Types of Insurance
Why Understanding Insurance Issues Is So Important
Indemnity Clauses: Language Is Everything
Additional Insured Issues
Statutes of Limitation and Equitable Tolling

Dispute Forums
Court Actions
Arbitration and Judicial Reference
ADR, including Mediation

Statutory Remedies: Mechanics' Liens, Stop Notices and Bonds Rights on Private Works
Who is Entitled to Statutory Remedies
The Mechanic's Lien Remedy
The Stop Notice Remedy
The Bond Remedy
Procedural Steps to Enforce the Statutory Remedies
Defense to Statutory Remedies

Stop Notice and Bond Remedies on Public Works
The Stop Notice Remedy
The Bonds Remedy
Procedural Steps to Enforce Public Works Remedies

The Miller Act – Federal Public Works Remedies
The Bond Remedy
Procedure Steps to Enforce The Bond Remedy
Defenses

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Gordon Hunt is with the law firm of Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Lubka Darling & Mah, Inc. He is recognized in California and throughout the country as one of the leading construction law attorneys. Mr. Hunt has lectured for the University of California Continuing Education of the Bar on “Mechanic's Liens", “Claims on Public Works", “Construction Disputes", “Construction Law", “Construction Litigation", and other topics. He has also lectured for many bar associations including Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County and Beverly Hills Bar Association. Mr. Hunt has appeared in four cases before the California Supreme Court and five cases before the District Court of Appeal. Mr. Hunt has written hundreds of articles and seminar materials covering every major construction law issue, including, but not limited to, Mechanic's Liens, Stop Notices, bond claims, construction claims, licensing, bidding disputes, breach of contract by owner, breach of contract by contractor, strict liability, recovery for defective plans and specifications, public work disputes, design-build, calculating construction damages, critical path method scheduling, the Eichleay formula, claims avoidance and management for owners, representing the owner on construction projects, cardinal change, and many other construction law topics. He is the chief consultant for the Continuing Education of the Bar, University of California, “Mechanic's Liens and Related Construction Remedies", Third Edition 1998. He is the author of the CEB Action Guide Handling Mechanic's Liens and Related Remedies, fall 2000 and all predecessors. He is the co-author of California Construction Law, 16th Edition, published by Aspen Law & Business. He is the sole author of Construction Surety & Bonding Handbook, published by Aspen Law & Business. Mr. Hunt is an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association and an arbitrator for the State of California and the State Construction Arbitration Panel. He served as Chairman of the Real Property Section and Vice-Chairman of the Continuing Education of the Bar Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He served as Chairman of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Associated General Contractors of California. Mr. Hunt received his Bachelor Degree from U.C.L.A. and his J. D. degree from the University of Southern California. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law. Mr. Hunt was named as “Outstanding Real Estate Lawyer" by the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar in 2000 and as a “Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine from 2004 to 2010 and as “Best Lawyers In America" from 2006 to 2010 (in category Top 100 in Construction Law).

Laurence P. Lubka has represented owners, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in a wide range of disputes, representing clients as a trial attorney, in mediation, arbitration and court, with regard to commercial contracts, state and local contracts and federal government contracts. He has also drafted and negotiated a wide variety of construction related contracts, including design build contracts. As an attorney and as an arbitrator, Mr. Lubka has handled disputes from billion dollar power plant disputes to home defect claims. He was recently quoted in the Los Angeles Times with regard to a high profile case involving a sculpture created for Disney Hall. In his capacity as a trial attorney in both jury and bench trials and arbitrations, Mr. Lubka has developed substantial expertise in mediations, having participated in numerous mediations. In addition to addressing issues of contract claims, defect issues and claims for extra work and delay, Mr. Lubka has substantial experience in California public contract law, prevailing wage law, license law and bid protests and represents several public entities. In addition to his work as an attorney, Mr. Lubka has given hundreds of seminars and classes to lawyers, contractors, public entities and consultants. He has written numerous handbooks on these issues, ranging from mechanic's liens and stop notices, to prevailing wage, license law, change order claims, California public contract law, types of contracts (GMP, design build, etc.) and controlling contract risk. He has given seminars for Federal Publications, the Construction Management Association of America, PESI, the Western Council of Construction Consumes and Lorman Seminars. He is currently working on a book for West Publications regarding California Public Contract Law and an annotated California Public Contract Code. He has been named as a Superlawyer for 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the construction law category. Mr. Lubka graduated from George Washington University, National Law Center, 1980, Cum Laude and Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts, 1976. Mr. Lubka is a member of the state bars of California and Ohio, as well as the American Bar Association and is a member of various Federal courts, including the Court of Federal Claims. He has been a member of the Panel of Arbitrators, Construction and Government Contract Disputes, of the American Arbitration Association, and is a Fellow in the National Contract Management Association.

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CA Attorneys: PESI, LLC has been approved as a continuing education provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California, Office of Certification. This program will qualify for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of: Total Hours: 6.5 (of which the following hours will apply) 0.0 legal ethics, 0.0 elimination of bias in the legal profession, 0.0 prevention, detection and treatment of substance abuse. Provider Number: 2799. Bar number required. PESI certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.


CA Accountants/CPAs: This program has been designed to meet the rules and regulations of the State of California Board of Accountancy. The board recognizes sponsors listed on the National Registry (NASBA) as qualified providers. For course CPE information, please read the following NASBA statement.

PESI is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to NASBA, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.

In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, CPE credits have been granted based on a 50-minute hour

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of accounting
Advance Preparation: none
Instructional/delivery method: group-live
Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
Field of Study: Accounting
Maximum Recommended CPE: 8.0 credits *
Please refer to the information in the seminar brochure for outline, course content and objectives.

CA Engineers: Continuing education is nonmandatory for California engineers. You will receive a certificate verifying your attendance.

CA Architects: Continuing education is nonmandatory for California engineers. You will receive a certificate verifying your attendance.

Sureties, insurance professionals, lenders, real estate agents & construction professionals: Although this seminar may further your professional development, PESI is unable to offer credit for your profession at this time. You will receive a certificate verifying your attendance.

If your profession is not listed, please contact your board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. Many boards will approve this seminar based on other board approvals shown here. PESI, LLC, provides all attendees with documentation of attendance.

Featuring
Gordon Hunt & Laurence P. Lubka

• Mechanic's Liens
• Stop Notices/Bond Claims
• New Project Delivery Methods
• The Newest Forms on the Block: Arbitration, Mediation, & Dispute Review Board

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This seminar is designed for attorneys, accountants, engineers, sureties, insurance professionals, lenders, owners, contractors, construction managers, design professionals, subcontractors, material suppliers, presidents, vice-presidents, credit managers, controllers, project managers and architects.

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