Robert J. Smith Shareholder Legal practice is devoted to construction law, with an emphasis on advising public and private owners, contractors and design professionals on construction delivery systems, project risk assessment, and providing contract review and drafting services. A second emphasis is providing services as a dispute resolution neutral, primarily as an arbitrator, adjudicator, and dispute board member. In addition, Mr. Smith is a Civil Engineer and Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Industry Experience Tunnels, bridges and interchanges, light rail, heavy rail, airports, dams, water and wastewater treatment, high-tech manufacturing, refineries. Client Work - Advisor to a Fortune 100 Corporation for project risk assessment, project delivery systems, contracting strategies and complex contract drafting on a $500 million project
- Representation of a Fortune 100 Corporation in defending claims on a $500 million design-build project
- Contracts advisor to construction real estate department of a major property and casualty insurer
- Counsel to the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC)
- Chairman of over 40 dispute boards (domestic and international) with aggregate project value of over $6 billion
Publications/Presentations/Speaking/Recognitions - Al Mathews Award for Dispute Board Excellence (presented by Dispute Resolution Board Foundation)
- International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers (2005)
- Center for International Legal Studies, Vienna, Lecturer on Dispute Boards (2004)
Professional Affiliations - American Arbitration Association - Arbitrator, Member, National Construction Dispute Resolution Committee
- American Bar Association Forum on Construction - Past Division Chair
- American College of Construction Lawyers, elected to Board of Governors
- American Society of Civil Engineers - Fellow, Past Chair, International Activities Committee
- Serving as a member of the Construction Industry Institute Project Team 210, Contracting to Appropriately Allocate Risk
- Dispute Resolution Board Foundation - Co-Founder
- International Tunneling Association - Member, Working Group 3, Contractual Practices
- U. S. Representative to International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration Task Force on Dispute Boards
- Appointed to the list of Adjudicators approved by the President of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers
- Member, Presidents Panel of Approved Adjudicators, International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
Bar & Court Admissions U. S. Supreme Court (1978)
Wisconsin (1974)
District of Columbia (1987) Personal Interests - Married, five children, three grandchildren
- Co-founder of Wickwire Gavin's Madison Office (1983)
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