Mar 2022 – Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo · West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

• Full service law firm with 250+ attorneys dedicated to excellence.
• Construction Panel Member (Arbitrator) – AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION – Miami, FL 2014-Present

Nov 2009 – Apr 2017 · 7 yrs 5 mos

• Concentrating in construction and business related legal matters. Re-branded as AS-BUILT LAW to show an emphasis in construction law.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 · 0 mo · Coral Gables, FL

• Dragados is a subsidiary of ACS Grupo based in Madrid, Spain (the largest GC in the world at the time). Worked on projects ranging from $50 million to $1.8 billion. Worked on a $1.8 billion Public Private Partnership (PPP) project (public works project with private financing)($1.2 billion construction budget). Worked on Portugues Dam in Puerto Rico. Drafted joint ventures, subcontracts, and other construction contracts. Worked on bid protests, construction claims, and litigation planning.

Feb 2007 – Jul 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos · West Palm Beach, Florida Area

• VGI is a privately owned a conglomerate of construction, mining, and energy companies, including an ENR ranked general contractor. Prime contractor on projects as large as $105 million. Advised construction and energy divisions on legal issues. Created various contracts balancing key business risks with business practicality. Litigated in-house various legal disputes.

Jan 2002 – Jan 2007 · 5 yrs · Houston, TX and Philadelphia, PA

• Practiced in commercial law, real estate transactions, intellectual property, pharmaceutical litigation, zoning, trust litigation, probate, domestic relations and torts.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 · 1 yr · Houston, Texas, United States

• Hirsch Robinson (HR) was a 10 attorney law firm concentrating in civil litigation (the remnants of AV rated Hirsch, Robinson, Sheiness & Glover). Helped clients with defective construction, environmental contamination, flood damage, property tax dispute, product liability, auto accident, medical malpractice, and negligence cases.

Sep 1996 – May 2000 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Salt Lake City, UT

• The University of Utah is a fully accredited university with over 28,000 students. The college of law was a “tier 1” law school. Graduate Student studying law and business in joint Juris Doctor / Masters In Business Administration program. Graduated with a Juris Doctor and MBA in four years.
• Staff - WESTERN ENERGY BULLETIN (Law School Environmental Journal) - 1997-1999

Jan 1996 – Jan 1996 · 0 mo · Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

• Van Cott was Utah’s oldest law firm and second largest in Utah with about 65 attorneys. Performed legal research and drafted legal memos.

Jan 1995 – Jan 1996 · 1 yr · Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States

• MLA was an 105 person full service consulting engineering and surveying firm; MLA was the fastest growing consulting engineering firm in south Florida. Designed various land development and municipal projects. Prepared project permitting, changed zoning, performed traffic studies. Lead project engineer on 10,000 home neighborhood redevelopment project, at the time, the largest of redevelopment project in south Florida.

Jan 1994 – Jan 1995 · 1 yr · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

• WHS was a 65 person full service consulting engineering and surveying firm. WHS is now part of TetraTech with 9,000 people. Designed land development, municipal, roadway (FDOT), commuter train, and airport projects. www.tetratech.com

Jan 1993 – Jan 1993 · 0 mo · Kailua, Hawaii, United States

• Helped supervise major modification of a wastewater treatment plant. Summer 1993

Jan 1992 – Jan 1992 · 0 mo · Escondido, California, United States

• USPHS is a federal commissioned corp that provides engineering services to Native American Indians on reservations through the Indian Health Service. Designed waterways and sanitary systems. www.ihs.gov Summer 1992

Jan 1991 – Jan 1991 · 0 mo · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

• SOH was a 20 person engineering and surveying firm. Performed land surveying. www.samhirota.com

Sep 1990 – May 1994 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

• Rose is one of the nation’s top undergraduate engineering, science and mathematics colleges. Studied Civil Engineering with an area of concentration in environmental and water resources.
• Acknowledged in Engineer Textbook, Hwang and Houghtalen, "Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering System." 3rd Ed. Prentice Hall