Contact Information

1901 Harrison St. 9th Floor

Oakland CA 94612

510.273.8780

lbeck@mhalaw.com

Practice Focus

Contracts

Construction

Procurement

Public Law

Linda R. Beck | Shareholder

Professional Experience

Linda focuses her practice on construction law issues for public agencies, including: selection of project delivery systems, preparing and negotiating contracts for design professionals, drafting bidding documents and contract administration procedures, resolving bid disputes, advice on payment/performance disputes during construction, project completion following contractor default or abandonment, claims mitigation and avoidance, and resolving claims.

The public construction projects Linda has worked on include water and waste water treatment plants, essential services facilities (police, fire and emergency operations facilities), civic structures (libraries, city halls, community centers), and engineering projects (storm drain systems, roads, bridges).

Representative Matters

City of Brentwood: Wastewater Treatment Plant, Lone Tree WayWidening Project.

California Public Employees Retirement Systems (CalPERS): R Street Project.

City of Davis: New Police Headquarters, 800 MHz Communications Systems Upgrade.

Eastern Contra Costa Transit District: New Administration/Vehicle Maintenance Building.

City of Fremont: Fremont Maintenance Center, Street Overlay Project.

City of Livermore: Zone 3 Reservoir Upgrades

Livermore Amador Valley Water Management Agency:

Export Pipeline Project.

Los Osos Community Services District: new waste water treatment system.

Marin County Department of Public Works: New Fire Station.

City of Pacifica: Pacifica Police Station, Sharp Park Wastewater Treatment Facility.

City of Paso Robles: Measure D Projects, Niblick Bridge expansion and retrofit.

City of Redwood City: Downtown Parking Facility, Ralston Overcrossing.

City of Rio Vista: New Wastewater Treatment Plant.

City of Saratoga: Library Expansion.

City of Sonoma: Fire Station.

Presentations/Publications

AB 573- Limitations on Design Professionals’ Indemnity Obligations (Contra Costa County City Attorneys Association, October, 2006)

Issues in Construction Law: Design-Build (League of California Cities Annual Conference, San Diego, California, September, 2006)

Advanced Construction Law (League of California Cities Annual Conference, Long Beach, California, September 2004).

Contracts and Contract Administration for Successful Public Construction Projects (MHA Seminar, September 2003).

Construction Management and Design-Build in California (Lorman Education Services, 2000, 2001, 2002).

Construction Law Practices and Procedures, Staff Training (City of Brentwood, 1999, 2004).

Recent Developments in Construction Law (Contra Costa County City Attorney Association, 2002).

Honors/Awards

1066 Award for Contributions to Scholarly Publications

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Admitted to Practice

State Bar of California, 1988

United States District Court, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California

Education

University of California,

Hastings College of the Law

J.D., 1988

Georgetown University

B.A., Government, 1981

Minor, History