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Contact Information 500 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 916.325.4544
Practice Group Leader
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Robert O’Connor | Construction Mediator Professional ExperienceBob has been a construction lawyer for more than 34 years. He specializes in construction law and litigation and alternative dispute resolution of construction disputes. As an advocate, Bob has represented owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties, and design professionals in connection with a wide variety of public works and private construction projects. As an ADR provider, he focuses exclusively on the mediation and arbitration of construction disputes. He has been a speaker on various construction law and alternative dispute resolution topics for the California Continuing Education of the Bar, the American Arbitration Association, the Associated General Contractors of California, the Associated Builders and Contractors, and the County Counsels’ Association of California. Alternative Dispute Resolution QualificationsBob has been an active mediator and arbitrator of construction disputes for more than 15 years. He is a member of the panel of construction mediators of the American Arbitration Association and the AAA’s Large Complex Case Panel. He has completed the Association of Attorney Mediators’ mediator training program and various advanced arbitrator training programs sponsored by the American Arbitration Association. Representative Mediation ExperienceSuccessfully mediated multi-party construction claims and disputes arising from construction of school projects, including disputed change orders, delay and disruption, extended overhead, and prompt payment penalty claims and defective work and liquidated damages counterclaims. Successfully mediated differing site condition claim by contractor against city on sewer pipeline project. Successfully mediated extra work claims and defective work disputes between developer and prime contractor arising from private construction project. Successfully mediated disputes between surety for insolvent subcontractor, prime contractor, and prime contractor’s surety arising from construction of multi-story downtown parking garage, including disputes relating to project delays, alleged fraudulent misrepresentations, and alleged exoneration of bond. Successfully mediated claims by contractor against County arising from road improvement project. Successfully mediated claims by contractor against County arising from airport project. Successfully mediated disputes between drywall subcontractor and prime contractor arising from school construction project. Successfully mediated disputes between design professional and school district. Successfully mediated disputes between prime contractor and re-bar subcontractor arising from Caltrans bridge project. Successfully mediated fraud claim by fire protection subcontractor against prime contractor arising from construction project at Air Force base. Mediation PhilosophyBob confines his mediation practice to construction disputes, which is where he can truly bring his experience and expertise to bear during the mediation process. Three key points drive Bob’s approach to mediation: (1) respect for the ultimate right of the parties to control the process and the outcome; (2) willingness to provide realistic, direct and candid feedback to each of the parties regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their positions; and (3) recognition of the paramount importance of maintaining the confidentiality of the private caucusing process. ReferencesLee Perry Bardellini Bardellini, Straw, Cavin & Bupp LLP 2000 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 330 San Ramon, CA 94583 925 277-3580 Darrell F. Champion Damrell Nelson Schrimp Pallios Pacher & Silva 1601 I Street, Fifth Floor Modesto, CA 95354 209 526-3500 James D. Curran Wolkin Curran, LLP 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94111 415 982-9390 Eileen M. Diepenbrock Chris A. McCandless Diepenbrock Harrison 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1800 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 446-4469 John H. Dodds Office of County Counsel 700 H Street, #2650 Sacramento, CA 95814 916 874-5544 Patrick A. Gunn Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo 5776 Stoneridge Road, Suite 200 Pleasanton, CA 94558 925 227-9200 Janette G. Leonidou Leonidou & Rosin 777 Cuesta Drive, Suite 200 Mountain View, CA 94040 650 691-2888 Timothy L. McInerney McInerney & Dillon 1999 Harrison Street, #1700 Oakland, CA 94612 510 465-7100 William L. Porter Porter & Associates 7801 Folsom Blvd., Suite 350 Sacramento, CA 95826 916 381-2868 Michael W. Pott Porter Scott 350 University Avenue, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95825 916 929-1482 D. Michael Schoenfeld Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP 304 “S” Street Sacramento, CA 95811-6906 916 446-2300 Michael Willcoxon The DeSilva Group, Inc. 11555 Dublin Blvd., Suite 201 Dublin, CA 94568 9 25 803-4277
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MHALaw Search Admitted to PracticeState Bar of California, 1980 State Bar of Oregon, 1975 United States District Court, District of Oregon United States District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit United States Court of Federal Claims EducationUniversity of Oregon School of Law J.D., 1975 Comments Editor, Oregon Law Review Order of the Coif University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., with Highest Honors, History and Anthropology, 1972 Phi Beta Kappa |
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