Construction Law, Second

Allen Overcash practices law with Woods & Aitken, LLP, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association's Construction Arbitrator Master Panel, its Panel of Mediators, and its ICDR Panel of Arbitrators. He has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Construction Lawyers and the Governing Committee of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, and in 2002 he received the Forum's Cornerstone Award. He is currently an adjunct professor of construction law at the University of Nebraska Law College. 12/2008 Carol J. Patterson is a partner in the New York City office of Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP, where her practice is focused on construction law. She has represented clients in connection with a wide range of commercial, residential, arts, and infrastructure projects. She writes and speaks frequently on construction law issues. She has served as president of the Association of Real Estate Women in New York City. She is a member of the Governing Committee of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. 12/2008 Ross J. Altman is Senior Counsel with Laurie and Brennan LLP located in Chicago.  He represents clients in connection with projects located in the United States as well as overseas, ranging from commercial high-rises to industrial plants and infrastructure. Mr. Altman serves on the American Arbitration Association panel of construction industry arbitrators.  He is an adjunct law professor at the University of Miami School of Law (Real Property Development LLM program) and a Fellow in the American College of Construction Lawyers. Stephen A. Hess is a member of Sherman & Howard, LLC, where he practices construction law, business litigation, and Olympic and International sports law.  Mr. Hess is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Hess is an active author and editor in the fields of construction law, civil procedure, and evidence.  He has served as the Editor of the ABA's The Construction Lawyer and as the Editor of Thomson Reuter's Construction Briefings. He has been the editor of national construction law treatises, contributed many chapters to works on construction law, and published more than two dozen articles in national construction law publications.     Mr. Hess is the author of several books published by Thomson Reuters, including The Colorado Handbook on Courtroom Evidence, The Colorado Handbook on Civil Litigation, the two-volume Colorado Civil Rules Annotated, and seven chapters on litigation for Colorado Methods of Practice (for which series he also serves as the Editor-in-Chief).   He is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Denver College of Law, where he created and teaches the school's Construction Law Seminar. He received degrees from Franklin and Marshall College (B.A. 1982), Rice University (M.A. 1985) and University of Colorado School of Law (J.D. 1987).