THE Construction Contracts Book

Carrie Lynn H. Okizaki is a partner in Schiff Hardin LLP's Construction Law Group. Ms. Okizaki currently concentrates her practice in advising owners, developers, general contractors, and design professionals in a variety of commercial and litigation matters, including multifaceted, complex disputes involving delays, disruption, and losses of efficiency; breaches of contracts for performance, scope of work, and payment; and multiparty insurance coverage issues. In her transactional practice, she represents owners, architect/engineers, contractors, and energy clients in creating and negotiating contract forms (consulting services, materials, and professional services), as well as project-specific contracts (engineering, procurement, and construction/multi-prime/design-build) for large projects. Ms. Okizaki received her B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1996 and her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2000, where she was a casenote and comment editor for the University of Colorado Law Review. 2008 David A. Scotti practices in the areas of construction law and complex commercial litigation. For the past 35 years, he has concentrated his practice in the area of construction law; which includes construction litigation, construction contracts and project counseling. Mr. Scotti has represented owners, developers, architects, engineers, EPC contractors, general contractors and subcontractors on a wide variety of construction projects including power plants, steel plants, dams, bridges, roads, aerial tramways, hospitals, prisons, sports stadiums, schools, churches, office buildings, public housing, mixed-use developments, etc. He has represented clients regarding both domestic and international disputes in federal and state trial and appellate courts, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Pennsylvania Board of Claims, the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Scotti has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts and in providing project counseling regarding dispute avoidance. Mr. Scotti has served on the Governing Committee of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry and is presently chairman of the Forum’s Publication Committee.  He has also served as chairman of the Contract Documents Division and has twice served on the Steering Committee of the Contract Documents Division.  He has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association since 1990 and as a mediator since 1994.