Kevin Meade to be Speaker at 1st Annual Intermountain Construction Defect & Dispute Conference

IRVINE, Calif. - Feb. 5, 2015 - PRLog -- Kevin will cover the topic of I-15 Construction Defect Overview (Summary of CA, NV and UT CD laws).  Kevin is the Managing Partner of the California office of The Amin Law Group, Ltd. (“TALG”).  TALG is a full-service business, risk management and construction law firm founded in 2005, with offices in California, Nevada and Texas, associated counsel in Louisiana and affiliated counsel in Florida and New York.  In 17 years of practice Kevin has represented hundreds of clients in all areas of litigation, focusing on complex litigation matters, including construction defect, insurance coverage, business disputes, class actions and environmental/bodily injury claims. Kevin regularly assists clients in identifying and developing risk transfer alternatives and utilizing alternative dispute resolution vehicles to efficiently resolve cases.  Kevin has represented numerous homebuilders, developers and general contractors in construction defect and insurance litigation, as well as subcontractors.  Kevin has successfully handled cases for his clients involving property and bodily injury claims with toxic mold in residential projects, copper pipe pinhole leak class action claims, and product liability stemming from foreign-made products.  Kevin has tried cases for his clients on both the defense and plaintiff side, has handled numerous multi-party arbitrations and mediations, prepared, argued and opposed significant law and motion filings, and has helped his clients with creating and implementing risk management plans.  Kevin has been a speaker at multiple conferences regarding construction related issues.  Kevin earned his bachelor’s degree from UCLA where he was a columnist at the Daily Bruin newspaper.  Kevin earned his law degree from The University of Utah College of Law where he was a William H. Leary Scholar and a Legal Writing & Research Teaching Assistant.  While Kevin is both a “Bruin” and a “Ute”, he is not a “Brute”.

The 1st Annual Intermountain Construction Defect & Dispute Conference will cover an array of topics relating to construction defects, construction insurance disputes, paralegal and  property management issues.  This conference will provide up to 6 CLE and CE credits for attorneys, paralegals, insurance personnel and property managers.

A sample of our speakers and topics:

Michael Wales and Eugene Peterson – The Art & Science of taking and preparing expert depositions

Rob McNealy – Federal Commercial Floor Inspection Law coming into effect.

Reed Pruyn – Creative Writing

Russell Brown – Defending GC, developer, design and sub in CD cases.

David Mefford – Construction Defects and water intrusion

Melissa Brumback, Darren Barker & Dean Vlahos—Panel discussion on Design Professional issues and future litigation

Craig Coburn— Mediation: Why cases don’t settle

Andrew Morse—Battle of the expert reports

Michael Stahler and Lance Locke—Construction Law update

Carma Harper – Streamlining Billing

Mark Brown—What constitutes an “occurrence” on multi-building projects

Kevin Meade - CA, NV, and UT Construction Law updates

Heather Allen - HIPPA compliance

Depreciation in Insurance Claims

CD Claims handling, templates, checklists, timelines, etc.

Top Insurance trends

Document management, and getting documents to your experts

The conference  will start with check-in and a continental breakfast at 7:00 a.m. followed by four hours of class prior to lunch and two hours after lunch. Lunch will also be provided and will include an awards program and a special guest speaker.

Cost will be $97 online prior to the event and $147 at the door.

For more complete conference and speaker information and to register go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/construction-defect-dispute-c...

The event will be hosted by Advise & Consult, Inc.  Advise & Consult, Inc. specializes in providing litigation support services, including expert witness, for a wide spectrum of residential and commercial construction defect resolution cases, insurance claim disputes, OSHA violations, estimates, insurance appraisals and umpire services, and construction injuries.