Melissa Brumback to be Speaker at 1st Annual Intermountain Construction Defect & Dispute Conference

RALEIGH, N.C. - Feb. 5, 2015 - PRLog -- Melissa with participate in a panel discussion on Issues with Construction Defects and Design Professionals. Melissa is a litigation partner whose practice is focused on construction law and business disputes. She represents architects and engineers in construction related claims, including construction administration and management, plan defects, testing failure claims and delay claims. Melissa has represented design professionals in State and Federal courts as well as in binding arbitration. Her practice includes the defense of all sizes of claims, from residential homeowner cases to private commercial construction to multi-prime public construction projects.

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.