Michael Wales to be Speaker at 1st Annual Intermountain Construction Defect & Dispute Conference

TEMPE, Ariz. - Feb. 12, 2015 - PRLog -- Michael Wales is a partner in the general business litigation law firm of Carpenter Hazlewood Delgado and Bolen, PLC, with its main offices in Tempe, Arizona.  A 1991 graduate of Arizona State University College of Law and a  24-year litigator and former judge, Michael practices exclusively in the investigation, negotiation, and if necessary, litigation, of post-construction defect and defective building product claims for commercial building owners, municipalities, high-rise apartment owners and residential condominium associations.

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.