This program is co-produced by the Alternative Dispute Resolution and Construction and Public Contract Law sections of the State Bar of Wisconsin

About the program

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• About the faculty

• About featured speakers Philip Bruner and Stanley Sklar

Help your clients keep construction projects on schedule with ADR

In construction, timing is everything. A delay in laying a foundation, for instance, affects all the other steps in the process. Even with the most careful planning and subcontracting, construction disputes can seem inevitable.

Attending the State Bar of Wisconsin’s advanced level construction ADR seminar will equip you with the latest methods of not only arbitrating disputes, but keeping them from slowing down the construction process.

Go beyond the basics
With alternate dispute resolution becoming firmly established in the construction industry, you can learn from experienced Wisconsin practitioners who have handled large and complex cases. This advanced seminar’s sessions include:

• Getting an arbitrator’s view of what’s important to winning cases
• Reviewing available ADR alternatives
• How the arbitrator can manage the process

Learn from experienced authorities
You’ll gain perspective from two keynote speakers as they provide their valuable overviews.

Philip L. Bruner is director of the Global Engineering and Construction Group of JAMS, the largest private ADR provider in the world, which specializes in mediating and arbitrating complex, multi-party, business/commercial cases. Prior to joining JAMS in January 2008, he practiced construction law for 43 years, the last 17 as senior partner at Faegre & Benson LLP. He is co-author of Bruner & O’Connor on Construction Law, a 7-volume, 7,000-page legal treatise regarded as the most authoritative ever written on American law governing construction.

Stanley P. Sklar accepted the position of executive director for Arbitration Studies with the DePaul University College of Law, Center for Dispute Resolution after retiring from the private practice of law. Sklar has over 35 years of experience specializing in real estate and construction representing owners, design professionals, lenders, contractors, subcontractors, and title insurance companies handling contract negotiations, construction claims, commercial lease disputes, and workouts. Stanley has been an adjunct professor of the Graduate Real Estate Program at John Marshall School of Law teaching Construction Law, and a Master Teacher at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He is also a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel for Large Complex Construction Cases and is a member of its National Construction Rules Dispute Committee.

Add to your practice toolkit
Register today and learn different options for using alternative dispute resolution tools to hammer out disputes and nail down a solid practice in this growing area of law.