North America Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP - Law Firm of the Year - Construction Law H. James Wulfsberg - Lawyer of the Year - Construction Law
Address: 1901 Harrison Street, Suite 900 Oakland, CA 94612-3501 Direct line: 510.903.8826 Tel: 510.273.8780 Fax: 510.839.9104 Email: jwulfsberg@bwslaw.com Website: www.bwslaw.com
California, USA
H. James Wulfsberg Partner – Oakland
H. James Wulfsberg, Chair of Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP’s Construction Law Practice Group, is a nationally recognized expert in construction law. He has over 35 years’ experience in all phases of the construction process, including design, bid design, design-build, engineering procurement construction contracting, construction management at risk, and numerous public works projects. He has assisted EPC contractors, project owners, contractors, architects and engineers, construction managers, and developers in finding procurement and evaluation methodologies, developing all phases of the construction process documents, providing procurement documents, negotiating and drafting contracts, negotiating and administering contract claims, and developing claims avoidance and dispute resolution strategies and procedures. Mr. Wulfsberg has tried numerous cases to verdict including jury, court trials and arbitration proceedings, with matters exceeding $500 million in dispute. Mr. Wulfsberg has represented clients in mediation, arbitration and litigation. He has represented EPC contractors, public and private owners, architects, and engineers in a variety of major private-public works, and power process projects throughout the United States, Latin America and the Middle East.
Representative Matters
Presentations
• Water and Wastewater Facilities • Combined Cycle Power, Co-Generation Power and Petro-Chemical Facilities • Low Sulfer Diesel Refinery • Port Authority • Combined Cycle Co-Generation Power Facility • Latin American Natural Gas Liquids • European Wastewater Facility • Mexican LNG Facility • Middle East Power Facility • Airports Commission • Waste-to-Energy Projects • Local Sports Complex • Local School Districts • Owner-Developers High-Rise Office Buildings • Local County • International Engineering Procurement Contractor • Owners, Design Professionals, Construction Managers Insurers and Insureds
• Advocacy in Construction Disputes III: Bad Facts, Construction SuperConference, 2015
Recognitions
• United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, frequent lecturer
• BTI Client Services All Stars 2016 • The Legal 500 – 2016 • The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers – 2016 • The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers – 2016 • Northern California Super Lawyers – 2015 • Expert Guides, The Best of the Best USA – Construction – 2015 • Lawyers World Magazine – Leading Lawyers Award – 2014
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• Advocacy in Construction Disputes: Litigating Delay and Disruption Claims, Construction SuperConference, 2014 • Advocacy in Construction Disputes, Construction SuperConference, 2013 • All the Fun of P3S and Getting Paid Too: Payment Claims and Dispute Resolution on P3 Projects from the Contractor and Subcontractor Perspectives, American Bar Association Forum, 2013 • Managing Insurance Claims in a Claims-Made/Cost Inclusive World, Construction Litigation Superconference, 1990 • American Bar Association, frequent lecturer • Construction Litigation Superconference, frequent lecturer • New York University Continuing Education Program on Real Property, frequent lecturer
• Lorman Education Services, Construction Contracting for Public Entities, frequent lecturer • California County Counsels Association, Public Works Section, frequent lecturer
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