Resume

Experience

Mediator/Arbitrator/Expert

Quatman ADR, LLC
Kansas City, Missouri; 2021-present

Sr. Vice President and General Counsel

Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri; 2008-2021

Attorney (Shareholder)

Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri; 1989-2008

Attorney (Associate)

Hartigan & Yanda, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri; 1984-1989

Architect-Intern

Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK Sports, now Populous)
Kansas City, Missouri; 1984

Legal Intern (Summer)

The American Institute of Architects
Contract Documents Program
Washington, D.C.; 1983

Architect-Intern

Devine Architects, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri; 1981-1983

Architect-Intern (Summer)

Devine James Labinski Myers Architects, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri; 1979 & 1980

Project Administrator (Summer)

Owens-Corning Fiberglas; Power & Process Division
Lenexa, Kansas; 1978

Qualifications

Professional Licensure

  • Registered Architect, Missouri, 1986

  • Admitted to the Missouri Bar, 1984

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1984

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 2000

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2006

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1987

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1994

  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1992 

Education

Graduate of the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design

  • Bachelor of Environmental Design (1980)

  • Bachelor of Architecture (1983)

Graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

  • Juris Doctor (1984)

 Teaching

Univ. of Kansas School of Engineering

Adjunct Faculty Member, Graduate Management Program (1986)

Univ. of Kansas School of Architecture Masters Program

Instructor, Law and the Design Professional (1987-1997)

Instructor, Architect-Led Design-Build (1998-2000)

Instructor, Advanced Design-Build (2001)

 Peer Ratings & Honors

  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Univ. of Kansas School of Architecture (2004)

  • The Best Lawyers in America (2004-2008)

  • Missouri & Kansas “Super Lawyers”® (2005-2009)

  • AIA National Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to Government Affairs (2006) 

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Missouri Lawyers Weekly (2017)

  • AIA/Missouri Distinguished Service Award (2005)

  • AIA/Kansas City Distinguished Service Award (8-time recipient)

  • DBIA Brunelleschi Award for Lifetime Achievement (Oct. 2020)

  • Construction Lawyers Society of America Fellow (2020)

  • ICON Honors Award, Missouri Lawyers Media (2023)

  • Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Attorney (Judicial Edition 2022-Present)

  • Americas Most Honored Lawyers - Top 1% (2022, 2023)

Professional Societies & Associations

 Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA)

  • Vice Chair, Construction Law Committee (1998)

  • Chairman, Construction Law Committee (1999)

Missouri Bar Association

  • Vice Chair Construction Law Committee (1993-1996; 2002-2008)

AIA/Missouri

  • Director (1992-1994)

  • Secretary (1993-1994)

  • President-Elect (1995); President (1996)

AIA/Kansas City

  • Associate Director (1986)

  • Secretary (1991)

  • Director (1992-1995) 

  • Co-Chairman, Fellows Committee (2001)

  • Chairman, Design-Build Task Force (1991-1992)

  • Member, Editorial Board (2007)

  • Member, Design-Build Task Force (2006-2007)

  • Member, Governance Task Force (2008)

Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) 

  • National Board of Directors (2012-2019)

  • Treasurer (2014)

  • Vice Chair (2015); Chairman (2016)

  • DBIA College of Fellows (2018)

  • Member, DBIA Designation Board (2004-2008)

  • Chairman, Laws and Regulations Committee (2004-2005); Co-Chair (2012) 

  • Chairman, Procurement & Legislation Committee (2003)

  • DBIA National Committee Chair of the Year (2003)

  • Member, DBIA Futures Council (2020-present)

  • Member, DBIA Documents Committee (2007-2019); Chair (2012-2014)

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

  • College of Fellows (FAIA)(Class of 2000)

  • Member, Risk Management Committee, Practice and Prosperity Task Force (1995)

  • Member, National Design-Build Advisory Group (2004-2007)

    • Vice-Chair (2006); Chairman (2007)

  • Chair, Design-Build Summit 2007, AIA/ABC Joint Conference, Kansas City, MO (2007)

  • Co-chair, Design Excellence/Design-Build: An International Conference, AIA/DBIA Joint Conference, London, England (2007)

  • Special Counsel, AIA Documents Committee (2008)

  • Special Counsel, AIA Trust (2006-2008)

  • Resource Member, AIA Documents Committee (2000-2008) 

  • Intern, Contract Documents Program, Washington, D.C. (1983)

DBIA Mid-America Region

  • Co-founder (2000)

  • Secretary (2000)

  • Director (2000-2002)

  • Chairman, Laws and Regulations Committee (1999-2002)

The Jefferson Society, Inc.

  • Founding Member (2012)

  • President (2013)

  • Board of Directors (2012-2016)

  • Editor, Monticello, quarterly newsletter (2012-present)

Construction Industry Affairs Council of Kansas City (CIAC)

  • Vice President (1988-1990)

  • President (1991)