Ms. Bowman is a sole proprietor, practicing in dispute resolution, estate planning, civil engineering, real estate, legal services, strategic development, and training. She is experienced in dispute resolution, estate planning and administration, engineering design and forensic analysis, construction/project management, real estate, small business start-up, employment law, and nonprofit support. She is a registered professional engineer and a certified arbitrator and mediator. Mrs. Bowman writes a column for the PE Reporter, “Risky Business,” and she lectures for the Community College of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania State University, the Washington County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, and others. She earned her B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of North Dakota, her M.B.A. degree from Oklahoma University, and her J.D. degree from Duquesne University. She recently joined the National Society of Professional Engineers as their Senior Director of Ethics and Professional Practice.

Blumling & Gusky LLP in Pittsburgh
As a member of the firm’s Construction & Surety Industry Practice Group, Mr. Brahan concentrates his practice in the areas of construction and commercial litigation. Prior to joining Blumling & Gusky, Mr. Brahan was a partner at a mid-size Pittsburgh law firm where he practiced in the areas of commercial and construction litigation, as well as litigation involving labor and environmental issues. He has successfully litigated and tried cases in both State and Federal Court. He also has extensive experience in complex and multi-party litigation. Mr. Brahan is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Brahan received his B.A. degree in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1990, he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Partner with Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl in Pittsburgh
Mr. Lazzara is a member of the Intellectual Property practice group. He focuses his law practice on all aspects of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and has practiced for 20 years as an intellectual property lawyer. Mr. Lazzara regularly handles matters including preparing and prosecuting patent, trademark and copyright applications; portfolio development; patentability opinions; patent infringement and validity studies; patent freedom-to-operate analyses; trademark clearance opinions; and general intellectual property counseling. He is a graduate of General Electric’s Technical Leadership Program and served, at various times, as a quality control engineer, manufacturing engineer, transportation logistics project manager, and Six Sigma Blackbelt for the locomotive manufacturing industry.

Mr. Lippl is both a licensed attorney and a registered professional engineer. He received a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering from the Penn State University College of Engineering and a juris doctor degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Mr. Lippl has worked as a project manager for major general contractors, as an attorney with several law firms and as general counsel for a contractor, before beginning his current practice focusing on the legal aspects of the construction process. He is a trained and experienced arbitrator and mediator and frequently lectures at both legal and construction related conferences. In his spare time, Mr. Lippl served as an officer with the United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps. His work as a civil engineer with the Navy took him to multiple countries, several continents and two tours of duty in Iraq – as a structural engineer on an anti-terror team and as executive officer of a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion.