Ericksen, David A.

Attorney at Collins & Collins LLP

Mr. Ericksen has represented design professionals in jury trial, bench trial, single arbitrator arbitration, and panel arbitration as well as mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution in state and federal courts. He has built on that experience of troubled projects and contracts and failed communications to become a trusted resource and counselor on risk management strategies to avoid such disputes through strategic planning and management. In that capacity, Mr. Ericksen focuses on contractual, risk management and litigation issues affecting the design, construction, environmental, real estate, and insurance professional communities. He does so both as outside general counsel to many firms, as well as by providing short term interventions in pursuit of strategic solutions and remedies. As a result, Mr. Ericksen is a frequent speaker before construction professional organizations such as the AIA, SEA, ACEC, NSPE, SDA, CSI and others, and he also provides in-house training seminars and strategic planning for firms. He has written numerous articles addressing issues important to the design and construction communities which have been published by professional organizations and industry related periodicals.