Senior Attorney with Thompson Coe, Austin
Ms. Beam practiced in North Carolina for seven years prior to moving to Texas. Her practice focuses on civil litigation in multiple areas, including construction law, professional liability, personal injury and medical malpractice. Ms. Beam has successfully represented general contractors, subcontractors, design professionals and medical professionals in complex litigation in both state and federal court. She also has experience negotiating claims in order to help her clients avoid litigation.

Partner at Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo L.L.P.
Mr. Clough is a partner with Barron, Adler, Clough and Oddo, L.L.P., the largest eminent domain only firm in the state focused solely on representing landowners under threat of condemnation. Mr. Clough joined the firm in 2008 and focuses exclusively on eminent domain law and inverse condemnation matters. He currently serves as lead condemnation counsel in Texas for numerous major institutional clients and national publicly traded companies. Mr. Clough is a graduate of Columbia University with honors and the University of Texas, School of Law with honors.

Benjamin D. Mathews is an attorney at Mathews & Freeland, LLP in Austin. Mr. Mathews practices in the areas of environmental, natural resources and public utility law. He serves a diverse mix of clients including municipalities, public utilities, land owners and home and ranch owners associations. Mr. Mathews’s representation involves both compliance counseling and litigation before state and federal administrative agencies, including the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Utility Commission of Texas, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and before State and federal courts.

Partner at Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo L.L.P.
Mr. Oddo joined the firm in 2015 and focuses exclusively on eminent domain law and inverse condemnation matters. Prior to joining the firm, he served as an assistant attorney general for the State of Texas and was a partner with the law firm of McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. where he served as chair of the firm’s Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Practice Group. Mr. Oddo is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of Tulsa, College of Law.

Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, Austin Mr. Richie is a shareholder in the construction and construction litigation sections of Munsch Hardt, and a frequent speaker to construction industry groups on construction law issues. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Richie worked as a mechanical engineer and project manager at a prominent consulting engineering firm in Houston, Texas, and then after obtaining his law degree, as general counsel. He is also one of only a handful of attorneys in Texas credentialed as a licensed professional engineer and a LEED-accredited professional (AP). He has significant experience in drafting and negotiating complex design and construction contracts for all types of commercial projects, with a focus on evaluating insurance coverage issues. Mr. Richie has also successfully represented owners (public and private), general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in numerous lawsuits and disputes.

Partner, Duane Morris, LLP
Mr. Wheatley practices in the area of construction law with a focus on construction, design and engineering disputes and transactions. His practice has included: complex delay; impact; defective design; defective con­struction or differing site conditions claims involving mediation, litigation or arbitration; and problem project workouts, including negotiating with sureties and owners. He also has experience with the drafting and negotiation of complex construction, design and engineering contracts and environmental issues concerning construction projects. Mr. Wheatley is certified in Construction Law by the State Bar of Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.