Hon. AIA Partner, Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden, LLP
Mr. Davies’ practice is focused on the representation of engineers, architects, and other design professionals, as well as scientists and designers/manufacturers of complex products. Mr. Davies regularly handles cases involving errors and omissions affecting façade, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection systems, as well as accessibility (claimed violations of ADA, FHA, state or local accessibility requirements) in industrial, commercial, and residential buildings. He also handles schedule impact (such as delay, acceleration, and inefficiency) and extras claims, licensing prosecutions, and serious personal injury/wrongful death claims arising from construction projects. He serves as a lecturer on Contracts at the Thomas Jefferson University College of Architecture and The Built Environment. Mr. Davies and his partners in Pennsylvania are the Contributing Authors of the Pennsylvania section of the Cumulative Supplement of the State-By-State Guide to Design and Construction Contracts and Claims (Second Edition) published by Wolters Kluwer. He serves as Counsel to the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and as Counsel to The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Mr. Davies is a Member of the Board of The Philadelphia Center for Architecture & Design (having served as its chairman for 5 years). He serves as a member of the Legal Reform Task Force for the Government Affairs Committee of AIA’s Pennsylvania Chapter working on legislative changes to positively affect the design community. He is a member of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Legal Counsel Forum, a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), and a Charter Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA).

Attorney with Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith, P.C.
Mr. McCabe is a shareholder of Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith, P.C. He has a diverse practice focused on insurance defense, transportation litigation, and construction litigation. Mr. McCabe is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Allegheny County and Philadelphia County bar associations. While attending law school, Mr. McCabe clerked for the Honorable Russell J. Nigro of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Honorable James R. Cavanaugh of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McCabe worked for two large regional law firms in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, respectively. While working for these firms, Mr. McCabe defended cases involving wrongful death, personal injury, property damage and subrogation matters. He also represented various insurers and re-insurers in disputes over policy coverage and interpretation. Mr. McCabe also has significant experience defending architects, engineers, sub-contractors and general contractors in all aspects of design and construction litigation, including both economic and personal injury claims. Mr. McCabe also provides litigation and non-litigation services to regional and national companies, including defending and pursuing lawsuits in the state and federal courts as well as providing various business agreements, employment contracts, consulting services and joint venture agreements. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, Mr. McCabe was named as one of the “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” as noted in Philadelphia magazine and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® — Rising Stars Edition. Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers in the Commonwealth. Mr. McCabe graduated from Dickinson College in 1999 with degrees in American Studies and History. He received his J.D. degree from Duquesne University School of Law in 2002.

Attorney with Cipriani & Werner
Mr. McGuire is a partner in the Harrisburg office of the law firm of Cipriani & Werner, P.C. Mr. McGuire represents licensed professionals and their firms across the state in licensing, malpractice, and other matters. In addition, he presents ethics courses and has lectured on other topics for several professional organizations in Pennsylvania. Mr. McGuire serves on the Professional Liability Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and has been a senior hearing panel member of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He serves as a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Ethics Committee and provides legal and ethics advice to the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Ethics Committee.

Mr. Sprout is an attorney with Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith, P.C. In addition to his transportation and general civil litigation practice, Mr. Sprout has spent several years representing owners, contractors and design professionals in a variety of construction disputes. These include, but are not limited to, payment disputes; delay, inefficiency, and acceleration claims; design and construction defect claims; and mechanics’ lien claims. In representing these clients, Mr. Sprout has litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout Pennsylvania, as well as before arbitration panels in proceedings before the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Sprout has also represented his construction clients in all manner of business disputes, employment matters, and labor matters. Mr. Sprout is a graduate of Dickinson College and Dickinson School of Law.