Attorney with The Chapman FirmMs. Negrete is an associate attorney at The Chapman Firm, PLLC. Her practice focuses on construction litigation, contract drafting and negotiation, and other general transactional aspects of construction law. Jerry spent the past few years of her practice litigating construction disputes and has extensive ties to and experience in the construction industry. She enjoys problem solving, backwards planning, and helping clients achieve their goals.

Attorney at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr in Austin
Mr. Richie is an attorney in the construction and construction litigation sections of Munsch Hardt. 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 a handful of attorneys in Texas credentialed as a licensed professional engineer and a LEED-accredited professional (AP). He has experience in drafting and negotiating complex design and construction contracts for all types of commercial projects. Mr. Richie has also successfully represented owners (public and private), general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in numerous lawsuits and disputes.

Attorney with Conley Rose, P.C.Mr. Scott is shareholder of Conley Rose, P.C., and is the managing shareholder of the firm’s Austin office. He counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law, with particular emphasis on domestic and foreign patent acquisition, and patent licensing. With broad technical knowledge based in an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Mr. Scott has extensive patenting experience in microprocessor design, microprocessor operation, computer software, computer hardware, switching power supplies, communication systems, fault tolerant computing systems, down hole logging tools (including nuclear, electromagnetic and acoustic), ultrasonic flow measurement, oxygen delivery systems, and respiration support devices

Attorney with GardereMike Seely is a trial lawyer in the Houston office of Gardere who represents clients, both plaintiffs and defendants, in a wide variety of matters including general commercial litigation, oil and gas litigation, professional malpractice, real estate disputes, collection of unpaid invoices and promissory notes, and other business torts. Mr. Seely’s work has included the defense of a registered land surveyor in a lawsuit where the plaintiff alleged that surveyor’s faulty survey cost developer in excess of $1 million in damages. He obtained summary judgment absolving surveyor of all liability. Mr. Seely has been recognized in Texas Rising Stars, a Thomson Reuters business, as published in Texas Monthly (2013). He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Young Lawyers Association.

DuBois Bryant & Campbell, Austin
Mr. Stacy is a partner at DuBois Bryant & Campbell and has over 15 year of experience, and he brings an extensive construction background to his practice as an attorney. Before entering law school, he obtained a degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Texas and spent several years working in the construction industry on interstate highway, oilfield, water, wastewater and corrections projects in Texas, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico. Mr. Stacy’s practice is divided between drafting and negotiating complex design and construction contracts and litigating disputes that arise in the construction industry.

Attorney with DuBois, Bryant & Campbell, L.L.P.Mr. Sullivan is a partner with DuBois, Bryant & Campbell, LLP, in Austin. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law where he teaches courses on construction law and construction litigation. Prior to entering law school, he was employed as a project manager for Fluor Daniel, Inc., one of the world’s largest engineering/construction corporations. He has worked on various types of construction projects, including high-rise office buildings, high-tech facilities, warehouses, and manufacturing plants located in Texas, Maryland, and Virginia. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a degree in Building Construction. He received his law degree fromSt. Mary’s University School of Law and was the editor-in-chief of the St. Mary’s Law Journal. Each year since 2003, Mr. Sullivan has been included in Woodward & White’s list of The Best Lawyers in America (commercial litigation) and Texas Monthly’s List of Super Lawyers (construction litigation).