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PRACTICE AREAS
Construction Litigation
Eddie James has been practicing for more than 10 years and represents contractors, design professionals, owners, design-builders, EPC contractors, lenders, suppliers, and sureties on a wide variety of real estate and construction litigation matters in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation.
He has first-chair jury trial experience in both Missouri and Kansas and has handled and argued appeals in those states as well. He also has participated in numerous arbitrations and has first-chair experience in significant arbitrations. Clients appreciate the attentive service and zealous representation Mr. James brings to matters, both large and small.
Assisted by experience gained as a former clerk to a judge sitting on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Mr. James has been involved in matters in federal courts around the country. His federal court experience includes pursuing and defending claims in bankruptcy court.
In construction disputes, Mr. James has prepared and defended claims in numerous areas of construction law, including contract default claims, payment disputes, bid contests, delays, acceleration and inefficiency claims, reengineering and design-error claims, MBE/DBE challenges, insurance-coverage claims, mechanic’s lien and payment-bond claims and claims regarding priority of interest in real estate.
On behalf of lenders, Mr. James has defended a variety of lender liability claims, including claims asserting breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, wrongful foreclosure and statutory violations. One behalf of lenders, Mr. James has pursued the efficient resolution of disputes involving monies owed from defaulting parties through negotiations, workouts and litigation as needed.
DISTINCTIONS
Selected "Up and Coming" Lawyer by Missouri Lawyers Weekly 2007
COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT
The Missouri Bar
The Kansas Bar
The Florida Bar
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Construction Law Committee
American Bar Association, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
Young Lawyers Division liaison to Governing Committee (2001-02)
Membership Committee (2002, 2005, 2006)
Fundamentals program Site Coordinator for St. Louis Program (2003)
Forum Nominating Committee (2004)
Program Chair, Fundamentals of Construction Law Program (2004)
Member, Division 9 Steering Committee (2004-2008)
Chair, Division 9 Steering Committee (2006-2008)
Session Coordinator, 2007 Annual Meeting
Program Co-Chair, 2008 Annual Meeting
NOTABLE EXPERIENCE
First-Chair Jury Trial Experience in both Missouri and Kansas courts
First-Chair Arbitration Experience
First-Chair Experience in Administrative Hearings regarding MBE/DBE challenges
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
January 23, 2009
Design Professional Errors and Omissions
Lorman Education Services
Co-presented the national teleconference with Ryan Manies
September 12, 2008
Winds of Change? The ConsensusDOCS
American Bar Association Forum on Construction
Forum Discussion leader for presentation, Do These Things Give Me a Fair Shake? ConsensusDOCS and Subcontractors
September 9, 2008
AIA General Conditions and Front-End Contract Documents
Lorman Education Services
G. Edgar James, Co-presented with Ryan Manies who gave an overview, history and notable 2007 changes to AIA documents.
October 3, 2007
Mechanic's Lien Laws and Construction Payment Litigation
Presentation at the CLE Construction Law Seminar
July 24, 2007
Construction e-blast
2007 State Legislative Highlights for the Construction Industry
This construction industry focused e-blast provides a high-level summary on some of the latest updates on legislation in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri.
June 13, 2007
When Former Clients are Under Investigation, Who is the Client? Are There Now Conflicts With the Former Employee?
Shughart Thomson & Kilroy's annual Ethics CLE Seminar in Kansas City, Missouri.
April 17, 2007
Ethical Representation in Construction Contracting and Litigation: Avoiding Dilemmas and Pitfalls
The American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry seminar
April 1, 2007
Prompt Pay Laws a Mixed Bag
Kansas City Small Business Monthly
December 7, 2006
Construction Contract Hardball: What you Need to Know to Survive
Presentation at the Construction Expo in Kansas City, Missouri
September 19, 2006
AIA A201 General Conditions
Lorman seminar for the American Institute of Architects in Overland Park
June 16, 2006
Using a Mechanic's Lien to Get Your Money in Missouri & Kansas
National Business Institute
June 8, 2006
Contracting in the Age of Bird Flu, Terrorism and Katrina -- Tips for Allocating and Transferring Force Majeure Risks
American Bar Association teleconference in Kansas City, Missouri
May 18-19, 2006
Ethics: Use of Former Employees as Witnesses or for Information
Annual Meeting of the ABA Construction Forum in San Diego, California
March 2006
Resolving Problems and Disputes on Construction Projects
National Business Institute
January 2006
Payment Remedies in Kansas and Missouri
Builder’s Association Management Academy
November 2005
Missouri Contract Law for Professional Engineers
Half-Moon Seminars
April 2005
Bridging and the Design Build Delivery System
Annual meeting of the ABA Construction Forum
April 2004
Mechanic's Lien and Payment Bond Law and Strategies in Kansas and Missouri
National Business Institute
February 2004
Legal Concerns When Bidding for Projects
American Society of Professional Estimators
April 2003
Mechanic's Lien Law and Strategies in Kansas and Missouri
National Business Institute
June 2002
Mechanic's Lien Law and Strategies in Kansas and Missouri
National Business Institute
May 3, 2002
Commercial Owners’ Rights and Remedies for Defective Construction
Missouri Law Day Supplement to Kansas City Business Journal, Springfield (Missouri) Business Journal, Saint Louis Business Journal
April 2002
Design Build Teaming Agreements
Design Build Institute of America
April 2002
Limitation of Liability Clauses Upheld: Recent Missouri Supreme Court Decisions Brings Missouri in Line with the Rest of the Nation
Construction Specification Institute KC Chapter
March 2002
Legal Issues for Design Professionals
Construction Specifications Institute
August 16, 1999
Statutory Defenses to ADA Liability for Architects and Contractors
13 M.L.W. 841
Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Spring, 1997
Don’t Touch that Grapefruit!: Prohibiting the Encouragement by U.S. Unions of Secondary Boycotts Abroad
26 Ga. J. International & Comp. L. 433
The Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law
EDUCATION
J.D., cum laude, University of Georgia, 1997
B.A., cum laude, American University, 1993
BAR ADMISSIONS
Kansas
Missouri
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