PRACTICE AREAS

Construction Litigation

Wayne Ducharme has 22 years’ legal experience and 15 years’ hands-on experience in construction engineering, preparing plans and specifications and construction management. He has handled all phases of construction law including contract review, construction claims, mechanic’s liens, construction defects, surety claims, mediation, arbitration and trial in Arizona and California.

Mr. Ducharme represents contractors, subcontractors, owners, architects and engineers. He has represented numerous school districts in California in construction and general facilities matters.

Mr. Ducharme is also a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois).

DISTINCTIONS

Los Angeles County Bar Association (Certificate in Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1996)

Manitoba Institute of Technology (Architectural Certificate)

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Construction Section

Arizona Association of Certified Public Accountants

Construction Financial Management Assocation

Engineering Contractors Association

Associated General Contractors of California

American Subcontractors Association

Construction Law Section

Toastmasters' International CTM

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

2004

Arizona Liens, Stop Notices and Payment Bonds for Arizona Subcontractors

Austin Industries Mentor Seminar

2003

Getting Paid - Beyond the Mechanic's Lien and Stop Notice

Associated General Contractors of California

2002

Reviewing Contracts Associated with School Construction

California Building Officials

2001

California Construction Law for Construction Managers

Polytechnical University, Pomona, California

2001

It's The Law Now

California School Building Officials

2000

California Prompt Payment, Mechanic's Lien, Stop Notice and Payment Bond

Training Workshop for Project Managers

1996

Defects in Architectural Drawings and Approval of Non-Complying Submittals

Los Angeles Surety Claims Association

EDUCATION

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1986, Moot Court Participant

C.P.A., University of Illinois, 1996, Certified in Illinois

B.B.A., Accounting, summa cum laude, California State University, Northridge, 1979, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Alpha Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Gamma Sigma

BAR ADMISSIONS

Arizona, 1986

California, 1988