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Washington D.C.
Two Lafayette Centre
1133 21st Street, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20036
tel. +1 202.293.8815
fax +1 202.293.7994
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Mark
Berry
is a
partner
in
the
firm’s
Washington,
D.C.
office.
His
practice
is
devoted
to
advising
and
representing
owners,
contractors
and
construction
managers
in
virtually
all
phases
of
both
the
public
and
private
sectors
of
the
construction
industry.
Mr.
Berry’s
extensive
experience
includes
assessing
appropriate
risk
management
and
contract
delivery
methods,
drafting
and
negotiation
of
construction
contract
documents,
advising
project
participants
during
contract
administration
in
connection
with
risk
avoidance,
change
orders,
claims,
and
related
project
issues,
and
representing
contractors
and
construction
managers
in
complex
construction
litigation.
He
regularly
practices
before
numerous
federal
and
state
courts
and
boards
of
contract
appeals,
as
well
as
the
Court
of
Federal
Claims.
Mr.
Berry
also
regularly
counsels
and
represents
clients
in
various
alternative
dispute
resolution
proceedings,
including
mediation,
mini-trials
and
arbitration.
Throughout
his
career,
Mr.
Berry
defending
and
prosecuting
claims
exceeding
$100
Million
in
value
on a
broad
range
of
domestic
and
international
projects.
Representative
projects
include
a
315MW
oil-fired
power
generation
facility
in
Virginia;
a
design-build
project
for
a
wafer
fabrication
facility
in
Colorado,
water/wastewater
treatment
plants
and
pollution
control
facilities
throughout
the
east
coast;
commercial
office,
institutional
and
industrial
buildings;
rehabilitation
of
the
Aswan
High
Dam;
major
bridge
construction
and
rehabilitation
projects
throughout
the
Mid-Atlantic,
a
deep
foundation
steel
mill
in
Indiana;
an
airport
terminal
upgrade
and
expansion
project
at
Ronald
Reagan
National
Airport
in
Washington,
D.C.;
and
the
engineering,
procurement,
and
construction
of a
chemical
processing
plant
in
Malaysia.
Utilizing
alternative
dispute
resolution
procedures
such
as
arbitration,
mediation
and
mini-trials,
as
well
as
traditional
litigation,
Mr.
Berry
has
successfully
represented
his
clients,
recovering
millions
of
dollars
in
disputed
contract
balances,
changes
and
extras,
defective
work,
damages
for
delay,
acceleration
and
inefficiency,
and
termination
damages.
Mr.
Berry
has
authored
and
co-authored
several
books,
treatise
chapters
and
articles
in
industry
publications,
and
is a
frequent
lecturer
on
significant
issues
facing
the
construction
industry.
His
publications
include:
"Design
Build:
Staying
Ahead
of
the
Curve,"
Airport
Magazine,
November/December
2003;"Construction
Scheduling,"
Construction
Law
Handbook,
Aspen
Law
&
Business,
1999,
Chapter
co-author;
Construction
Management:
Law
and
Practice,
John
Wiley
&
Sons,
1995,
co-author;
“Virginia:
Source
Book
on
Construction
Contracting
by
State
and
Local
Government,"
Public
Construction
Law
Source
Book,
CCH,
Inc.,
co-author
and
“The
Scheduling
Expert:
A
Primer
On
Preparing
Direct
and
Cross,”
The
Construction
Layer,
Vol.
15,
Number
2.,
April
1995,
co-author.
Mr.
Berry’s
speaking
engagements
include
“CMs
Liability
for
Jobsite
Safety”
CMAA
TalkLive!
Webinar,
November,
2005;"Construction
Manager's
Liability
for
Economic
Losses,"
Construction
Management
Association
of
America,
Denver,
CO,
July
2005;
"Legal
Strategies
for
Successful
Design-Build
Projects,"
American
Association
of
Airport
Executives,
Design
and
Construction
Symposium,
February
2004;
"The
Latest
Legal
Perspective
on
Construction
Management
Contracts,"
Construction
Management
Association
of
America,
Spring
Conference,
Boston,
MA,
2004
and
"Patriot
Act
Implications
for
Airport
Construction
and
Information
Disclosure,"
Annual
Conference,
American
Association
of
Airport
Executives,
April
2002.
Mr.
Berry
received
his
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree
in
Government
&
Politics
from
the
University
of
Maryland
and
earned
his
Juris
Doctor
degree
from
The
National
Law
Center,
George
Washington
University.
He
is
admitted
to
practice
law
in
state
and
federal
courts
in
Virginia
and
Maryland
and
is a
member
of
their
respective
bar
associations.
He
also
is a
member
and
frequent
speaker
before
the
American
Association
of
Airport
Executives,
the
Construction
Management
Association
of
America
and
the
Associated
General
Contractors
of
America.
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