Geoff McConnell, selected as a 2009 Mountain States Super Lawyers - recognized in the area of construction litigation.

AREAS OF EMPHASIS

Construction Law/Litigation, Commercial Litigation/Business Law

CONSTRUCTION LAW / LITIGATION   

• Contract negotiations, litigation, arbitration and mediation
• Trial representation of owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in lawsuits and other disputes on public and private construction projects ranging in size from $1,000,000.00 to $220,000,000.00
• Preparation of contract forms and general conditions including conventional and design/build construction and design services forms for nationwide owner/developers, contractors and design/builders  
• Mechanic's lien claims and surety bond claims
• Preparation of claim packages and risk assessments resulting in the settlement of disputes without the need for costly and extensive litigation.  Projects analyzed include multi-prime, fast-track prison construction projects, wastewater treatment facilities, federal government projects, and multi-use institutional facilities. 

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION / BUSINESS LAW

• Commercial and real property disputes  
• Representation of commercial entities in significant and contested debt collection actions
• Representation of real estate developers in all manners of disputes concerning the development of property

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1993 - Present:  Partner, Meuleman Mollerup LLP

1987 - 1993: Gibbs, Giden, Locher & Turner, Los Angeles, California 

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES   

• Licensed to practice law in Idaho, California and Utah

• Contributing author: The Design/Build Process, ABA Publications, 1997. 

• Contributing author:  Fifty State Public Construction Contracting, Wiley Law, 1996.

• Co-author:  Recent Legislation Affecting the Construction Industry, The Construction Lawyer, Volume 25, No. 4, Fall 2006.

• Frequent lecturer before the Associated General Contractors of America, the National Electrical Contractors Association, the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, and the National Association of Women in Construction   
  

• Member of the American Bar Association Section on Public Contract Law  
  

• Member of the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry

• Member of LEGUS, International Network of Law Firms
  
• 2009 Mountain States Super Lawyers - Construction Litigation

EDUCATION   

• University of the Pacific, J.D., 1986
• Bucknell University, B.A., 1983