CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a practical online CLE seminar on a topic that impacts the practices of many attorneys. Construction law is a unique practice area that combines every facet of law. This seminar is intended to review some of the most unusual, unique, and obscure areas of construction law that every lawyer needs to know.
This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Houston Bar Association (HBA) on October 2, 2009. This audio presentation features attorney Gregory M. Cokinos of the Houston firm of Cokinos Bosien & Young. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 1.25 hours. This seminar is entitled:
HBA Presents: "Construction Law's Dirty Dozen: Twelve Things Every Lawyer Should Know"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Overview of Construction Industry and Terms
- Construction Law Causes of Action
- Lonergan Doctrine: Who Is Liable - Owner Or Contractor - If the Building Fails, Collapses, Leaks Or Cannot Be Built???
- Indemnity and Proposed Indemnity Legislation
- Contracts: the Real "Foundation"
- Project Delivery Systems: Getting the Project From the Ground Up
- Residential Construction Disputes: RCLA & TRCC
- Texas Lien and Bond Claims
- Measure of Damages: the Economic Loss Rule
- Statutes of Limitation & Statutes of Repose
- Important Statutes: Trust Fund and Prompt Payment Act
- Ethical Considerations for Every Construction Lawyer
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Mr. Gregory M. Cokinos, who is a name partner with the firm of Cokinos Bosien & Young in Houston. Mr. Cokinos has concentrated his practice in trial work and has been involved in a wide range of litigation matters as well as contract negotiations, handling significant cases in virtually every area of commercial law, including complex and multiparty construction disputes, securities fraud, real estate, patent infringement, employment, banking, franchise agreements, oil and gas and serious personal injury and death. He also has extensive experience in real estate transactions and development, having represented owners, developers, landlords and tenants in all areas of commercial real estate acquisition, financing, development, leasing and sale. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, American Bar Association, American College of Construction Lawyers, Association of General Contractors of America, Texas Bar Foundation, Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the College of the State Bar of Texas. He received his law degree from South Texas College of Law of Law (J.D., 1982) and his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University (B.B.A., 1979). A more extensive biography for Mr. Cokinos may be found at his firm's Web site.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $32. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the HBA, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $25. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the HBA Office in Houston (713-759-1133) and request the 'HBA Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.
This seminar is accredited for 1.25 hours of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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