Construction Lien Law and Prompt Pay Act: Update for Tennessee Attorneys - on CD

If you represent general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, lenders, or homeowners, you don't want to miss the

Tennessee Attorneys Memo

audio conference on CD on the significant changes that have been made to construction payment statutes in Tennessee via the Tennessee Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Lien Act and the Prompt Pay Act...

Construction Lien Law and Prompt Pay Act: Update for Tennessee Attorneys

You'll learn -- from an attorney who represents owners, developers, lenders, architects, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers of construction materials -- the significant changes to Tennessee Construction Lien Act and the Prompt Pay Act.

Because this is a CD audio seminar you enjoy:

• Fast, convenient learning without any out-of-office time lost;
• No travel-related expenses or complications;
• The perfect affordable way to update yourself rapidly on current laws.

One more reason to purchase CD: Your audio conference leader

Christopher Dunn is a partner at Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis LLP and concentrates his practice in the area of construction law and litigation. Mr. Dunn is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward White, Inc.) for his work in the construction law field and he is A-V rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In May 2009, Mr. Dunn was named to the Nashville Business Journal's "Best of the Bar." In the litigation context, Mr. Dunn represents owners, developers, lenders, architects, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers of construction materials. His representation has involved issues of payment, workmanship, design, completion delays and surety performance.

In addition to construction-related dispute resolution, Mr. Dunn regularly negotiates and drafts design and construction-related agreements for use on projects throughout the United States. Specifically, his experience includes work on healthcare, hospitality, aviation, industrial, mixed use and public infrastructure projects. Mr. Dunn’s transactional work specifically includes routine experience with the form construction agreements such as those associated with the American Institute of Architects, ConsensusDOCS Coalition, the Associated General Contractors of America, the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee and non-standardized contract documents for clients requiring custom agreements.

In 2008, Mr. Dunn co-authored the article Consequences of Ownership or Licensing of the Project Drawings -- If You Pay for it, Do You Own It? which appeared in the Summer 2008 (Vol. 28, No. 3) edition of The Construction Lawyer, a publication of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry. Additionally, Mr. Dunn was a contributing author to two books published in 2008 by the ABA Forum on Construction, Construction Checklists: A Guide to Frequently Encountered Construction Issues in which he authored a chapter concerning the representation of construction lenders, and the second edition of THE Construction Contracts Book for which he co-authored the chapter on Step Negotiation.

In 2006, Mr. Dunn was elected by the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry to serve on the steering committee of the Forum's Owners and Lenders Division (Division 12). Also in 2006, Mr. Dunn was a part of two separate delegations of attorneys representing the interests of construction owners which met with the American Institute of Architects as the Institute drafted its 2007 edition documents.

Mr. Dunn speaks frequently on design and construction-related topics. In April 2007, he spoke at the annual meeting of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry on issues related to the ownership of design documents. Mr. Dunn also has spoken at meetings and conferences sponsored by Willis Group Holdings, the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel, the Tennessee Road Builders Association and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Dunn also has authored numerous articles concerning construction-related legal issues.

In 2008, Mr. Dunn was elected by the members of the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel (TACC) to serve a two-year term on the Association's three-person Board of Directors. Previously he served as the Chair of the organization’s Education Committee.

Construction Lien Law and Prompt Pay Act: Update for Tennessee Attorneys - on CD

 If you represent general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, lenders, or homeowners, you don't want to miss the Tennessee Attorneys Memo audio conference on CD on the significant changes that have been made to construction payment statutes in Tennessee via the Tennessee Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Lien Act and the Prompt Pay Act...

Construction Lien Law and Prompt Pay Act: Update for Tennessee Attorneys

You'll learn -- from an attorney who represents owners, developers, lenders, architects, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers of construction materials -- the significant changes to Tennessee Construction Lien Act and the Prompt Pay Act.

Your Audio Conference Agenda

The Tennessee Construction Lien Act

• 2007 amendments
• Notice of nonpayment/remote contractors
• What is lienable?
• Notices of completion
• Removal of expired liens
• Architects & engineers
• Judicial review
• Escrow accounts -- retainage
• Remote contractor lien prevention/project payment bond
• 2008 amendments
• Continuing owner/lender defensive lien act tools after 2007 and 2008 amendments

The Prompt Pay Act

• 2007 amendments
• Retainage
• Timing of retainage release
• Owner’s obligation to parties other than prime contractor
• Owner’s countermeasures given retainage right erosion
• 2008 amendments
• Winners & Losers under the 2007 and 2008 amendments

October 7, 2010

You risk nothing by ordering this CD, because we will refund every penny, no questions asked, if you are in any way dissatisfied with this audio conference.

Because this is a CD audio seminar you enjoy:

• Fast, convenient learning without any out-of-office time lost;
• No travel-related expenses or complications;
• The perfect affordable way to update yourself rapidly on current laws.