Byrum C. Lee, Jr.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Lee leads the firm's construction law practice including contract negotiation and drafting, risk management for design and construction, bonding, zoning, project consulting, litigation and dispute resolution. He has represented clients in over 15 states on cases involving catastrophic failures, fires, floods, earth slides, architectural, mechanical, structural, and soils claims, pollution and hazardous material claims, CPM issues, construction delays and claims for equitable adjustment, ADA and Fair Housing Act Claims, defense of Federal False Claims Practice Act cases, architectural copyright, patent infringement, bond and surety claims, survey and boundary disputes and U.S. Government contract claims.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Byrum is admitted to practice in Colorado, before the U.S. Federal District Court for Colorado and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also represented clients before the Armed Services, Postal and GSA Boards of Contract Appeals. He is active in all areas of design and construction law and has handled litigation and contract drafting matters in over 15 states, Canada, Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland, Taiwan, Bermuda, Mexico and other areas.
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas,
1974 J.D.
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas,
1971 B.B.A.
"'Analysis of 1987 Revisions to AIA Standard Form Agreements,'" Pebble Beach, CA, 1988
"'Architect-Engineer Liability Under Colorado Law,'" Cambridge Institute (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
"'Designing Pandora's Box: Foreseeability of Injury Caused by Escaping Prisoners,'" Waikola, HA, 1991
"'Liability for and Regulation of Environmental Design Research Services,'" Boulder, CO, National Conference of EDRA, 1992
"Engineering Case Studies" Colorado Consulting Engineer Council, Denver, CO, 1992
"'Is the Road to the Courthouse Concrete?'" 10th Annual Concrete Conference, 1993
"'Keeping the Lid on Pandora's Box,'" Aspen, CO, 1994
"'Liability for Construction Defects,'" Construction Law Super Conference, 1995
"'The Alphabet Soup of Environmental Legislation,'" Denver, CO, 1996
"'Application of Ethical Principles in the Practice of Engineering,'" Denver, CO, 1996
"'Liability of Architect and Engineers,'" Denver, CO, 1997
"'Design and Construction on Expansive Soils--Emerging Theories of Liability,'" Colorado Association of Geotechnical Engineers, 1998
"'Tips, Tricks and Trips--Becoming an Effective Expert Witness'" NSPE, 1999
"Colorado Construction Law Annual Update" Denver. CO (1998, 1999, 2000)
"The Economic Loss Rule, A Defense in Search of Definition" San Francisco, CA, 2002
"Claim Prevention For Design Professionals: How To Be Part Of The Solution, Not The Problem" Denver, CO, 2002
"Alternate Methods of Project Delivery" Denver Co (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
"Liability of Architect's and Engineer's for Negligent Design Services" Denver CO (2000, 2002, 2003)
"The Economic Loss RuleThe View After Dufficy" Denver, CO, 2003
"Arbitration of Construction DisputesMaximizing the Venue" Denver, CO, 2004
"'The AIA Family of Documents'" Lorman Education Services, Denver, Co and Colorado Springs, CO (2005, 2006, 2007)
"'Colorado's Certificate of Review -- A Good Idea Inconsistently Applied'" ASCE, 2005
"Anatomy of Project Changes" Denver, 2005
"Architect/Engineer Liability, The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Construction Law" Chapter Editor and Principle Author, published by Continuing Legal Education In Colorado, Inc.,, 1998-2005
"'Much Ado About Daubert'" Construction SuperConference, San Francisco, California, 2006
"'CDARA. Panacea or Pain?'" Real Estate Section, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, 2006
"'The AIA Family of Documents'" Lorman Education Services, Denver, 2007
"'When the Gavel Falls'" ACEC, Denver CO, 2007
"Application of Special Statutes of Limitations Concerning Design and Construction" St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1979
"The Construction Process and Parties, Colorado Construction Law" First Ed. Robert E. Benson ed. CLE in Colo., Inc. 2005, update 2007, 2005
"Architect/Engineer Liability, Colorado Construction Law" First Ed. Robert E. Benson ed. CLE in Colo., Inc. 2005 update 2007
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