Robert J. Smith

Construction, Mediation
Suite 800, 22 East Mifflin Street, P.O. Box 1683
Madison, Wisconsin 537011683


Construction

Admitted

1974, Wisconsin; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, District of Columbia

Law School

University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D., cum laude, 1974

Law School Graduation Year

1974

College

University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S.C.E., 1967

Memberships

American Bar Association (Public Contract Law Section; State Chairman, Wisconsin, 1978-1988; Forum on the Construction Industry, 1978—; Chairman, Contract Documents Division, 1986); Associated General Contractors of America (Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee, Wisconsin Chapter)

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. Licensed Professional Engineer, Wisconsin, 1971—. Author: Dispute Review Boards for Tunnelling Projects Using the ASCE Model, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1994; Risk Identification and Allocation, 12 International Construction Law Journal 40, 1995. Co-Author: Construction Dispute Review Board Manual, McGraw-Hill, 1996. Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Extension Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1974-1983. Chairman, Wisconsin Transportation Commission, 1979-1981. Counsel, Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee, 1992—; Vice Chairman, Construction Industry Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Task Force, 1995-1998. Member: National Construction Industry Panel, American Arbitration Association; State of California Public Works Arbitration Panel; Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers (Executive Committee, 1993-1996); National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Contracting Practices for the Superconducting Supercollider. Fellow: American Society of Civil Engineers.

Military

Lt., Navy Civil Engineer Corps, 1967-1971