Westcon

MAY MEETING

Insurance Coverage and Contracts;
How They Impact the Consulting Insdustry

Presented By: David Marks
GCA Law Partners, LLPTIME

Our May dinner meeting presentation will focus on how insurance policies and contracts must be understood so that contractors have the coverage and protection they believe they are purchasing. (This presentation was scheduled last September and the speaker became ill, so this is not “De ja vu”!)

The presentation will include a discussion of the need for additional insured and other endorsements, the impact of prior conditions as well as the need for resulting damage. It will also include the basics of certain portions of construction contracts and how to interact with other professionals on a construction team.

Recently, insurance companies have been much more resistant to settling cases and this has caused risk to the contractor, without the contractor even knowing this. There will be a discussion of private counsel, indemnification agreements and subrogation of policies and claims.

Related to cases being tried and entering into contracts, there will be a discussion of arbitration versus going to court. There are advantages and disadvantages with each.

Our September speaker is E. David Marks, partner at GCA Law Partners LLP in Mountain View. David has been practicing real estate and construction law for over 20 years with experience in construction disputes, insurance, drafting agreements and many other areas of the law. David is listed in California Super Lawyers, has an AV rating with Martindale Hubble (the highest they give) and is the co-chair of the litigation subsection of the real estate section of the California State Bar.