Program Details
2026-07-17 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-07-17 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm ESTEngineering experts must reliably apply methodology to the specific facts of each case, ensuring opinions are grounded in evidence rather than speculation. Attendees will learn how to close the analytical gap between raw project data and credible expert conclusions in delay, disruption, and damages claims.
Gregory M. Bergman
Charlene L. Podlipna
Eugene G. Ashley
Pete Patterson
Daniel E. Kass 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm ESTA thorough impact analysis identifies and excludes alternative causes, even when the facts get in the way of the desired narrative. Walk through how to directly link impact, liability, and damages through clear, evidence-driven analytical reasoning.
Gregory M. BergmanCharlene L. PodlipnaEugene G. AshleyPete PattersonDaniel E. Kass 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm ESTRecognized industry standards play a critical role in establishing methodological transparency. Discover how to present analytical frameworks that withstand cross-examination and reinforce the reliability and defensibility of expert opinions in litigation, arbitration, and other dispute resolution forums.
Gregory M. BergmanCharlene L. PodlipnaEugene G. AshleyPete PattersonDaniel E. Kass 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm ESTCritical Path Method analysis should be logical and factual, not “Magic.” Learn how to validate scheduling data with contemporaneous project records and follow the contract terms to support time-related and acceleration cost claims that survive judicial scrutiny.
Gregory M. BergmanCharlene L. PodlipnaEugene G. AshleyPete PattersonDaniel E. Kass 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm ESTQuantifying disruption damages requires the Measured Mile, not estimated guesswork. Walk through how to find the right baseline period and account for paid extra work, estimating errors, remedial work, and self-induced productivity losses to avoid the “double-dip.”
Gregory M. BergmanCharlene L. PodlipnaEugene G. AshleyPete PattersonDaniel E. Kass 2:50 pm - 3:10 pm ESTEngineering experts must establish the qualifications and evidentiary foundations needed to comply with Rule 702. Examine how to ensure opinions and analysis meet reliability and admissibility standards in federal and state courts following the December 2023 amendment.
Gregory M. BergmanCharlene L. PodlipnaEugene G. AshleyPete PattersonDaniel E. KassGregory M. Bergman entered the practice of law in 1975 and is a senior shareholder of BDG Law Group. He engages in complex trials and appeals across the areas of construction, employment discrimination, environmental, business, real property, commercial, professional liability, securities, and insurance litigation. His extensive eminent domain practice includes direct and inverse condemnation matters for public entity clients throughout California, including service as outside counsel for Los Angeles County’s largest transportation agency in connection with its multi-billiondollar transportation infrastructure improvement plan.
Charlene L. Podlipna is a Certified Public Accountant who has provided litigation support services for over seventeen years, working with counsel in civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation. She has experience with damages associated with breach of contract, business interruption, and breach of fiduciary duty claims; damages related to the misappropriation of trade secrets and trademark and copyright infringement; lost earnings; securities litigation; professional malpractice claims; fraud investigations; false advertising litigation; and the application of generally accepted accounting principles.
Eugene (Geno) Ashley is a member of the Business Litigation, Real Estate, and Construction practice groups at Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel. He has built his career counseling and advocating on behalf of business clients in significant matters, handling “bet the company” lawsuits with multi-million-dollar outcomes, as well as actions arising from contracts and business torts, unfair business practices and trade secrets claims, construction and real estate disputes, and employment law litigation. He represents public and privately held corporations, businesses, and individuals with intellectual property litigation and counseling, as well as general business and real estate litigation.
Pete Patterson has over 50 years of building experience as a carpenter, superintendent, construction manager, building designer, general contractor, custom homebuilder, and expert building consultant. He has worked in or managed all aspects of construction, from land selection and architectural design to general contracting of highly complex, super-custom residential and commercial projects, and is a respected expert in design and construction.
Daniel E. Kass has over 50 years of experience in construction, with more than 45 years dedicated to analyzing construction performance problems associated with contract disputes. His project experience spans transportation work including Boston’s Big Dig, multiple multi-million-dollar subway, transit, and tunnel projects, highway and bridge projects, airport facilities at five major U.S. airports, and people-mover systems; public and institutional projects including fifteen healthcare facilities, numerous educational facilities, three courthouse buildings, and five major convention centers; commercial entertainment, mixeduse, and retail facilities; and industrial work including hydroelectric tunnels, a cement plant, and the B-1 Bomber assembly plant.
Gregory M. Bergman entered the practice of law in 1975 and is a senior shareholder of BDG Law Group. He engages in complex trials and appeals across the areas of construction, employment discrimination, environmental, business, real property, commercial, professional liability, securities, and insurance litigation. His extensive eminent domain practice includes direct and inverse condemnation matters for public entity clients throughout California, including service as outside counsel for Los Angeles County’s largest transportation agency in connection with its multi-billiondollar transportation infrastructure improvement plan.
Charlene L. Podlipna is a Certified Public Accountant who has provided litigation support services for over seventeen years, working with counsel in civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation. She has experience with damages associated with breach of contract, business interruption, and breach of fiduciary duty claims; damages related to the misappropriation of trade secrets and trademark and copyright infringement; lost earnings; securities litigation; professional malpractice claims; fraud investigations; false advertising litigation; and the application of generally accepted accounting principles.
Eugene (Geno) Ashley is a member of the Business Litigation, Real Estate, and Construction practice groups at Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel. He has built his career counseling and advocating on behalf of business clients in significant matters, handling “bet the company” lawsuits with multi-million-dollar outcomes, as well as actions arising from contracts and business torts, unfair business practices and trade secrets claims, construction and real estate disputes, and employment law litigation. He represents public and privately held corporations, businesses, and individuals with intellectual property litigation and counseling, as well as general business and real estate litigation.
Pete Patterson has over 50 years of building experience as a carpenter, superintendent, construction manager, building designer, general contractor, custom homebuilder, and expert building consultant. He has worked in or managed all aspects of construction, from land selection and architectural design to general contracting of highly complex, super-custom residential and commercial projects, and is a respected expert in design and construction.
Daniel E. Kass has over 50 years of experience in construction, with more than 45 years dedicated to analyzing construction performance problems associated with contract disputes. His project experience spans transportation work including Boston’s Big Dig, multiple multi-million-dollar subway, transit, and tunnel projects, highway and bridge projects, airport facilities at five major U.S. airports, and people-mover systems; public and institutional projects including fifteen healthcare facilities, numerous educational facilities, three courthouse buildings, and five major convention centers; commercial entertainment, mixeduse, and retail facilities; and industrial work including hydroelectric tunnels, a cement plant, and the B-1 Bomber assembly plant.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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