Gale K. Nordling, JD

Mr. Nordling is a panelist for Monday's Preconference Workshop 6, "What’s Hot in Construction Risk Management?" Located in Minneapolis, he is Aon Risk Services, Inc.'s, national adviser to the engineering, construction, product manufacturing, and other industries for issues including legal, contract language and claims, contract insurance language interrelationships, all types of insurance and surety coverage and claim issues, Subguard, professional errors and omissions, pollution, property, auto, business interruption, general liability, construction, OSHA, engineering, subrogation, workers compensation, U.S. Longshoremen and maritime claims, settlement techniques and options, collective bargaining of workers compensation, contract risk management issues, and drafting manuscript insurance and Subguard policy language. He also acts as a liaison to other professional resources.

Mr. Nordling has 33 years' experience as an engineer, practicing attorney, risk manager, insurance broker, and expert witness. He has been involved with the preparation, negotiation, settlement, litigation, arbitration, mediation, and insurance coverage of more than $500 million of claims and contract disputes for engineers, contractors, suppliers, and owners such as universities, hospitals, states, airlines, casinos, and utilities. Mr. Nordling joined Aon in 1997 after serving as vice president and general counsel (including risk manager) at Cherne Contracting Corporation. He developed early alternatives and improvements to Subguard.

Mr. Nordling served on a national committee to create a national pooled inventory and management of safety-related spare equipment for all nuclear plants. Mr. Nordling worked at S.J. Groves & Sons, an international contractor, and while at Cherne Contracting established a state-of-the-art workers compensation claim management system, and a nationally recognized collective bargained workers compensation program. Mr. Nordling served on the Minnesota Governor's Task Force on Workers' Compensation Reform and has been a local and national speaker.

He has current licenses to practice in Minnesota and federal courts. Mr. Nordling has a B.S.EE from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law and is in the process of completing Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation requirements.