Contract Risk Management: Tactics for Success Speaker Biographies

Gerald Katz has extensive experience in representing owners, contractors, sureties, and designers in contract preparation and negotiation and complex construction litigation. He is a senior partner in the law firm of Katz & Stone, L.L.P., with offices in Vienna, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Rockville, Maryland. In addition to his practice, Mr. Katz lectures and speaks frequently to owners, contractors, public building officials, subcontractors, suppliers, design professionals, sureties, and others involved in construction, on such topics as design-build procurement, construction risk management, negotiating construction contracts, construction claims and claims prevention, design liability, and construction insurance issues.

Frank Keres is principal of Construction Risk Associates, Inc. He works with contractors and brokers, insurers, and owners who deal with contractors. One of the earliest construction risk managers when he worked for James McHugh Construction Co. in Chicago, Mr. Keres is well recognized as a leader in the area of construction risk. Using his legal training and background, a thorough knowledge of coverage, a realistic approach to claims, and his safety experiences, he provides a unique focus to risk management.