William A. Lichtig

Mr. Lichtig is one of the presenters for Workshop M3, "Green and Lean—Construction Trends and Challenges," on Monday. Mr. Lichtig is a partner at Hanson Bridgett LLP, having recently served as a shareholder in the Sacramento-based law firm of McDonough Holland & Allen PC, where his practice focused on construction, surety, and public contract law. Mr. Lichtig represents contractors, public and private owners, material suppliers, and sureties in preparing contract documents, bid protests, construction administration, and contract disputes. He also serves as mediator, arbitrator, and special master. A construction lawyer for more than 20 years, Mr. Lichtig has seen first-hand some of the fundamental breakdowns in traditional project delivery. As special counsel to Sutter Health, a major Northern California health care organization, he provides a full range of legal services in support of its $6.5+ billion design and construction program. In a similar capacity, Mr. Lichtig serves as special construction counsel for the California Prison Health Care Receivership's $8 billion design and construction program to update and expand the state prison medical infrastructure. Mr. Lichtig has been instrumental in instituting innovative project delivery solutions for Sutter Health and others, including Lean Project Delivery. He has developed unique supporting documents such as the Integrated Agreement for Lean Project Delivery and an Incentive Fee plan. His innovations and contributions to the industry were recently acknowledged by Engineering News-Record magazine when he was named an "ENR Top 25 Newsmaker" for 2007. In 2009, Mr. Lichtig was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® Construction Law list. Mr. Lichtig is a frequent speaker on lean project delivery and other construction law topics. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law in 1982.