This program employs an interactive format, based on case studies, to assist design professionals in identifying and addressing their ethical obligations. Armed with a better understanding of the ACEC Code of Ethics and the AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Standards, participants will be able to avoid missteps and better represent their own firm, their clients and their profession.
This information-packed webinar will help you:
- Identify the correct course of action in reporting dangerous conditions
- Recognize special concerns associated with working for contractors
- Evaluate a predecessor’s work product
- Properly delegate services to third parties
- Gauge the extent that sustainable design must be considered in any project
- And much, much more!
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Who Will Benefit?
This webinar is a must if you’re an architect or engineer, or if you are an owner, contractor, subcontractor, attorney or consultant and want to see how the other side thinks.
Meet Your Presenters:
Lina G. Telese, a Partner with Zetlin & De Chiara LLP, focuses her practice on drafting and negotiating professional service contracts for sophisticated construction projects. She has extensive experience with transactional issues related to a variety of national and international projects, including hotel, condo, mixed-use, gaming, education and financial projects. Ms. Telese negotiates and settles cases involving professional licensing issues, contracts and dispute resolution through mediation and arbitration. She frequently appears before state and federal courts with regard to construction and professional liability claims. Ms. Telese represents design professionals, owners, and contractors in all aspects of the construction process, including commercial litigation and insurance related matters.
Ms. Telese holds the notable AV rating for ethical standards and legal ability from Martindale Hubbell. She is regularly featured during the AIA New York State Conventions and the New York State AIA/ACEC Committee meetings, delivering presentations focused on contractual protections, insurability issues, risk management and green design. Ms. Telese is currently in the process of becoming LEED certified.
Michael J. Vardaro, a Partner with Zetlin & De Chiara LLP, focuses his practice on construction litigation, drafting and negotiating construction contracts and providing advice to a variety of construction industry clients. A former construction worker with a degree in civil engineering, Mr. Vardaro's background gives him the ability to understand the intricacies and nuances of the construction process and to provide focused and innovative counseling to a wide range of construction industry clients.
Mr. Vardaro successfully represents clients in complex commercial and construction litigation matters in various venues across the country. He has extensive experience resolving claims through mediation as well as representing clients before administrative boards and arbitration panels. In addition to litigating, Mr. Vardaro drafts and negotiates complex construction contracts for various project types around the world and regularly counsels clients with respect to professional licensing, corporate organization and transition, general business matters, risk management and insurance issues. He works extensively with regard to advancements in the construction process, including design build, integrated project delivery (IPD), building information modeling (BIM), and sustainable/green design and construction.
Mr. Vardaro holds the notable AV rating for ethical standards and legal ability from Martindale-Hubbell, and has been recognized as a top construction litigation attorney in New York by Super Lawyers Magazine. He has been a featured guest lecturer at Columbia University and New York Polytechnic University speaking about legal issues in the construction industry.
