David R. Hendrick has engaged in counseling, advising and serving clients involved in the construction industry for over 30 years, focusing primarily on construction contracting and claim matters and dispute resolution and litigation matters involving public and private construction contracts. As a party representative, David has been involved in dozens of Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures, including before arbitration tribunals and in mediation procedures, from beginning to end. David is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals - Georgia Chapter and the Georgia Academy of Arbitrators & Mediators, and serves as a member of the American Arbitration Association National Panel of Arbitrators for Large, Complex Cases. He served on the National Construction Dispute Resolution Council of the American Arbitration Association and as a member of the construction arbitration advisory board of the Atlanta Regional Office of the American Arbitration Association. He also has served as a neutral in various forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution processes arising out of the construction industry, including as an arbitrator, mediator, Dispute Review Board member and "project neutral." As an arbitrator he has been involved in more than four dozen large, complex construction disputes, many of which were single arbitrator cases and, as a mediator, in more than two dozen construction disputes.

He is a Fellow in and has served as President (1995-1996) of the American College of Construction Lawyers, an honorary elective society comprising lawyers throughout the United States and certain foreign countries distinguished for their skill, experience and accomplishments and their high standards of professional conduct in the practice of construction law. David is a member and has served as Chairman of the Construction Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and is a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. He has also served as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, Division 9 (Subcontractors, Suppliers and Material Fabricators) and as a member of the Steering Committee for Division 4 (Construction Management, Design Build & Related Concepts).

David is AVPreeminent^TM Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory as well as being recognized by a number of other publications and organizations (see "Other Professional Accomplishments" below). He has also written and spoken extensively regarding the field of Construction Law (see "Presentations" and "Publications" sections below).

Areas of Expertise

• Construction Contract Issues and Construction Law
• Construction Dispute Resolution and Litigation
• Construction Surety Bond Claims and Disputes
• Construction Industry Related Insurance Disputes and Coverage Issues
• Commercial Contract and Sale of Goods Issues and Disputes

ADR Training

• Resolution Resources Corporation, Atlanta
• "Consolidation and Joinder Issues in Construction Arbitration: What Construction Counsel Need to Know," American Arbitration Association (September 2011) Atlanta, (September 2011)
• Speaker: "Alternative Dispute Resolution in Georgia":, Program: "The Best of CLE," The Seminar Group, Atlanta, (November 2011)
• Panelist/Speaker: "Mediator Selection, Disclosures and Engagement Issues", Emory University School of Law, Lamar Inn of Court, Atlanta (January 2011)
• Speaker: "See You in Court (or not) - Is this Arbitration or What? Recent Developments Regarding Rules and Roles of the Court, the Arbitration Administrator, and the Arbitrator in Prearbitration Proceedings regarding: (A)"Arbitrability" Determinations, (b) Class Action Arbitration, and (c) Joinder and Consolidation," Atlanta Bar Association, Construction Law Section, Atlanta ((September 2010).
• Plenary Speaker: "Construction Disputes -The Perfect Storm: How to Most Effectively Evaluate Construction Disputes, Assess Claim Validity and Devise a Strategy to Resolve," Program: Litigating Construction Contracts 2010 - Resolving Disputes in a Recessionary Economy, Practicing Law Institute, Atlanta (February 2010)
• Speaker: "How To Be A Successful Advocate In The "New Era" Of Construction Dispute Resolution," Program entitled "The Next Wave of Construction Dispute Resolution," Seminar Group, Atlanta (October, 2009)
• Panelist and Instructor: "Basic Construction Law For Case Managers And Staff", Training Program Presented to Southeast Case Management Center, American Arbitration Association, Atlanta (April 2008)
• Plenary Speaker: "Lessons Learned: Anticipating And Resolving Project Disputes - If Your Project Is Special, Why Shouldn't Your Dispute Resolution Clause Be Special?", ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Puerto Rico (April 2007)
• Panelist and presenter: "On The Arbitration Side - What To Do - Or Not Do - In An Arbitration: Or How Parties And Their Counsel Can Mess Up A Perfectly Good Case", Program: Presenting Or Defending Your Defect Case - Arbitrator / Mediator Perspective, "Construction Defects : Water Intrusion & Other Calamities," The Seminar Group, Atlanta (July, 2005)
• Author: "Pre-Arbitration Discovery," Chapter in "ADR - A Practical Guide to Resolve Constriction Disputes in the Construction Industry" American Arbitration Association, (1992)
• Author: "Formal and Informal 'Discovery' Procedures and Their Enforcement in Arbitration"; Chapter in "Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry: Wiley Law Guide to Handling Construction Disputes through Arbitration, Mediation and Mini-trials," Wiley Law Publications, Inc. (1991)

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1973
• Tufts University, B.S. in chemical engineering, 1968

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• District of Columbia

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of the United States
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11^th Circuit
• U. S. District Court, Northern District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia

Legal Employment

• Hendrick, Phillips, Salzman & Flatt, Atlanta, Georgia (Partner, 1981 - present)
• Stokes and Shapiro, Atlanta, Georgia (1975 - 1981)
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Albert J. Henderson, Jr, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1973-1974)

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association: Member, Forum on the Construction Industry, Division 9 (Subcontractors, Suppliers and Material Fabrications)(Chairman, Steering Committee, 1986-89); Division 4 (Construction Management, Design Build & Delivery Systems) (Member, Steering Committee, 1993-97); Program Chairman, Fourth Annual Meeting, April 1988, Tampa; Member; Litigation Section, Construction Law Committee; Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
• Atlanta Bar Association. Member (Board of Directors, 1979-83; Executive Committee, 1979-80); Construction Law Section, Member (Founding Member and Chairman, 1995-96; Board of Directors, 1993-96); Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; Member, Litigation Section; Member, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers, Member (Board of Directors, 1978-82; President, 1980-81)
• Georgia Bar Foundation (Fellow, 1989-Present)
• American College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow (President,1996-97)
• Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia, Inc. (Board of Directors, 1983-84; General Counsel (2001 - 2010)
• Associated Builders and Contractors (National), National Contract Documents Committee (Member 1988-93)
• American Subcontractors Association of Georgia, Inc , Member (Board of Directors, 1983-84; Vice President, 1984 and 1985)
• American Subcontractors Association, Inc. (National); Member (General Counsel, 1993- 2000; Distinguished Service Award, 1991-2000; Outstanding Service Award, 1994; Industry Liaison Committee, 1988-current; Contract Document Committee, 1990- current); ASA-AGC-ASC Liaison Task Force, 1991-current; AIA Document A201 Revision Task Force, 1992-97; ASA-AGC-ASC Model Subcontract Task Force, 1997-98)
• Associated General Contractors of America, Georgia Branch, Member (Special Projects Counsel (2004- current), Member Legislative Committee, 2001-current)
• Georgia Utility Contractor Association, Member (General Counsel (2011 - current)
• Continuing Education Advisory Committee - College of Architecture (and Building Construction) Georgia Institute of Technology, Member (1997-2001)

Other Professional Accomplishments

• AV®Preeminent^TM Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Georgia Super Lawyers (2004 - 2011) for work in Construction Litigation, Construction/Surety & Alternative Dispute Resolution and and as one of the "top one hundred" super lawyers in Georgia as listed in Atlanta Magazine (2004-2011)
• Best Lawyers in America (for work in Construction Law in Georgia (2004 - 20011)
• "Leader in Their Field" in Georgia as one of the "Top Ranked" Construction Lawyers by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers (2004-2011)
• The International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers (2004-2011)
• "Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America" and one of highest rated construction lawyers in Georgia by Lawdragon (2005-2007)
• Who's Who Legal: Georgia - Construction (2007-2011)

Presentations

• See Website at www.hpsf-law.com for representative sampling

Publications

• See Website at www.hpsf-law.com for representative sampling

AV®Preeminent^TM is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings Fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.