CLSA NALS - California Land Surveyors Association

WEDNESDAY (8:00 AM - 12 PM)
Interactive Case Study
Byrum will be presenting an interactive case study based on a very nearly disastrous surveying malpractice claim for
which he served as the mediator; successfully resolving the case before trial. After initial discussion of the factual setting
for the claim, Conference participants will have an opportunity to identify the surveying, office practice, contract drafting,
insurance and ethical issues presented in the claim. Byrum will then lead the participants through a discussion of each of
the issues raised and provide the opportunity for discussion of the “lessons learned.”
About The Speaker
Byrum Lee is the son of an architect, surveyor, master builder, poet, preacher and musician.
His major in architectural engineering was interrupted by military service during the
“conflict” in Viet Nam. After his discharge, Byrum decided not to follow in his father’s footsteps
and enrolled in law school while simultaneously pursuing his MBA.
Byrum began his legal career in Denver, Colorado with a law firm that specialized in professional
liability defense for doctors, lawyers and accountants. The first engineering liability
claim assigned to the firm involved a failed airport asphaltic concrete pavement design.
Since Byrum was the only one in the firm that had so much as heard of a Marshall Mix
Design, the case fell quite naturally onto Byrum’s desk.
The rest, as they say, is history. Byrum spent the next 30 years representing architects,
engineers, surveyors and contractors. In 2008, while maintaining his practice in Denver, Byrum relocated his primary
residence to Las Vegas, Nevada where he served as in-house counsel and manager of litigation for a major California
based real estate developer with offices in California and Las Vegas.
He has tried over 100 professional liability cases representing architects, engineers and surveyors in over 15 states and
has handled claims before the Board of Contract Appeals for the Corp of Engineers, GSA and Post Office. Byrum is a
member of the AAA panel of neutrals and is a frequent mediator and arbitrator on design and construction cases.
Byrum continues to maintain an active legal practice including mediation and arbitration. However, given the choice, he
would prefer to spend his time riding one of his several motorcycles. In 2010 he completed an “Iron Butt” ride covering
1375 miles in 20 hours. He has ridden in each of the 50 states, every Province in Canada and much of Mexico.
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