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 Partner
Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC
8000 Towers Crescent
Drive, Suite 900
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Telephone: (703) 847-6300
Fax: (703) 847-6312
sdale@smithpachter.com
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Practice Focus
Construction Law, Government Contracts, and Commercial
Litigation
Representative Experience
Mr. Dale’s
experience includes counseling national, international, and
local construction and engineering firms in all forms of
construction issues from contract administration to claims
and litigation, in federal, state, and private construction
projects. He has worked with clients on all major construction
issues including, notice, delay, disruption and impacts,
acceleration, defective specifications, differing site conditions, variations in estimated
quantities, liens, bonds, constructive changes, and liquidated
damages. These matters have spanned a broad range of projects, including
rail transit, mining, environmental remediation, wastewater treatment,
and navigational locks. In addition, Mr. Dale has substantial experience
in claim analysis and presentation, including work with engineering
and design consultants, technical experts, scheduling experts,
and cost and pricing experts.
Education
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (J.D. 2000)
(Executive
Editor, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial
Regulation)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(B.A. History, Political Science
1996)
Professional Licenses
Admitted to Practice:
North Carolina, 2000
Commonwealth of Virginia, 2001
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Section of Public Contract Law
Construction Law Forum
American Society of Civil Engineers
Construction Institute
North Carolina Bar Association
Virginia State Bar Association
Publications
Co-Author: Val S. McWhorter & W.
Stephen Dale, Prelitigation Discovery, CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION DESKBOOK
(AMERICAN BAR ASSOC.) (MacPherson, et al. ed., 2006).
Co-Author: Richard F. Smith & W.
Stephen Dale, Overhead Costs, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS (AMERICAN BAR ASSOC.) (Bastianelli, et al. ed.,
2003)
Co-Author: Richard F. Smith, Scott D. Gray & W. Stephen
Dale, Delay Damages, CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS HANDBOOK ( ASPEN
) (Cushman, ed., 2004)
Speaking Engagements
“Risk Analysis and Optimization of the (Un)Balanced Bid,
” June 2006 AACE International Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
“Dispute Resolution Strategy and Decision Analysis,”
June 2005 AACE International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
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