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Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 900
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Telephone: (703) 847-6300
Fax: (703) 847-6312
mhanson@smithpachter.com
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Practice Focus
Construction Law
Claims and Litigation of Public and Private Construction Contracts
Representative Experience
Since joining the firm shortly after its founding in 1986, Mr. Hanson has represented construction contractors, owners, trade and specialty subcontractors, sureties and design professionals in significant claims for delays, acceleration, inefficiencies, changes, differing site conditions, defective design, and in default and convenience terminations, many of which occurred on large, complex construction projects. U.S. and international projects have included heavy civil, lock and dam, bridge, commercial, industrial, power generation, process plant, telecommunications, water/wastewater treatment, environmental remediation, and aerospace and aviation construction. Mr. Hanson has litigated in federal and state courts, the Boards of Contract Appeals and in domestic and international arbitrations involving both government and private contracting parties, and has successfully resolved such claims through mediation.
Education
Catholic University of America School of Law (J.D., 1987)
The Catholic University Law Review and Moot Court Association
Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1979)
Professional Licenses
Admitted to Practice:
Commonwealth of Virginia, 1987
Publications
Co-Author, Overseas Construction Under USAID Regulations: Not Business As Usual, (The Procurement Lawyer, Fall 2007, No. 43, Vol. 1), © The American Bar Association.
Co-Author, Preparing the Complex Construction Case for Litigation in Construction Disputes: Representing the Contractor (Aspen 2001).
Co-author, Purposes and Pathways: Project Delivery Systems and Risk (American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry, October 1998).
Co-author, Monograph Qui Tam Litigation Under the False Claims Act (American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, Procurement Fraud Committee, August 1994).
Co-author, High Risk Contracting: No Damages for Delay and Beyond (Wiley Law, 1992).
Co-author, Effective Use of Dispositive Motions (American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, November 1987).
Professional Memberships
Virginia State Bar
American Bar Association
Member, Section of Public Contract Law; Co-Chair, Construction Division
Associated Builders and Contractors
International Bar Association
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