Dorothy E. Terrell
Of Counsel
Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 900
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Telephone: (703) 847-6300
Direct Dial: (703) 847-6281
Fax: (703) 847-6312
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Practice Focus
Construction and Government Contracts Law
Representative Experience
Ms. Terrell has experience in mediation, negotiation, arbitration and litigation of numerous construction, bid protest and government contract disputes in state and federal courts, and before agency Boards of Contract Appeals. She also has represented construction contractors, construction managers and subcontractors in drafting and formulation of construction contract documents, contract formation and interpretation issues; construction claims and claims preparation.
Managing Partner, 2004-2006
Associate, Lewis, Mitchell & Moore, 1983-1987.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Tulane Law School, 1983
Order of the Coif, Tulane Moot Court Board, Am Jur Award
B.S., Accounting, University of Virginia, 1977
Intermediate Honors, Beta Alpha Psi
Memberships
Virginia State Bar
District of Columbia Bar
Certified Public Accountant, Virginia
Associated General Contractors of America and Metro DC
Women Construction Owners & Executives (Executive Board, Member 2000 – Present)
American Bar Association: Section of Dispute Resolution (Construction Committee Co-Chair, Vice Chair, Member, 2000-present); Section of Public Contract Law; Forum Committee in the Construction Industry
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Capital Hospice, Volunteer
Publications and Presentations
Co-Author: “New Opportunities to Challenge Adverse Performance Evaluations on Federal Contracts,” Washington Contractor, Summer 2009
Panelist: “Construction As Commercial Item,” Nash & Cibinic Report Roundtable, Washington, D.C., December 2008
Presenter, "Public Private Partnerships and Major Infrastructure Construction", Construction Superconference 2006, San Francisco, California, December 2006
Presenter, "Ramifications of U.S. Funding of Middle East Construction", ABA Section of Public Contract Law, Construction Division Breakfast, Chicago, August 2005
Presenter, “New Frontiers in Dispute Resolution: Prevention, Management and ‘Real Time’ Resolution of Disputes”, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, Sixth Annual Conference, New York , NY, April 2004
Presenter, "Techniques for Presenting Complex Issues in the Limited Time Available in Mediation," ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Fourth Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, April 2002;
Contributing Author, Mediation Strategies, "Proving and Pricing Construction Claims, Third Edition," Aspen Publishers, Inc. 2000;
Contributing Editor, Levin, “Construction Contract Claims, Changes & Dispute Resolution,” 2d Edition, ASCE Press 1998.
Other Professional Experience
Adjunct professor in Business Law, Federal Taxation and Accounting, Northern Virginia Community College (1989-1994)