You're going to build what? 3rd Annual Chicago Construction & Development

Patrick Miller's practice focuses on construction law and real estate litigation. He has significant design-build and P3 procurement expertise and extensive experience with heavy civil and highway construction, process projects, and real estate development. Patrick's practice areas include: Design-Build and P3 Projects and Procurement Patrick serves on the Design-Build Institute of America's National Legal Committee and is one of few lawyers in the nation approved to teach DBIA's Contracts and Risk course. His representative engagements include: Represents short-listed developers and design-build joint ventures responding to P3 solicitations on the Illiana Expressway, I-69 Section 5, the Indianapolis Justice Center and other P3 transactions. Lead counsel representing an Illinois municipality during procurement of design-build services for ultra-violet water treatment systems. Lead counsel in arbitration of claims arising out of an EPC contract to design and construct multiple frac-sand processing facilities. Lead counsel representing private water utility in development of integrated design procurement and contract documents for the design and construction of a new ground water treatment plant. Lead counsel representing municipality in dispute to remediate defective membrane filtration system in $50 million water treatment plant on Lake Michigan designed to process 17.3 million gallons per day. Lead counsel in preliminary injunction proceedings in first-ever award protest under Indiana's public design-build procurement statute. Co-counsel representing design-build joint venture in arbitration of eight-figure delay and disruption claims on P3 tollway project. Construction and Real Estate Litigation In addition to his design-build expertise, Patrick handles a variety of construction and real estate disputes in Chicago, Indiana and throughout the country. His representative engagements in this area include: Lead counsel representing contractor in successful trial of seven-figure change and delay claim on public highway project. Representation of Chicago high-rise developers in construction defect matters. Representation of private equity funds and REITs in litigation throughout the country. Representation of lenders in commercial foreclosure and workout litigation throughout the Chicagoland area. Honors Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2014-15 Moot Court Executive Board Corporate Law Moot Court Competition — Coach and First-Place Overall Team, 2002; Participant, 2001 National Health Law Moot Competition — Participant, 2001 Professional Associations Indiana State Bar Association Illinois State Bar Association State Bar of Wisconsin American Bar Association — Forum on Construction Industry; Litigation Section: Construction Litigation Committee and Subcommittee on Damages (Co-Chair) Civic Activities Steppenwolf Theatre Corporate Council — Steering Committee Presentations P3: Water Supply Issues & Models for Successful Water Collaboration Co-presenter, 2015 Water Conference, Faegre Baker Daniels, Indianapolis, 2015 Design-Build Contracts and Risk Design-Build Institute of American, Multiple Offerings Every Year 3rd Annual Development and Construction Summit Moderator, Bisnow Chicago, 2015 Current Issues in Sustainable Design and Construction Halfmoon Education, 2013 Illinois Construction Case Law Update Faegre Baker Daniels Construction Seminar, 2013 Integrated Project Delivery Solutions for Illinois Home Rule Communities and Municipalities Faegre Baker Daniels Construction Seminar, 2012 Mind Your RFP's and RFQ's: Case Studies in Recent Design-Build Award Protests DBIA National Conference, 2012 UV Disinfection and Design Build: Thinking Outside of the Box Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), New Orleans, 2012 Successful Teaming: Turning Sticks and Stones into Bricks and Mortar DBIA National Convention, 2011 Drafting and Negotiating LEED Design and Construction Contracts U.S. Green Building Council-Chicago Chapter, 2010-11 One Contract, One Integrated Team DBIA-Chicago, 2011 Masterminding the Best Design-Build and IPD Contracts AIA-Chicago, 2011 Choosing the Best Design-Build Contract: A Comparison of DBIA, AIA and ConsensusDOCS Design-Build Contracts Design-Build Institute of America – Great Lakes Region, 2010 Successful Design-Build Competitions: What Public Agencies and Design-Builders Need to Know Faegre Baker Daniels Webinar, 2010 Legal Trends, Incentives and Best Practices in Going Green Association of Indiana Counties Annual Meeting, 2008 Cutting Edge Design and Construction Risks (IPD, BIM and Green) CSI Indianapolis Annual Trade Show, 2008 Winning Design-Build Competitions (Moderator) Design-Build Institute of America, Great Lakes Region, 2008 The 2007 AIA Documents Mechanical Contractors Association of Indiana, 2008 Contract Claims Management: Avoidance, Recognition, Documentation Indiana Construction Association Annual Meeting, 2007 Bringing the Public Law to Life: Best Practices for Public Design-Build in Indiana Water and Wastewater Projects Indiana Water Environment Association, Annual Conference, 2007 Indiana University's Service Building: A Design-Build Project (Moderator) Design-Build Institute of America Great Lakes Region All-Industry Event, 2007 How to Write Letters and E-Mails on Projects (That Don't Drive Your Lawyer Crazy) Faegre Baker Daniels, 2007 The Construction Project, Law and Claims Indianapolis Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute Seminar, Indianapolis, 2007 Water and Sewer Construction Inspection Course Indiana Water Environment Association, Indianapolis, 2005 and 2006 Ask Me What's Great About America Indiana State Bar Association, Indianapolis, 2005 Published Articles Mind Your RFPs and RFQs: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Public Design-Build Procurement Monticello, Quarterly Journal of the Jefferson Society, April 11, 2015 The AIA Document B101-2007: Major Implications of AIA's New Owner/Architect Agreement Indiana Construction Cites, Indiana State Bar Association, Fall 2008 Public Design-Build In Indiana: A Common Sense Guide To Procurement Under Indiana's Public Design-Build Statute Faegre Baker Daniels, 2007 Understanding the Limits of the Spearin Doctrine: Are Design-Builders Out of Luck? Indiana Construction Cites, Indiana State Bar Association, Vol. 3, Issue No. 3, Fall 2007 Breaking Down and Managing the e-Discovery Process (Co-author with Lisa Berry-Tayman and Jeffery M. Stovall) American Bar Association Section of Litigation, September 2007 Evidentiary Framework for Enhancing of Refuting Contractor Claims Construct!, ABA Section of Litigation, Construction Litigation Committee, Vol. 16 No. 1, Fall/Winter 2006 Mutual Responsibility and the Allocation of Risk Among Parallel Prime Contractors (Co-author) Construct!, ABA Section of Litigation, Construction Litigation Committee, Vol. 15 No. 3, Spring 2006

Jim Letchinger founded JDL Development in 1993 and to date, has developed more than 1,200 residential units with another 1,500 currently preparing to be in construction. He launched his development career with a conversion of a 1940’s Benjamin Marshall building at 210 E. Walton St. in Chicago where he transformed 21 apartments into five unique residential condominiums. Mr. Letchinger quickly became known as one of Chicago’s most creative and respected residential developers, specializing in urban development where his expertise in entitlement and infill design provides a significant competitive advantage. Mr. Letchinger is intimately involved in all aspects of JDL’s projects, from inception to completion. His hands-on approach has helped JDL survive a number of real estate cycles. Mr. Letchinger is a graduate of the University of Michigan. A life long resident of the City of Chicago, Mr. Letchinger is married with two grown children.

R2 currently owns and operates more than 1.5 million square feet of real estate, primarily in Chicago and the Midwest, and its principals share deep industry experience, having transacted more than $1 billion in real estate investments on behalf of previous ownership structures in all major asset classes and investment strategies. From 2007 to 2011, R2 principals built and eventually liquidated a highly successful student-housing platform at several major Midwestern universities. Since 2011, the R2 principals have consolidated more than one million square feet of creative office assets in Chicago and the Midwest, building a vertically integrated platform to manage all aspects of the investment process. R2 is a widely experienced developer, having completed multi-family, mixed-use, retail, and office projects, and is currently developing two mixed-use developments on Chicago’s Goose Island that total more than 700,000 rentable square feet. In addition to its core platform, R2 operates several discretionary funds to programmatically pursue its real estate investment strategies.

Alan D. Lev is the Chairman of Belgravia Group, Ltd., a Chicago based, and Phoenix area residential homebuilder specializing in townhome, condominium, and apartment developments. Belgravia has developed over 2,500 homes in Chicago as well as rental apartments and commercial projects, and three times recently was awarded Developer of the Year from Chicago Agent Magazine and Impact Award winner from Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago. He is also in the Homebuilders Association of Greater Chicago Court of Honor and the Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame. Alan joined Belgravia Group in 1989. Mr. Lev earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy in 1982 from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. He later obtained his J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago in 1985. During law school he worked in the tax department at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Lev practiced real estate law from 1985-1989 at Greenberger, Kraus and Jacobs and then Goldberg, Kohn, et al. He has been a CPA since 1982, an attorney since 1985, a licensed real estate broker since 1989, a licensed insurance broker since 2012, a licensed personal trainer since 2017 and a Registered Investment Advisor since 2020. Alan is a proud member of the Chicago Association of Realtors, is Past President of the Homebuilders Association of Greater Chicago, is Past Chairman of the Illinois Division of the American Cancer Society, a member of the Directors Loan Committee at First Bank Chicago and on the Advisory Board of TRO Investment Advisors, Blip Energy and Equilibrium Ventures. He has a strong attachment to the Chicago area and the University of Illinois and has been involved in many charitable and civic organizations and with the University of Illinois by guest lecturing in the business school, funding a scholarship, participating in the business school job shadow program, and serving on the Business Alumni Board and Dean’s Business Council.