Bill Dorris is the firm’s Co-Managing Partner responsible for client service programs and practice management. Mr. Dorris has represented a variety of players in the construction industry on many major projects throughout the country. His clients have included a city expanding its airport, a public owner building a new convention center, a design builder of federal penitentiaries, a construction manager on a sophisticated research laboratory, a developer/operator of composting plants for large municipalities, a large mechanical contractor on a flue gas de-sulfurization project, and contractors on hospital projects throughout the United States.

Though much of his practice is now focused on assisting clients in avoiding construction disputes or resolving them through mediation or other alternative dispute resolution methods, Mr. Dorris has been extensively involved in trials, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. Most recently, he has been co-counsel for a class of 500,000 Native Americans against the federal government regarding management of their trust lands and assets for which a settlement agreement of $3.4 billion has been reached.

Mr. Dorris was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Construction Law in 2010 and the four years immediately preceding. He was listed in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Construction Law. Mr. Dorris was recognized in the prestigious 2009 Legal 500 US in the area of Construction Law and in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers for 2009. He was also named a 2009 Georgia "Super Lawyer" in the areas of Construction/Surety and Construction Litigation by SuperLawyers magazine and is AV^® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

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