Gerald I. Katz is a senior partner in the law firm of Katz & Stone, L.L.P., with offices in Vienna, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Rockville, Maryland, and specializes in resolving complex construction disputes. He has extensive experience in representing owners, contractors, sureties and designers in complex construction litigation.

Mr. Katz received both a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. Mr. Katz is a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, United States Supreme Court and United States Claims Court. He also serves as an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association's Construction Industry Arbitration Panel, and is an Associate Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Katz lectures and speaks frequently to owners, contractors, public building officials, subcontractors, suppliers, design professionals, sureties and others involved in construction, on such topics as construction risk management, negotiating construction contracts, construction claims and claims prevention, liability of the design professional, and construction insurance issues.

Mr. Katz has conducted seminars for such construction trade associations as Associated Builders and Contractors; National Electrical Contractors Association; National Utility Contractors Association; American Subcontractors Association; World of Concrete; National Pavement Exposition; Associated General Contractors of America; Contractors Association of West Virginia; Virginia Building Material Association; Maryland General Contractors Association; Construction Management Association of America; National Association of Surety Bond Producers; Reliance Insurance; The St. Paul Companies; Bermuda Contractors Association; American Contractors Insurance Group; Barbados Association of Quantity Surveyors; Korean Contract Management Association; and China National Petroleum Corporation.

Mr. Katz also is a speaker in the annual Construction Risk Conference sponsored by the International Risk Management Institute where he has spoken on contractual risk transfer, surety bonds, completed operations coverage and other construction risk topics.

Contact Jerry at gkatz@katzandstone.com