Ins and Outs of PLA's

Speakers:

Laurence Phillips, Partner at Procopio

Laurence focuses his practice on representing contractors, subcontractors/suppliers, developers and public agencies in all aspects of private and public works contracting. He handles a range of issues including contract drafting and negotiations, prevailing wage law counseling, bid protest, resolution of claims arising prior to project completion (e.g., delay claims, differing site condition claims, extra work claims and corresponding change order disputes) and, when necessary, resolution of claims through mediation, arbitration, administrative hearings, civil trials (including jury trials) and appeals.

Lizette Rodriguez, Labor Relations Manager and Labor Relations Business Line Leader at Gafcon, Inc.

Lizette Rodriguez is the Labor Relations Manager and Labor Relations Business Line Leader at Gafcon, Inc. She has extensive experience in all areas of contract compliance monitoring, auditing, and the enforcement of applicable rules and regulations for state and federally funded projects. She has been with Gafcon for more than 10 years working with contractors, subcontractors, and organized labor representatives in resolving challenging compliance issues.

Lizette has participated in and facilitated various public works and labor compliance training classes sponsored by the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department of Labor, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the County of San Diego, and other labor organizations throughout the State of California. She is an expert matter speaker at the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) for their Prevailing Wage Specialist Certificate Course and has also taught complimentary Labor Compliance related classes for this organization. She has also taught classes for the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Lizette is on the Barrio Logan “Building a Community Vision” team and was a part of the C&C Mentor Protégé program focused on enhancing growth and opportunities for small local businesses.

Lizette received an Associates in Paralegal Studies and is a licensed paralegal with six years’ experience at a local workers compensation and civil ligation firm. She is involved in a variety of organizations including the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH), Community College Facility Coalition (CCFC), and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) San Diego.

Sponsorships are available for this webinar

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• $250 logo on all email blasts, announced at event with brief description about your company, and 2 webinar entries
• $500 logo on all email blasts, announced at event with brief description about your company, and 4 webinar entries

CEUs are offered and issued by the AIA and are applicable to AIA and CMCI credentials.

• CMAA typically issues CEU credits to AIA and CMCI#s
• For other credentials such as PE licenses / AACE etc.  - CMAA is not a preferred provider of CEUs, but we can provide attendees with a certificate of completion that includes credit hours through www.rcep.net. RCEP is the organization we use to validate our educational activities and they provide a certificate you can use to self-report attendance at other organizations we are not official providers for. It is ultimately up to PE licensing boards/ AACE / etc. whether they will accept our education or not, but, if your attendance is reported with your email, we can make sure you have a validated statement of education hours.
• Deadline to request CEU’s if you want credit is COB Friday

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