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Matt Gillies appointed Chair of ABA Construction Forum's Contract Documents Division
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Governing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry recently appointed Stites & Harbison attorney Matt Gillies as chair of its Contract Documents Division (Division 2).
The ABA Construction Forum is the largest organization of construction lawyers in the United States with more than 6,000 active members. The Forum’s mission is to serve the construction industry through education and leadership. It is divided into 12 working Divisions. The mission of the Contract Documents Division (Division 2) is to study, develop and improve contract documents for the benefit of the construction industry, protecting the interests of all project participants.
Matt Gillies is a member of Stites & Harbison based in the Louisville, Ky., office, where he works in the Construction Service Group. His practice includes drafting and negotiation of construction, design-build, construction management and design contracts, as well as mediating, arbitrating and litigating disputes arising therefrom.
In addition to his new ABA role, Gillies serves as the Division 2’s liaison to the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee, and serves on an AGC Advisory BIM Education Advisory Group. He also is the immediate past-president of the Ohio Valley Region of the Design-Build Institute of America and a contributing editor for The Construction Lawyer.
About Stites & Harbison
Stites & Harbison, PLLC, is a regional business and litigation firm with attorneys in Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington, Ky.; Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta; Jeffersonville, Ind.; and Nashville and Franklin, Tenn. Tracing its origins to 1832, Stites & Harbison is one of the oldest law practices in the nation and among the largest law firms in the Southeast. Our attorneys are consistently recognized by their peers in the following leading legal directories: Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®, The Best Lawyers in America®, Chambers USA and Super Lawyers magazine. Recent firm honors include being named: one of the Top 15 Places to Work in Kentucky — five years in a row (Kentucky Chamber of Commerce), one of the 50 Best Overall Law Firms in America (Global Research), one of the Leading Law Firms in America (The American Lawyer), a Go-To Law Firm® (Corporate Counsel), one of the Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity (MultiCultural Law Magazine) and a Top 10 Growth Firm (National Law Journal).
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