R. Daniel Douglass

Dan Douglass has significant experience handling complex construction disputes involving multiple parties and expert consultants. One such dispute centered on a $175 million commercial project involving a 60-story office tower and adjoining retail mall in Philadelphia. He has represented contractors, subcontractors, owners, design professionals and sureties on public and private construction projects throughout the United States.

Capabilities

Practice Areas

Arbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Business Litigation Construction Drafting, Reviewing & Negotiating Construction Contracts Fabricated Structural Steel Litigation & Appeals

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Statutory Right to Prompt Payment - Or Maybe Not

Stites & Harbison Client Alert, September 1, 2017

AAA Arbitration Rule Changes

Stites & Harbison Client Alert, June 30, 2015

Construction Law: Contractor Claims, Owner Claims, Claims Against Design Professionals, Lien and Bond Claims

4th Annual The Best of CLE, co-presenter, Atlanta, Ga., February 26, 2015

Breach of Contract for Wrongful Death

Georgia Casenote, website of the Construction Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association

Pay-If-Paid Not Easily Waived

Stites & Harbison Client Alert, March 27, 2014

International Arbitration in Atlanta

Stites & Harbison Client Alert, February 6, 2013

Insurance recovery for construction damage

Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Client Alert, December 8, 2012

Construction Mechanics and Materialmens Liens

Co-chair and speaker, Georgia State Bar, May 18, 2012

Dispute Resolution for Trial and Non-Trial Lawyers

speaker, Georgia State Bar, May 4, 2012

5th Annual Arbitration Institute

Speaker, Georgia State Bar, August 19, 2011

Construction Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens

Speaker/Chair, Georgia CLE, 1999-2009

Georgia legislature makes significant revisions to Georgia lien statutes

Stites & Harbison, PLLC, August 25, 2008

2008 ConsensusDOCS

Speaker, April 2008

2007 AIA Contracts

Speaker, January 2008

Georgia Construction Law

Speraker, PESI, November 2003

Georgia case note editor

CONSTRUCT, publication of ABA Construction Litigation Committee

Recent Assignments

Multi-million dollar arbitration on tire manufacturing facility in Georgia

Jury trial in million dollar real property dispute in Georgia

Arbitration of million-dollar contract dispute on federal project at Ft. Benning, Georgia

Negotiation of multi-million dollar contracts on mixed-used commercial and high-rise office projects in Georgia

Arbitrator in multi-million dollar disputes on high-rise condominium projects in Florida and Pennsylvania

Multi-year, multi-million dollar litigation on shopping center construction project in Puerto Rico

Negotiation and workout on multi-million dollar college construction project in Georgia

Served as mediator or arbitrator on numerous construction disputes. Active with American Arbitration Association

Reported Decisions

Roofing Supply of Atlanta, Inc. v. Forrest Homes, Inc., 279 Ga. App. 504, 632 S.E.2d 161 (2006)

SawHorse, Inc. v. Southern Guaranty Ins. Co., 269 Ga. App. 493, 604 S.E.2d 541 (2004)

Capital Asset Research Corp. v. Finnegan, 160 F.3d 683 (11th Cir. 1998)

EMJ Corp. v. Laticrete Internat'l, Inc., 934 F.Supp. 430 (M.D. Ga. 1996)

Bar Admissions

Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Firm Leadership

Office of General Counsel

Memberships

American Bar Association

Atlanta Bar Association

American Arbitration Association

Associated General Contractors of America

Associated Builders And Contractors of Georgia

Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators, a Founding Member

Community Involvement

Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, Member

Initiative for Affordable Housing, Inc., President

Garden Hills Civic Association, Member

Education

J.D., with honors, 1985

Duke University Law School

B.A., 1976

Davidson College

More Than Stites & Harbison

Mr. Douglass is a member of the Kiwanis club of Atlanta, president of the Initiative for Affordable Housing Inc. board, and a member of the Garden Hills Civic Association. He has run the Peachtree Road Race every year since 1985.

Accolades

Martindale-Hubbell^®AV-Preeminent^® Peer Review Rated

The Best Lawyers in America^®, for Construction Law; Construction Litigation (2009-22)

Georgia Super Lawyers^®(2007-10, 2012-21)