Complex Litigation Attorney
Resume:
John Thomas Brazier **** W. **th Place, Westchester, CA.
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Objective: To obtain a position that will allow my continued growth in legal experience as built upon my practical construction experience and construction-industry acumen while representing, counseling, and litigating within the industrial/commercial construction industry.
Legal
Experience: Trial Attorney NIDA & ROMYN Los Angeles, CA 2022-2024 • Complex Constrution Litigation, Affirmative Claims and Contract Disputes
• Firm is Outside Litigation Counsel for $4.5 Billion National Construction Conglomerate
• Lead Counsel - Managed All Pre-Trial Discovery, Law & Motion and ADR in $117 Million Affirmative/Cross Claims of $2 Billion High Profile Public Works Project in SF
• Second Chair - (8) Week Trial on Unresolved Claims of Client's Affirmative/Cross-Claims
Partner
CHAPMAN GLUCKSMAN Los Angeles, CA
2006-2022 • Lead Defense Counsel in Multitude of Multiparty Complex Civil Litigations – Case Work up, Law & Motion and Discovery Through to Final Judgement/Resolution
• Defense of Claims and Prosecution of Cross-Claims in Multiple Large Commercial/Construction Projects involving (40) or more Parties
• Arbitration: Extensive Experience in Complex Multiparty Arbitrations of up to (8) Weeks; including all Precipitant and Expert Witness preparation and their respective Depositions/Direct and Cross-Examination; First Chair and Second Chair
• Litigated Disputes with Claimed Damages of between $1 Million and
$500 Million
Associate
JOEL CASTRO & ASSOCIATES Los Angeles, CA
2001-2006 • Associate in Plaintiff’s Construction Defect Law Practice
• Law & Motion, Discovery, Case Work Up and Liaison with Clients and Litigation Support
Construction
Experience:
1992-1995
D.M. ERICSSON CONSTRUCTION CO. Escondido, CA
• Sr. Estimator on Mid/Large Commercial Construction Projects
• Project Management on Midsized Commercial Construction Projects
• Project Size Range: $1 million to $ 10 Million - Public & Private 1988-1992
LANDEX CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION San Deigo, CA
• Preformed All Aspects of Commercial Construction Estimating and Project Management.
• Negotiated Prime and Subcontracts
• Built Upon (8) Years of In-Field Construction Experience (San Francisco, CA.) John Thomas Brazier 6457 W. 84th Place, Westchester, CA. 310-***-****
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Education: 1997-2000 • University of Missouri, School of Law Kansas City,
Mo.
Juris Doctorate
1993-1996 • University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA B.A. Economics
Other: •
Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, The Effects of Brisbane on the Construction Defects Statutes of Limitations, January 2016. Vol, 38, No. 10. Pg. 14
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Panelist: Litigating High End Properties in Southern California, ASCDC Conference, December 2014, Costa Mesa, CA.
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Los Angeles Daily Journal, Hearsay, the Experts Say, November 21, 2016, Vol. 129, No. 226, Pg. 8
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