Construction Litigation

BRENTON D. SODERSTRUM

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Alexandria, Virginia 22309

571-***-**** (c)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Landover, Maryland 2019-Current Attorney. Primary areas of practice: Employment Law, Litigation, OSHA Representative Experience:

• Hearings in front of EEOC.

• Hearings in front of MSPB.

• Of-Counsel in Federal District Court Cases.

• Handle OSHA citations.

• Manage heavy case load.

TECHNOPREF INDUSTRIES, INC., Alexandria, Virginia 2018-2019 General Counsel. Primary areas of practice: Construction Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law, OSHA, and Litigation.

Representative Experience:

• Reviewed and drafted subcontract agreements for millions of dollars.

• Contested and reduced OSHA citations.

• Investigated EEOC Complaints in which charges were dismissed.

• Oversaw NLRB investigation obtaining dismissal of union complaint.

• Managed multiple Workers Compensation claims.

• Worked with insurance companies to ensure coverage and resolve claims. BROWN, WINICK, GRAVES, GROSS, BASKERVILLE AND SCHOENEBAUM, P.L.C., Des Moines, Iowa 1998 - 2018

Partner. Primary areas of practice: Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, OSHA, Construction Law, Mediation, and Arbitration.

Representative Experience:

• First chaired over 15 commercial litigation matters.

• Made successful appellate arguments before the United States Seventh and Eighth Circuit.

• Filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court.

• Litigated breach of contract claims, negligence claims, wrongful termination claims, construction litigation, class action suits and hedge-to-arrive grain contract cases.

• Used alternative dispute resolution to resolve cases saving client money.

• Advised companies on a full scope of federal and state employment law issues such as Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, NLRA and OSHA.

• Written and implemented employee handbooks for businesses.

• Initiated internal investigations reducing employer liability.

• Managed complex litigation cases.

• Instituted monthly litigation reports to clients.

• Chair of the Construction Law section of the Iowa Bar Association. SHEARER, TEMPLER, AND PINGEL, West Des Moines, Iowa 1989 – 1998 Primary areas of practice: Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, OSHA, Construction Law and Environmental Law.

Representative Experience:

• First chaired five jury trials

• Made appellate arguments in front of state and federal appellate courts.

• Represented the State in Leaking Underground Storage Tank cases.

• Managed outside counsel.

• Advised companies on a full scope of employment law issues including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, NLRA and OSHA.

• Written and implemented employee handbooks.

• Initiated internal investigations regarding OSHA citations.

• Used alternative dispute resolution to resolve at reduced costs.

• Litigated complex commercial, construction and environmental cases. BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to the state and federal courts in Iowa, including the U. S. Eighth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

Admitted to the Iowa and District of Columbia Bars MEMBERSHIPS

Sheet Metal Contractors Association

Construction Specification Institute

Master Builders of Iowa

Iowa Association of Mediators

District of Columbia Bar Association

APPOINTMENTS

Appointed by the Governor to the Iowa Persons with Disabilities Commission 2007– 2009 Appointed by the Governor to the Iowa Statewide Independent Living Council 2009 – 2012. Appointed Co-Chair of the Construction Section of the Iowa Bar Association 2015- 2016. ACHIEVEMENTS

Admitted to BEST LAWYERS in 2013

BEST LAWYERS Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year” 2014, 2018. BEST LAWYERS in America-Construction Law 2016.

In-House Counsel Fellow, Construction Lawyers Society of America 2019 EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW SCHOOL, J.D.,

Graduated with High Distinction

Iowa Law Review, Associate Editor

LUTHER COLLEGE, B.A.

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