Ernest Christopher Brown

Ernest C. Brown, ESQ, PE is highly experienced in construction contracts, negotiation, claims preparation, construction litigation, mechanic’s liens, bid protests, public works law and insurance coverage. He has resolved more than 2,500 construction disputes, including complex mediations, arbitrations, litigation, court trials, jury trials, DRB's and other innovative ADR approaches. He is a graduate of MIT in Civil and Environmental Engineering and earned a MS Construction Management and JD from the University of California, Berkeley. He also did graduate coursework at Harvard Law School in International Law. He is a senior construction lawyer and licensed civil engineer. Mr. Brown has been a Mediator, Arbitrator and Special Master for the American Arbitration Association and Office of Administrative Hearings for over 20 years. He regularly serves in that capacity in construction and environmental cases ranging up to $100 million. Mr. Brown is well respected for his ability to quickly and tactfully guide parties to successful resolution.

• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Mediation Fees: $8,000/ day throughout the Western United States. $1,500 travel/lodging fee per day for travel assignments beyond the Western US. Mediation Fees are due upon booking. The first day of mediation is charged upon the parties agreeing to a mediation date. Subsequent days of mediation can be cancelled without penalty. Estimated arbitration fees are charged in advance and the cancellation fee is typically two days per scheduled week that is postponed or cancelled.

California

Since 1978

Equity Partner

Ernest Brown ADR

1989 - Current

Founder

Ernest Brown & Company

1989 - 2011

Massachusetts Inst of Tech

Undergraduate Degree

UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall

Law Degree

Karl Taylor Compton Prize for Scholarship & Outstanding Contributions to the MIT Community

MIT

1975

Honorary President

Chi Epsilon Engineering Fraternity

Associated General Contractors of California Legal Advisory Committee

Chairman

Current

National Panel of Construction Arbitrators for the American Arbitrators Association

Member

Current

ABA Forum on the Construction Industry

Member

1980 - Current

California State Bar  # 83349

Member

1978 - Current

State Bar of California

Member

1978 - Current

A Practical Guide to Public- Private Partnerships

Publisher Design Group, Inc.

2015

California Infrastructure Projects: Successful Contracting and Dispute Resolution

Recorder Books

2015

California Public Works: Contracts & Litigation

1999

Architect/ Engineer Liability Under California Law

Cambridge Institute

1992

What Lawyers Must Know About Asbestos

ABA Journal

November, 1987