Alan E. Harris

• Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers; President-Elect
• Adjunct Professor, Construction Law, Boalt Hall School of Law 2000-present
• Judge, International Court for the Arbitration of Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Arbitrator, World Anti-Doping Agency
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association
• Member, Committee for the Arbitration of Fee Disputes of the Bar Association of San Francisco
• Member, ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
• Judge Pro Tem, San Francisco Superior Court
• Assistant Professor, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile, 1968-1970

• May 9, 2003, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, 2003 Annual Meeting,Revolution & Evolution in Boston, Changes & Innovations in the Construction Industry: “Scheduling201: Tactical Use of Schedules”.
• January 23, 2003, Lorman Education Services: Risk Allocation on Complex ConstructionProjects: “Appealing To The Referee: When Risks Become Actual Disputes, SelectingThe Right Mechanism For Dispute Resolution Can Help You Avoid Being Tackled By The HighCosts of Litigation”.
• Co-editor of the American Arbitration Association’s most recent publication, ADR A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESOLVE CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES
• “Construction Law: Contractor/Subcontractor Relationship: Rights, Duties and Remedies,” Real Estate Litigation, California Judges Association (1991)
• “Formal Methods of Claims Resolution,” Construction Claims-Genesis, Avoidance, Monitoring, Mitigation and Resolution,” California Association of Sanitation Agencies Annual Meeting (1985)
• “Step Three: Consider Theories of Legal Liability Apart from the Contract,” Seven Steps to Resolving Construction Claims, B. Warren Hart Memorial Lecture Series, ABA Section of Litigation (1983)
• “Substantive Bases for Construction Claims for Defenses,”How to Win a Construction Case – Advanced Course, ABA Section of Litigation Annual Meeting, (1982)
• “Urban Renewal in the Bay Area: The Need to Stress Human Considerations,” 55 California Law Review 813 (1967)
• “The Owner’s Liability for Lack of Coordination Among Multi-Primes”, Author, chapter in the “1995 Wiley Construction Law Update”

Speeches, Panel Discussions, and Seminars:

• Fundamentals of Construction Law, Forum on the Construction Industry, American BarAssociation – Chapter 13: Alternative Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century; 2001.
• NACORE’s Institute for Corporate Real Estate, Project Management Course, “Construction Law –Protecting the Owner’s Interests — The Legal Perspective”, 2000.
• American College of Construction Lawyers Annual Meeting, “Surety Liability for Bad Faith”, 2000.
• “How to Avoid the Knucklehead Award and Other Changes that should be Made to AAA Documents”, The Thirteenth Annual Construction Superconference, 1998
• Forbes Magazine, Worldwide Infrastructure Partnerships, “Additional Ideas and Options for Alternate Dispute Resolution”, 1998
• “What Smart (and Reasonable) Owners Should Include in Their Agreements with Project Architects”, 1997
• “How and When to Use Construction Legal Warfare”, The Eleventh Annual Construction Superconference, 1996
• “Cost Effective Mediation”, Orange County Bar Association, The Sixth Annual Construction Lay Symposium, 1996
• “The Most Important Current Construction Cases- And Why”, The Annual Construction Superconference, November 1993
• “Construction Management: What Is It and How Does It Work”, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, 1992
• “Construction Management: What Is It and How Does It Work”, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, 1992
• “Creative Methods to Obtain and Use Financial and Construction Documents in Dispute Resolution”, The Construction Superconference, November 1991
• 30th Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys, June 1991
• “Construction Contracts, Claims Avoidance and Analysis”, Western Council of Construction Consumers Meeting, 1987-1991
• “The Baseball Arbitration System and Free Agency,” The Association for Communications, Sports and Entertainment Law, Hastings College of Law, Third Annual Spring Dinner, 1989
• “Construction Under Turnkey Contracts,” ABA Section of Public Contracts Law, May 1988
• “Arbitration the Construction Case,” ABA Sections of Litigation Annual Meeting, 1987
• “Defending Condominium Construction Disputes Brought by Homeowners’ Associations and Individual Owners,” 25th Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys, 1986
• “Current Trends in Public Construction Claims,” Northern California Power Agency Annual Meeting, 1985
• “When Contract Procedures Don’t Work,” Construction Claims-Genesis, Avoidance, Monitoring, Mitigation and Resolution, California Association of Sanitation Agencies Annual Meeting, 1985
• “Presenting the Owner’s Defense to a Delay Claim,” Construction Contracts 1984, Practicing Law Institute, 1984
• “Current Development in Construction Law,” Peterson & Co. Annual Meeting, 1984
• “Step Three: Consider Theories of Legal Liability Apart from the Contract,” Seven Steps to Resolving 
• Construction Claims, B Warren Hart Memorial Lecture Series, ABA Section of Litigation, 1983
• “Substantive Bases for Construction Claims for Defenses,” How to Win a Construction Case-Advanced Course, ABA section of Litigation Annual Meeting, 1982

• State of California
• United States District Court (Northern District of California, Central District of California, Eastern District of California and Southern District of California)