Donald O. Pratt

• Solo practice as an ADR provider
• Pratt & Youngblood, P. C., Arlington TX (1988 – 2012)
• Canterbury, Stuber, Pratt, Elder & Gooch, P.C.
• Gandy, Michner, Swindle, Whitaker & Pratt, P.C.

• Member, Dallas County, Tarrant County, Texas and American Bar Association
• Member, ABA Section of Litigation
• Member, ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
• American Arbitration Association, Large Complex Cases Arbitrator
• Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers
• Charter Member of theTexas Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
• Former Trial Attorney, U.S. Army, Chief Trial Attorney’s Office, Washington, D.C.

ABA Committee on Dispute Resolution, ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry

• Construction Contractors Legal Handbook
• “Contracting With Uncle Sam”
• Has also published numerous articles regarding construction and government contract law
• Chapter 25 “Exceptions to No Damage For Delay Clauses” Construction Law Handbook, Aspen Publications

Speeches, Panel Discussions, and Seminars:

• Speaker, Numerous Seminars for Minority Contractors Sponsored by the Small Business Administration,Contracting With Uncle Sam,(1980 – 1985)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Litigation Proof Problems, (1989)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Contract Claims Preparation, (1990)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section Annual Meeting, Defective Specifications, (1990)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Alternate Dispute Resolution, (1991)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Complex Claims Management, (1992)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Case Study of a Dispute Between a General Contractor and a Major Subcontractor, (1993)
• Speaker, Lorman Business Center Seminar, Construction Contracting for Public Entities, (Aug 1997)
• Speaker, Travis County Bar Association, Construction Law Section, Exceptions to No Damage For Delay Clauses, (Oct. 1998)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Delay Damages – Can I Get Them? If So, What Can I Get and How Do I Prove Them? (1999)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section Annual Meeting, I Don’t Care What the Contract Says, I Deserve Money For Delay…..Just Ask My Expert!, (1999)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Delay Damages, (2000)
• Speaker, Primavera User Conference, Shoot Out at the OK Corral: The Examination and Cross-Examination of a Scheduling Expert, (Dec. 2000)
• Speaker, Texas Independent Electrical Contractors Conference, Legislative Update and ADR – What Is It and How Does It Work?, (July, 2001)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Conference, Mediation of Construction Cases – What Works and What Doesn’t, (February, 2002)
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section Annual Meeting, Mediation of Construction Cases – What Works and What Doesn’t,(June, 2002)
• Speaker, Dallas Bar Association Construction Law Section, Mediating the Construction Case, (Aug 2002)
• Speaker, Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association Neutral’s Retreat, Legal Gobbly-Gook in Arbitration Proceedings, (2003. 2005. 2010)

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Supreme Court of Texas
• U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1969
• U.S. Court of Appeals (5th & Federal Circuit)
• U.S. District Court (N.D. and W.D. Texas)
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Member of the First United Methodist Church of Grapevine, Texas