Founder, Manager & Past Managing Partner: Conner Gwyn Schenck, PLLC, 1999-present
Partner: Patton Boggs, L.L.P., 1988 – 1998
Associate/Partner: Foster, Conner, Robson & Gumbiner, P.A., 1982 – 1988
President: National Institute of Construction Law, Inc., 1984 – 1998
Board of Governors, American College of Construction Lawyers, 2019-present
Chair, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, 2011-2012
Board of Governors, North Carolina Bar Association, 2002 – 2005
Chair, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section, 1991-1992
Editor, Change Order, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section Newsletter, 1987 – 1990
Director, Greensboro Bar Association, 1993
ABA Committee on Dispute Resolution, ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, American Arbitration Association Mediation Panel, American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators
Moderator, “A Match Made in Heaven? In-House-Outside Counsel Relationships,” Best Practices in Inside & Outside Construction Counseling – 2017 American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law Annual Meeting.
Co-author, “Liability for Construction Defects That Result From Multiple Causes,” 9 Journal of American College of Construction Lawyers 1, Winter, 2015
Co-author, NORTH CAROLINA CONSTRUCTION LAW TREATISE, Thomson Reuters, 2015-2016 ed.
Presenter, “Unveiling the Mysteries: Building a Better Construction Lawyer Through Best Practices and Experience, The Advanced Ideal: Best Practices in Arbitration,” American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry Midwinter Meeting, 2014
Panelist, “Construction Contracting Primer,” County Attorneys’ Winter Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government, 2012
Presenter, ABA–CLE Teleconference “Construction Management at Risk (CMAR)” American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, 2009
Presenter, “Project Delivery Systems: Construction Management” Mealey Construction Litigation Conference, 2008
Presenter, North Carolina Bar Association, Construction Law Section Annual Meetings, Case Law Update, 1991-2007
Panelist, “Best Practices in Public Bidding of CM At Risk Contracts,” North Carolina State Construction Conference, North Carolina State Construction Office, 2006
Contributing Author and Editor, The Design/Build Deskbook: A Guide to Licensing and Procurement Requirements in the 50 States and Canada(Forum on the Construction Industry, American Bar Association 1997, 2000, 2004, 2010
Co-Author, Construction and Design Law and Construction and Design Law Digest, (Michie Co., Charlottesville, Va., 1982-1999)
Governing Committee Liaison, Annual Meeting, Don’t Tell Me What I Should Have Done; What Do I Do Now? La Quinta, California, April 2008
North Carolina Bar Association, Annual Meetings, Case Law Update, 1991-2004, 2006-2007
Risky Business: Reducing Your Exposure, Construction Superconference, San Francisco, CA, December 2004.
Presenter: Fundamentals of Construction Law, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Charlotte, NC, November 5, 2004
Keynote Speaker: Best Value Contracting Today: What it is and Where is it Going? ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Fall, 2003.
Program Co-chair, Defective Work, Effective Litigation: Claims, Coverage and Trends, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Fall 2002
Contractor Default: Making the Tough Decisions, Attorney’s Workshop on Construction Contracting, University of North Carolina Institute of Government, 1999
Panelist: The Law Firm in the Millennium, Construction Lawyering in the 21st Century, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, 1998
Program Coordinator: Breakout Session, The Future of Multi Prime Projects, Advanced Project Delivery Systems, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, October 1998
Presenter: The Design/Build Cookbook, Construction Roundup, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, 1996
Hurdling Design Build’s Legislative and Regulatory Obstacles, Stanford/DBIA Professional Design Build, 1995
Presenter: State Laws Inhibiting the Use Of Innovative Project Delivery; The New Model Design Build Procurement Code From the Building Futures Council, Changing Trends In Project Delivery: The Move To Design/Build, American Bar Association Forum On the Construction Industry, 1995
Structuring the Design Build Project, the Construction Superconference, 1994
Design Build, Making It Work, CM Strategies for America, CMAA, 1993
Indoor Air Quality, North Carolina Ass’n of Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractors, 1993
North Carolina State Bar
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
United States District Courts, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
Chair, Construction Professionals Network Institute, Inc., 2015-2016
President, CPN of NC, Inc. (Construction Professionals Network) 2009-2010
Member, Wake County Energy Advisory Commission, 1996-2007