Steven M. Siegfried

• Member, New York Bar Association
• Member, The Florida Bar and its Subcommittee on Construction Law
• Member, The American Bar Association and a member of its Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, and Chairman of its Division 8 Steering Committee (1991-1994)
• Founding Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers, and Board of Governors (1999)
• Member, The American Law Institute
• Member, Dade County Bar Association and Past Chairman of its Construction Law Committee
• Member, American Subcontractors Association of South Florida and Co-Counsel
• Member, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
• Member, Associated General Contractors
• Adjunct Professor, Construction Law, University of Miami School of Law (1983-present)

Professional Affiliations

ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry,American Arbitration Association Mediation Panel,American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators,American Arbitration Association’s Construction Arbitrator Master Panel,American Arbitration Association’s Large Complex Case Panel

• Author, Construction Documents: The Tell-Tale of the Project, Selected Problems in Construction Law, C.L.E. Florida Bar, 1982
• Author, Payment Clauses and Disputes, C.L.E. Florida Bar, 1985 and 1986
• Author “The Design Professional in the Construction Process,” Construction Law, Chapter 5.04, Matthew Bender, 1986
• Author, Introduction to Construction Law, ALI/ABA, 1987 and 1989 supplement
• Author, 1987 Changes in AIA Document B141, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1988
• Author, Mechanic’s Lien and Payment Bond Remedies-The Protective Layer of the Construction Industry, ABA-Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, August, 1988
• Author, Florida Construction Lien Law, An Overview, Florida Notice Corp., 8th Ed., 1996
• Author, Performance Specifications and Contractor’s Design Responsibilities for Shop Drawings, ABA-Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, April 1993
• Author, Introduction to Florida Construction Law, Liens and Bonds, Volumes 1 and 2, Florida Notice Corp., 1997
• Author, Florida Construction Law, Liens and Bonds, Aspen Law & Business, 2001, and 2002 Supplement
• Co-Author, Home Electric v. Hall & Underdown Heating & Air Conditioning: Mutuality Remains the Only Solution to the Construction Bidding Problem, The Construction Lawyer, Vol. 9, No. 4, November 1989
• Co-Author, Overview of the Uniform Construction Lien Act, The Construction Lawyer, Vol. 10, No. 3, August 1990
• Co-Author, The Covert Design/Build Package-Use of Design Build Subcontractor, Design Build: Issues for the 90s and Beyond, ABA-Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, October 1990
• Co-Author, Subcontractors’ Agreements, Drafting Effective Construction Contracts: How to Determine Your Rights and Obligations, The McGraw-Hill Construction Weekly, 1990
• Co-Author, The Contractor’s Default: Remedies of the Lender, Troubled Construction Loans: Law and Practice, Chapter 7, Wiley Law Publications, 1991
• Co-Author, Florida Construction Law, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 4th Ed., 1980
• Co-Author, Protecting Subcontractor with Appropriate Contract Clauses, Design-Build Contracting Handbook, Chapter 12, Wiley Law Publication, 1992
• Co-Author, American Business: Disabled by the A.D.A.?, ABA, Section of Construction and Employment and Labor Litigation Committees, April 1992

Speeches, Panel Discussions, Seminars:

• • Professional Education Systems, Inc., annually, on Construction Lien Law
  • National Business Institute, Inc., on Florida Construction Law, 1985-present
  • Florida Sub-Committee on Construction Law Bi-Annual Seminar on Construction Law, 1982-present
  • ABA-Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, “A Practical Approach to Construction Claims and Federal Procurement Programs”, August 1988.
  • Professional Educations Systems, Inc., “The New AIA Contract Document”, 1988
  • ABA-Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, “Design Build: Issues for the 90’s and Beyond”, October, 1990
  • ABA-Joint Meeting of Construction Litigation Committee and Employment and Labor Relations Law Committee, “The Americans Construction and Employment Litigators”, April, 1992
  • ABA-Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, “Design Issues in Construction: Who’s Responsible and What’s Working”, April 1993
  • ABA-Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, “Fundamentals of Construction Law and the Construction Industry, or Things Every Lawyer Should know Before Tackling a Construction Problem-Construction Subcontracting”, October 1993
  • Associated General Contractors, “Florida Construction Law”, September 1994 and July 1995
  • Professional Education Systems, Inc., “Florida Construction Law”, April 1998
  • University of Miami, Eleventh Institute on Real Property Law, 23rd Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development, Construction Law Update, “Recent Developments in Construction Lien Law – Overview of Major Contract Litigation Issues”, October 1998
  • “National Business Institute, Inc., on Advanced Construction Law in Florida, 2002”
  • “Professional Education Systems Institute, LLC, on Florida Construction Law, 2003”
  • “Lorman Education Services on Change Orders in Florida, 2003”

lorman Education Service on Building Codes in Florida, 3009 to present.

• Mr. Siegfried is also a frequent lecturer to various trade associations

• State of New York
• State of Florida
• Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court
• Southern District of Florida, including Trial Bar
• Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Certification (1983-present)

Board Certified Construction Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Certification.

• South Miami Kendall Area Chamber of Commerce, various offices including President