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bbacon@becker-poliakoff.com
Professional Experience
Belinda Bacon is a Board Certified Construction Lawyer by the Florida Bar and a registered Florida Professional Engineer and attorney who practices exclusively in the area of Construction Law and Litigation.
Ms. Bacon's experience includes representation of owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and suppliers in a variety of construction related litigation and transactional matters, in both the public and private sector. She has handled issues related to contract drafting and negotiation, delay claims, and Florida's construction lien law in many projects throughout the state of Florida. She recently prevailed in a trial on behalf of a condominium association, discharging a $600,000 construction lien claim.
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- American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution (member)
- Forum on the Construction Industry (Steering Committee Member for Division 12)
- Dade County Bar Association (member)
- Junior League of Miami (member)
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She spent three years as a transportation engineer/planner, and two years in Kenya in the Peace Corps before her legal career.
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"Green Building: Florida ‘LEEDs’ The Way", Proyecto, January, 2009 |
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Co-author, "For Better or Worse: The AIA Introduces the Initial Decision Maker in its Dispute Resolution Provisions," Dispute Resolution Journal, February-April, 2008. |
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Co-author, Construction Lawyer’s Guide to The 2007 AIA A201 “General Conditions Of The Contract For Construction”, TIPS Law Journal, Fall 2008 |
Bar Admissions
Florida
Ohio
Education
Duke University, Civil Engineering (BSE)
William and Mary College of Law (J.D.)
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