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S. Joe WelbornDirect Dial: 615-742-8586
Joe is involved in many local and national construction industry associations. He is a member of the Louisiana, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations as well as the ABA’s Forum Committee on Construction Industry and the ABA’s Section of Litigation Committee on Construction Litigation. Joe is also a member of the Defense Research Institute and the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel. Joe has served as a guest lecturer for the “Construction Law and Contract” class at Vanderbilt University’s College of Engineering and a Regional Coordinator for the ABA/Forum Committee on Construction Industry’s 2009 Fundamentals of Construction Law Program in Nashville, Tennessee. Joe has also co-lectured on construction law issues before the AGC of Tennessee at its annual meeting. Joe is licensed to practice in all state courts in Louisiana and Tennessee. He has also been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana, the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth Circuits. Joe obtained his B.A. in Business Administration from Rhodes College in 1995, and his Juris Doctorate with honors from Tulane University in 1998. While at Tulane, Joe served as a Legal Research and Writing Senior Fellow.
Following law school, Joe accepted an associate position with the
Slater Law Firm in New Orleans, Louisiana. While at the Slater Law
Firm, Joe devoted his practice to railroad and transportation law,
products liability and complex civil litigation. In 2001, Joe joined
Smith Cashion & Orr, PLC as an associate. |
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Joe
Welborn, a native of New Orleans, is a partner with Smith Cashion &
Orr, PLC in Nashville, Tennessee. He represents the full spectrum of
the construction industry, from owners, to contractors,
subcontractors, and sureties. His practice includes time-related
claims and litigation (e.g., delay/impact), legal advice and counsel
regarding the contracting process (e.g., bid and contract
disputes/performance bond claims), payment enforcement/defense (e.g.
payment bonds/mechanic’s liens), administrative and scope clams and
litigation (e.g., differing site conditions, change and extra work
orders/inadequate plans and specifications), and counseling and
transactional services to the contraction industry (e.g., general
advice and counsel), including contract preparation and negotiation.
