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Vic L. McConnell,
PE, LEED® AP
Direct Dial: 615-742-8580
Fax: 615-742-8556
Email:
vmcconnell@smithcashion.com
Vic
L. McConnell, born in 1967 and a native of Talladega, Alabama, is a
partner with Smith Cashion & Orr, PLC, and concentrates his practice
in the areas of design professional malpractice defense,
construction litigation, and commercial litigation.
Mr. McConnell received a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from
Auburn University in 1990 where he was a member of the Chi
Epsilon civil engineering honor society and the School of
Engineering Student Council. While at Auburn, Mr. McConnell worked
for Harbert International, Inc., of Birmingham, Alabama, as a Co-op
engineer and was assigned to several large construction projects
including the ORMESA IE geothermal power plant in El Centro,
California. The ORMESA geothermal complex is considered a pioneering
advancement in the successful generation of clean, sustainable and
renewable energy. Mr. McConnell was also employed as a summer
engineer intern with the Construction Management Division of Wilson,
Miller, Barton & Peek in Naples, Florida.
After graduating from Auburn University, Mr. McConnell was employed
as a design engineer with several engineering-consulting firms in
the southeast including Miller-Sellen Associates in Orlando,
Florida, Sain Associates, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama, and David
Evans and Associates, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. McConnell’s
engineering design experience includes site development and
infrastructure design for commercial, industrial, and residential
developments.
In 1996, Mr. McConnell received a Master of Science degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In 1998,
Mr. McConnell received a Master of Science degree in Environmental
Management from Samford University and a Juris Doctor degree from
Samford’s Cumberland School of Law. While at Cumberland, Mr.
McConnell received awards for academic excellence in legal research
and writing and was Vice President of Cumberland’s Environmental Law
Society. Following law school, Mr. McConnell joined Smith Cashion &
Orr, PLC, as an associate and became a Member of the firm in 2005.
Mr. McConnell is a registered Professional Engineer and
is a LEED® AP. Mr. McConnell
is currently a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers,
the National and Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers and the
U.S. Green Building Council (Middle Tennessee Chapter). He is also a
member of the American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations as
well as ABA’s Forum on the Construction Industry and ABA’s Section
of Litigation Committee on Construction Litigation. Furthermore, he
is a member of the Defense Research Institute and is the Education
Committee Chair for the Tennessee Association of Construction
Counsel.
Since 2004, Mr. McConnell has taught “Construction Law and Contract”
as an adjunct professor for Vanderbilt University’s School of
Engineering. Mr. McConnell is also a contributing co-author to
State-by-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims,
Chapter 45 (Aspen Publishers). Mr. McConnell often provides lectures
on design professional liability and construction law issues before
the American Society of Civil Engineers, Tennessee Society of
Professional Engineers and on behalf of Lorman Education Services,
National Business Institute and Half Moon, LLC. Some of the seminars
presented by Mr. McConnell include Managing Construction
Projects, What To Do When Construction Projects Go Bad,
The Fundamentals of Construction Contracts, Minimizing
Design Professional Liability Exposure, and Legal Issues in
Green Building.
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