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Vic L. McConnellDirect Dial: 615-742-8580  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 liability, construction
litigation, and commercial litigation.Mr. McConnell received a Bachelors 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 Interstate 75/Sawgrass Expressway Interchange in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and the ORMESA 1-E geothermal power plant in El Centro, California. 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 in 1990, 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. Mr. McConnell obtained his Professional Engineering license in 1994 and is currently licensed in Alabama and Tennessee. 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. Mr. McConnell is currently a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers and Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. 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 serves on the Communications Committee of the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel. Mr. McConnell has co-authored several publications related to design professional liability and construction law including Tennessee Law for Design Professionals, Tennessee Construction Defect Claims, and Tricks, Traps and Ploys Used in Construction Scheduling in Tennessee, Lorman Education Services; and State by State Analysis of Legal Issues Affecting Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Owners, Tennessee Chapter, Aspen Publishers. Mr. McConnell teaches “Construction Law and Contract” as an adjunct professor for Vanderbilt University’s College of Engineering. 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.  |
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