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Vic L. McConnell
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 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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