Vic L. McConnell, PE, LEED^® AP

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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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