Heusinger Elected to American College of Construction Lawyers

Denver, CO, March 31, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Woods & Aitken is proud to announce that Joel D. Heusinger, a partner in the firm’s Construction Law practice group, has been named a Fellow to the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL). Heusinger is one of only three Fellows in the State of Colorado.

“This is a well-deserved honor for Joel,” said Allen Overcash, Of Counsel at Woods & Aitken and a longtime Fellow of the College. “The nomination recognizes the immense practical assistance Joel has given many construction clients as well as Joel’s dedication to improvements in the construction industry. I am proud to be associated with a person of such outstanding character and ability.”

Founded in 1989, the ACCL is a national organization of lawyers who have demonstrated skill, experience, and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice, or in the teaching, of construction law, and who are dedicated to excellence in the specialized practice of construction law. Membership in the College is by invitation only upon nomination and election. The College provides advanced professional workshops and educational programs to its Fellows and identifies and contributes to the solution of major construction industry legal problems. The College has a limited membership of fewer than 200 lawyers from the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and France.

Heusinger is a partner at Woods & Aitken where he focuses exclusively on construction law. He advises and represents contractors, subcontractors, public and private owners, architects, engineers, and surety companies in federal and state courts, mediations, arbitrations, and special master proceedings. He has been involved in numerous complex construction disputes throughout the United States and has helped establish Woods & Aitken’s Denver office. Heusinger is a member of the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry and the Section on Public Contracts Law where he was Chairman of the Construction Contract Committee from 1995-1998. Heusinger is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of Colorado and Nebraska, as well as additional federal courts. Heusinger received his J.D. with honors from Duke University School of Law.

Woods & Aitken is privileged to have three construction attorneys inducted as Fellows of the ACCL. In addition to Heusinger, Woods & Aitken attorneys Allen L. Overcash and Edward H. Tricker are Fellows of the College.

About Woods & Aitken LLP
Woods & Aitken LLP has been representing clients in the construction industry since the law firm was founded in 1921. Since its inception, the firm and its members have represented family- or employee-owned construction companies providing representation as a “trusted advisor” in the context of the client’s overall strategic plan, strengths and vulnerabilities and with the client’s long-term business goals as the ultimate measure of the firm’s success. The firm has offices in Denver, Lincoln, Omaha, and Washington, D.C.