Join us for our November Chapter Meeting as we welcome Margarita Kutsin, an attorney with ACS Lawyers to discuss specifications and the law and what spec writers should know.
Construction specifications allocate risk, define responsibility, and may play an important role in determining who wins or loses a legal dispute. This presentation provides an overview on specifications as well as highlighting potential issues specifications writers should consider to avoid conflict. This presentation is a structured, yet free-form discussion about specifications with an opportunity for questions and answers from participants; topics may include a project’s general conditions, conflicts between drawings and specifications, the role of prescriptive versus performance specifications, allocation of risk, incorporation of specifications into contracts and purchase orders, plus relevant, specifications-related case law. Participants should gain a better understanding of specifications, generally, CSI specifications, specifications role in a project, as well as practical tips specifications writers should consider to avoid disputes.
PRESENTER
Margarita Kutsin, Attorney, ACS Lawyers
Margarita Kutsin recently joined Ahlers, Cressman, & Sleight after completing a two-year judicial clerkship with Judge Anne M. Cruser of Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals.
While attending law school, Margarita participated in multiple externships that were aimed at developing experience in the practice of civil litigation, including an externship for the Seattle City Attorney’s Office and a judicial externship for Justice Debra L. Stephens of the Washington State Supreme Court. Margarita will serve as the Executive Committee Secretary for the WSBA Civil Rights Law Section beginning October 1, 2021.
CREDIT
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