Chris Dunn, a partner with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, has been named a fellow with the American College of Construction Lawyers.
Founded in 1989, the college’s mission is to improve and enhance the practice and understanding of construction law and to promote the positive role of lawyers as “friends of the project.” The College includes attorneys from the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and France. Fellowship is extended by invitation to those lawyers who have mastered the practice or the teaching of construction law and dispute resolution.
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