Kerry L. Kester

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Kerry L. Kester

Kerry Kester has practiced law with Woods & Aitken LLP since 1981 focusing on construction contracting, construction dispute resolution, and counseling of construction contractors, owners, subcontractors and suppliers.

Kerry’s experience includes counseling clients regarding claims and dispute avoidance, lien and bond claims, contract negotiations and project management.  It also includes mediation, arbitration, and appeals before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and the federal boards of contract appeals. He has handled disputes on local, state and federal projects as well as on private projects.

Kerry is deeply involved in professional and industry organizations and is a frequent speaker and writer on construction related topics.  He serves on the Governing Committee of the ABA’s Forum on the Construction Industry, is the past Chair of the Project Delivery Division (4) of the Forum, and is Lead Editor of the Forum’s Design-Build Deskbook (4th Edition 2010).

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Construction Law & Litigation
Contract Law
Project Delivery Methods

Bar Admissions

Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
U.S. Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit)
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Supreme Court

Affiliations

American Bar Association – Forum on the Construction Industry
American Bar Association – Section of Litigation
Denver & Colorado Bar Associations
Eighth Circuit Bar Association
Federal Bar Association

Education

University of Nebraska, B.S.
University of Nebraska College of Law, J.D.


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