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Robert B Thum
550 South Hope St.
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90071
+1 213.892.1926
+1 213.892.2300 (Fax)
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Robert Thum has specialized in engineering and construction law since 1974, providing contract advice and dispute resolution services for owners (public and private), engineers, general contractors and major trade subcontractors. He has litigated and arbitrated a wide variety of cases involving major infrastructure projects (dams, highways and bridges, power plants, rail, airports and water treatment plants), as well as refineries, industrial plants, hospitals, schools, and high-rise buildings. Mr. Thum is a member of the American Arbitration Association's National Panel of Construction Arbitrators. For over 20 years he has participated in Alternative Dispute Resolution of engineering and construction disputes, and has mediated many cases to settlement. Mr. Thum has published widely on construction law topics, including contract interpretation, scheduling, productivity and damage calculation. He has been invited to speak to numerous industry groups throughout the nation on subjects related to construction law and ADR.
Mr. Thum has been listed in Best Lawyers in America (Construction Law); Who's Who Legal, California Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2007 - Construction); and Chambers, USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers (2008 Leading Construction Lawyer in California) Construction Practice. Mr. Thum is also a member of the team awarded the Chambers USA Award for Excellence in Construction in both 2010 and 2008.
Representative Highlights
- Westwood Replacement Hospital. UCLA hospital litigation
- Santa Monica /Orthopaedic Hospital. UCLA hospital litigation
- J. A. Jones v. California Commerce Club. Casino
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Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
- United States District Court for the District of Idaho
- United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
- United States Court of Federal Claims
Education
- Cornell Law School (JD, 1970), Cornell Law Review, Editor (1969-70)
- Princeton University (AB, 1967), cum laude
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