For more than 20 years, Douglas Oles has concentrated his practice on helping clients to avoid and resolve disputes on complex contracts relating to construction, supply, real estate development and intellectual property licensing.  He has prepared, negotiated and litigated claims resulting in recoveries in excess of $100 million on major projects performed for government agencies and private owners.  Most of his work has been in the western United States and Alaska, but assignments have ranged from Europe to South America.  As a principal developer of the firm’s international contracts practice, Mr. Oles has joined the faculty at five conferences of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Construction Law Section, and he chaired the first construction conference to be planned jointly by the Canadian and American Bar Associations.

Presentations

• "Communication - Proper & Timley Notifications ” Construction Seminars Northwest (April, 2010)
• Society of Construction Law Conference in Hong Kong (December, 2010)
• “Federal Contracting,” ABA Construction Forum, Philadelphia (October, 2009)
• Society of Construction Law Conference in London (October, 2008)
• London Super Conference (2002-2006)
• “Dispute Review Boards,” OMRB Construction and Public Contract Law Seminar (2005)
• “Negotiating Changes to ‘Standard’ Form Contracts,” OMRB Construction and Public Contract Law Seminar (2004)

Professional and Civic Involvement

American College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow American Bar Association – Chair, Forum on the Construction Industry (2005-2006) American Bar Foundation, Fellow American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators Washington State Bar Association, Construction Law Section International Bar Association President, The Rainier Club (2007-2008)

Courts

Washington State Courts U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Washington U.S. District Court, Western District, Washington U.S. Court of Federal Claims Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Supreme Court

Education

J.D., with honors, University of Washington 1979

B.A., History, with distinction and department honors, Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa) 1976