ANDREW ESTES

andrewestes@cdrsllc.com

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Andrew Estes has devoted 39 years as an attorney primarily engaged in litigation, with a strong emphasis on defense and prosecution of construction and related claims. His early experience in the courts involved complex multi party commercial construction claims representing both contractors and owners in and about the Atlanta, GA area. As an owner, he restored a number of historic buildings in Savannah, GA. There, he represented a number of architects in claims involving construction and design of residential and commercial properties. In the US Virgin Islands he served in a mediator capacity following Hurricane Hugo in 1989-1990 between the Deployed Forces sent in by President Bush and the National Guard of the USVI during his service in St Croix. As a government construction supervisor, he oversaw on a daily basis the reconstruction of a number of hurricane destroyed public housing projects on St. Croix, within the scope of his services as an Assistant Attorney General of the Territorial Court. Andrew Estes became Certified as a Mediator in North Carolina (1998) and Tennessee (2000), having attended the 40 hour mediation training curriculum in Cary, NC and the 40 hour training curriculum in Knoxville, Tenn.

As a construction arbitrator he has successfully resolved construction disputes in South Carolina, where he is an associate member of the South Carolina Bar, and has concluded successfully almost 90 ADR construction disputes in litigation in North Carolina as a mediator. In Georgia he successfully resolved a four day marathon multiparty mediation for the Georgia D.O.T. involving 126 claimants in a State Boundary land dispute dating back to 1736 in excess of 5.5 million dollars.

EDUCATION

1962-1966 Emory University BA
1965-1968 Emory University School of Law
1998 40 hours general mediation training, Cary, NC
          36 hours special mediation training US Postal Service Columbia, SC
1999 40 hours general mediation training, Knoxville, TN
2000 24 hours special mediation training EEOC NC TN GA
2004 12 hours training construction mediation Cary, NC
2004-5 13 hours training construction ADR State Bar of Georgia

PROFESSIONAL ATTAINMENTS

State Bar of Georgia (#250500) May 16,1968-Current. Admitted US Supreme Court,1972 US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. US District Court GA, SC and USVI (St. Croix)Superior and State Courts of GA 1968 -Current. State Bar of GA offices: Chair AMedico0 Legal Conference, 3 terms, Vice-Chair General Practice Section 1989. ADR Section. NC Bar Assn. (#26522), South Carolina Bar associate member (#16209) Georgia Trial Lawyers Assn Life Member, Past President. Panelist/Arbitrator National Arbitration Forum, NAM, National Mediation Board, Professional Mediation Association all Current Status

PRACTICUM

Towns/Union County (GA) Homebuilders Assn, Cherokee/Clay County (NC) Homebuilders Assn. Jackson County (NC) Homebuilders Assn, Anderson County (SC) Homebuilders Assn. Guest speaker Construction litigation and mediation/arbitration. Current mediation practice in three states, Certified in TN and NC Industrial Commission, Mediator/Arbitrator all civil, Superior Courts, Construction Contracts, Architect Liability Claims insurance and contractors warranty issues, 800+ mediations, arbitrations.