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Charles Lewis

Attorney | Duane Morris LLP
About Charles Lewis
Charles B. Lewis concentrates his practice in the area of construction law and litigation and is a member of Duane Morris' national Construction Practice Group and the head of the Chicago office Construction Practice Group. Mr. Lewis represents general contractors, construction managers, owners, architects and engineers, design builders, subcontractors, and material suppliers in matters involving contract drafting, contract negotiation, breach of contract claims, claims for extras, delay, disruption, loss of productivity, excessive change orders, out-of-scope work, and claims involving mechanic's liens.

Mr. Lewis has been certified as a mediator by the International Mediation Institute. He is an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association, having acted as a mediator in over 350 construction disputes, is an arbitrator for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, and is a mediator for the Circuit Court of Cook County, Court Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program, run by the Circuit Court of Cook County. Mr. Lewis is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Litigation Counsel of America, the Trial Lawyer Honorary Society.

Mr. Lewis has been selected by lawyers and construction industry professionals who specialize in construction mega projects to be part of the American Arbitration Association's new national Mega Project Panel of Arbitrators. This panel is limited to approximately sixty (60) arbitrators nationwide. In addition, Mr. Lewis has also recently been selected by a rating committee made up of a diverse group of advocates and in-house counsels representing clients in large complex disputes to be one (1) of eleven (11) mediators on the American Arbitration Association's new Midwest Master Mediator Panel.

Mr. Lewis is an active member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers. He has written articles for Construction Executive, President & CEO Magazine, Chicago Building Congress, Edifice, Chicago Bar Journal, Construction Law News and Illinois Law Journal. Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business cites Mr. Lewis as a leader in the area of construction law. Mr. Lewis has also acted as an expert witness in a legal malpractice matter stemming from a construction dispute.

Mr. Lewis is a 1976 graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and a graduate of the University of Michigan.
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Liens filed by Duane Morris LLP
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Address
Amount
Date
Osiris Ventures
1333 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109
$198,493.87
Jun 9, 2020