PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Barbara R. Gadbois was recognized as a leading construction lawyer by the Chambers USA Directory of Leading Lawyers for the eleventh consecutive year. Ms. Gadbois is AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbe l®. She was selected for inclusion in the “Southern California Super Lawyers” listing by Los Angeles Magazine in 2004, and 2008 through 2017. Ms. Gadbois was included in the list of 2013 Los Angeles’ Women Leaders in the Law and she is also recognized by Best Lawyers®, 2016 and 2017 and in the Legal 500, U.S. Real estate and Construction section of their publication for the years of 2009 through 2017. Ms. Gadbois has been a partner of the firm since 1993. She concentrates her practice in the development and management of construction projects including the drafting and negotiation of bid and contract documents, procurement issues, public works, competitive bidding requirements, bid protest issues, pre-qualification, project delivery methods, including design-build projects, risk allocation in contracts, claims avoidance and project closeout.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- State Bar of California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
  - Real Property Section and Construction Subsection
- American Bar Association
  - Public Contract Law and Construction Industry Forum
- California’s Coalition for Adequate School Housing
- City Attorneys Association of Los Angeles County
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Speaker, Constitutional Issues Relating to Buy Local, Local Hiring and Contractor Preferences, Program Chair, Best Practices for Public Works Contracting in California, The Seminar Group (Jan. 2015)
- Speaker, Unchartered Territory for Charter Cities Complying with Prevailing Wage Requirements after SB 7, CAALAC Monthly Luncheon Meeting (Jan. 2015)
- Speaker, CAPPO Gateway Luncheon, Public Works Construction Law Update, (March 2012, March 2014)
- Speaker, The Seminar Group, Public Construction Law, (December 2014)
- Speaker, 97th Annual Conference, California Association of Public Procurement Officials: Construction Contracts – Understanding Prevailing Wage Laws and Key Contract Terms (Jan. 2014)
- Speaker, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry: The Fundamentals of Construction Law (November 2013)
- Speaker, Public Works and Construction Contracts Seminar, Lorman, (July 2012)
- League of California Cities, City Attorneys Spring Conference (May 2012)
- Speaker, “New Normal” in Labor: Living Wage Ordinances, Project Labor Agreements, and Local Hire Programs, City Attorneys Association of Los Angeles County Spring Retreat (March 2012)
- Speaker, Public Works Legal Update, California Association of Public Purchasing Officers Inc. (2008-2013)
- Speaker, Municipal Law: Green Design and Building, Legal Risks and Issues; Public Works Projects, Claims Avoidance, Bid Protests and Dealing with Defaulting Developers and Sureties, sponsored by CLE International (June 24-25, 2010)
- Speaker, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and Section of Public Contract Law: Turning a Battleship: Design-Build on Federal and State Construction Projects (Jan. 2010)
- Speaker, Prevailing Wage Law in California, sponsored by Lorman Education Services (2004-2015)
PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS
- B. Gadbois (Co- Author), WARNING to California Contractors – Extended Liability for Prevailing Wage Enforcement Actions; How to Mitigate Your Risk, “Construction Savvy” (May-June 2014 at p. 15).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), Key Construction Contract Provisions, “Construction Savvy” (July-August 2013, at p. 8).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), Turning a Battleship: Design-Build on Federal Construction Projects, “The Construction Lawyer,” Journal of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry (Winter 2011, Vol. 31, No. 1 at p. 6).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), Acret’s California Public Contract Laws (2012 – 2017 Editions).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), Chapter 2, “Bidding Private and Public Work,” California Construction Law, 17th Ed., Gibbs/Hunt, Kenneth C. Gibbs, Author (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Aspen Publisher 2011 – 2017).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), Chapter 2, “Drafting Construction Contracts,” CEB Construction Contracts, Defects, and Litigation Treatise, Cal. CEB (2010 – 2017).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), New Caltrans Race Conscious DBE Program CMAA Southern California Chapter Newsletter (Summer 2009).
- B. Gadbois, Chapter 2, “Public Contract Bidding and Bid Disputes” and Chapter 3, “Contract Drafting,” California Construction Law (HLK Global Communications, Inc., 2007).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), The Abandonment-of-Contract Doctrine in Construction Disputes, “Los Angeles Lawyer,” the Magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (January 2002, Vol. 24, No. 10 at p. 2); Reprinted in “Legal Handbook for Architects, Engineers and Contractors,” Albert Dib, Editor (2002).
- B. Gadbois, The New AIA General Conditions: An Overview of Key Changes, California Construction Law Reporter (May 1998, Vol. 8, No. 5 at p. 107).
- B. Gadbois (Co-Author), Public Contracts and Competitive Bidding, “Probate and Property,” The Magazine of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association (September/October 1997 at p. 35).
HONORS AND AWARDS HONORS AND AWARDS
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell (highest rating)
- Chambers USA Leading Individual, California Construction, 2007-2015
- The US Legal 500, United States, 2009-2014
- Southern California Super Lawyers, 2004, 2008-2015
- The Best Lawyers®, 2017

Education

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D.), Los Angeles, CA, 1985
Northwestern University (B.A., Psychology), Evanston, IL, 1982

Bar Admissions

U.S. District Courts Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, 1986
California Bar No. 120302, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1985

Certifications

LEED Accredited Professional, 2009

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Legal Drafting (2006)
Loyola Law School, Guest Lecturer on Construction Law (2004-2006)

Representative Clients

City of Pasadena/Tournament of Roses Association
Crescent Heights Association
John Wayne Airport
Adelanto Detention Center
City of Buena Park/Metrolink Station
The Ojai Valley Inn & Spa
City of Riverside
City of Glendale
City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works and Water and Power
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Orange County Transportation Authority

Barbara R. Gadbois