Denis Ducran

Practice Areas

Business Litigation

Contracts, Project Documentation and Risk Management

Construction & Infrastructure

Professional Memberships

Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Governing Council, June 2014 – June 2017, Member

The College of the State Bar of Texas, Member

Houston Bar Association, Construction Law Section, Member

The American Institute of Architects, Architect Member

Publications

• Halfmoon Education Live Webinar, “Preventing and Addressing Construction Defects and Failures in Texas,” October 2021

• Associated General Contractors (AGC) Houston Seminar; Presenter, “Texas Construction Law Basics,” April 2021

• Toner Home Matters and Peckar & Abramson Joint Seminar; Presenter, “Texas Mold’em: Responding to a Mold Claim and Tips for Avoiding or Minimizing Them,” February 2021

• Associated General Contractors (AGC) Project Manager Development Program (PMDP); Speaker, October 2020

• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and Peckar & Abramson Joint Seminar; Presenter, “Construction 101: Session 2 - An Overview of Texas Construction Law,” September 2020

• TEXO and Peckar & Abramson Joint Seminar; Presenter, “Construction Law for Contractors,” September 2020.

• AGC Houston Webinar, "Delay Claims - Force Majeure or Merely a Pandemic," May 2020

• Annual CLE for Board-Certified Construction Lawyers, Houston, Texas; Presenter, "Lonergan: The Demise and the Revival", December 2019

• Associated General Contractors (AGC) Houston Project Manager Development Program (PMDP) Module: Risk Management, Houston, Texas; Speaker, November 2019

• HalfMoon Education Construction Law Seminar, Houston, Texas; Presenter, "Making Changes and Resolving Disputes During the Construction Process”, June 2019

• Future of the Construction Industry, Houston, Texas; Moderator, "86th Texas Legislative Session Update", June 2019

• AGC Houston Jobsite Innovation Forum, Panelist, "Data Collection – A Work in Progress", March 2019

• The 2017 Annual Conference on ADR, Houston, Texas; Panelist, “Arbitration User’s Panel – A View from the Inside”, May 2017

• 30th Annual Construction Law Conference; San Antonio, Texas; Moderator, “More Insights from In-House”, March 2017

• Houston Bar Association Construction Law Section; Houston Texas; Panelist, “Construction Contract 3 Ways - The Owner, General Contractor and Subcontractor Perspectives”, January 2017

• The Basic Course in Texas Construction Law; Houston, Texas; Presenter, “Public Procurement in Texas”, December 2016

• 29th Annual Construction Law Conference; San Antonio, Texas; Moderator, “In House Perspectives: What keeps us awake at night”, March 2016

• American Bar Association, TIPS Section Conference; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Panelist, “Bridging the Settlement Gap Between Insurers and Insureds”, May 2015

• 28th Annual Construction Law Conference; San Antonio, Texas; Co-Presenter, “Architect, Contractor and Program Manager: Three’s a Crowd?”, March 2015

• ALFA International Conference, Asheville, North Carolina; Panelist, “Project Claims, Defaults and Damages: Making Lemonade out of Lemons”, July 2014

• “How to Grow Responsibly” American Builders Quarterly, July 2014

• “Criminal Contempt Charges Against Immigration Counseling Service Underline a Big Problem in Texas” Texas Lawyer, September 2010

• Co-Author “AIA Contract Documents: Reloaded” Build Houston Magazine, December 2007

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