Kevin Bland

Practice Groups: Workplace Safety and Health

Industry Groups: Hospitality; Manufacturing

Kevin D. Bland joined Ogletree Deakins law firm in their Orange County office in 2011. Kevin provides a wealth of experience in Health and Safety. Before he began his legal career, Mr. Bland had nearly 20 years of construction, safety, and business experience. Kevin holds a Contractor’s “A” License and his practice focuses primarily on safety, risk management, Cal-OSHA regulatory rulemaking, and Cal/OSHA citation appeals. He counsels and represents various industries including construction, manufacturing, motion picture and television, and various other general industry clients along with various trade associations, construction contractors, and material suppliers.

With over two decades of safety and risk management experience to serve client needs, Kevin provides his clients with legal counseling combined with practical business advice. He began his career as an Iron Worker in Los Angeles, California where he worked as an erection foreman on high-rise buildings. Kevin has also served as Vice-President of a corporation that was accredited by United States and California Departments of Occupational Safety and Health Administration to perform testing of construction crane equipment and other material handling devices. As an expert consultant, he has advised general contractors, offshore oil platform operators, and crane and rigging contractors regarding construction planning, safety, and safe crane operation practices.

Kevin has participated in rule-making advisory committees for various Cal-OSHA divisions and served as a consultant to the Crane Unit in the development of load testing procedures for mobile cranes. He was instrumental in the development of the “Snyder Langston Mobile Crane Safety Manual Policies and Procedures” that won the International Risk Management Best Practice Awards for loss control, risk financing, risk transfer, and risk analysis in 1999.

California Framing Contactors Association (General Counsel)

CALPASC OCIE Chapter – California (General Counsel)

Associated General Contractors

Engineering Contractors Association

Southern California Contractors Association

Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Colorado Bar Association (Construction Law Committee)

Denver Bar Association (Construction Law Committee)

American Bar Association (Construction Law Section)