William Dorris

Practice Areas

Construction & Infrastructure

Litigation

Construction Litigation

Career

Mr. Dorris has been involved in a wide variety of major construction major projects. He has represented a city expanding its airport, a public owner building a new convention center, a design builder of federal penitentiaries, a construction manager on a sophisticated research laboratory, a developer of multi-use facilities, a pipeline contractor on a natural gas pipeline, a large mechanical contractor on a flue gas de-sulfurization project, and prime contractors on hospital projects throughout the United States.

Though much of his practice is now focused on assisting clients in avoiding construction disputes or resolving them through mediation or other alternative dispute resolution methods, Mr. Dorris has been extensively involved in trials, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. Most recently, he has been co-counsel for a class of 500,000 Native Americans against the federal government regarding management of their trust lands and assets for which a settlement agreement of $3.4 billion was reached.

Personal

University of Kentucky, B.A., high distinction (1976)

University of Kentucky, J.D., high distinction (1979)