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Allen L. Overcash

Address: 

Woods & Aitken

301 South 13th Street, Suite 500

Lincoln, NE 68508-2578

U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
Direct 402-437-8507
Main 402-437-8500
Fax Number: 
402-437-8558
Email: 
aovercash@woodsitken.com
Born: 
1935 Nebraska
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
University of Nebraska, B.S. and B.A. 1956
Harvard University, LL.B. 1959
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to the Bar: Nebraska, 1959
Colorado, 2009
U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1959
U.S. Courts of Appeal and the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Present Position: 
Of Counsel Woods & Aitken, Adjunct Professor of Construction Law University of Nebraska College of Law.
Professional Experience: 

Associate and Partner Woods & Aitken 1959 to the present date

Professional Associations: 

Fellow and past member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Construction Lawyers; Fellow of College of Commercial Arbitrators and Chairman of Construction Arbitration Committee; member and past member of the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Industry; member of the American Arbitration Association National Construction Dispute Resolution Committee; original member of the Steering committee of Construction Industry Dispute Avoidance & Resolution Task Force; member Dispute Resolution Board Foundation; and a LEED Green Associate; Adjunct Law Professor of Construction Law at the Nebraska College of Law.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

American Arbitration Association Large and Complex Case Construction Panel; International Centre for Dispute Resolution Arbitration Panel.

Arbitration Experience: 

50 years experience as counsel in arbitration proceedings; 20 years experience as an arbitrator both as a member of an arbitration panel, chairman of a panel and sole arbitrator in over 40 arbitrations including arbitrations administered by the AAA and the ICDR

Areas of Specialization: 
Construction Law
Contracts
Liability
Litigation
Oil & Gas
Products Liability
Publications from JURIS: 
Chapter Seventeen: Unique Issues in Construction Arbitration - CCA Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration - Fourth Edition
Five Steps to Fast-Track the Large, Complex Construction Case - Chapter 41 - AAA Handbook on Construction Arbitration and ADR - Third Edition
Now Is the Time to Control the Big Case - Chapter 37 - AAA Handbook on Construction Arbitration and ADR - Third Edition
The Truth about Partnering: Limitations and Solutions - Chapter 22 - AAA Handbook on Construction Arbitration and ADR - Third Edition
Five Steps to Fast-Track the Large, Complex Construction Case - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 64, No. 2
AAA Five Steps to Fast-Track The Large Complex Construction Case
Publications: 
In addition to numerous publications on construction law issues authored the following publications on arbitration administration: -Introducing a Novel ADR Technique for Handling Construction Disputes: Arbitration, The Construction Lawyer, Winter 2015; Chapter Author: ADR Construction; ABA 2013; “What Is Wrong with Construction Arbitration – We Do Not Know the Issues!”;Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter 2012; “Fast Tracking Construction Arbitrations,” The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 40, No. 8, August 2011; Co-author, “Five Steps to Fast-Track the Large, Complex Construction Case,” Dispute Resolution Journal, AAA, May-July 2009; “A Proposal to Increase Efficiency of Arbitration in Large, Complex Cases Using an Early Disclosure Case-Management Order,” Punch List, AAA, Feb/Apr 2002; “Now Is the Time to Control the Big Case,” Punch List, Fall 1996.