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Sue E. Yoakum

Of Counsel

617-406-4674 Direct Telephone
617-406-4501 Facsimile

Experience

Sue E. Yoakum, Of Counsel at Donovan Hatem LLP, is an attorney and licensed architect with over 20 years of domestic and international experience in design and construction. Sue focuses her practice assisting design professionals. She provides contract review, risk management and other related legal services for design professionals.

Prior to pursuing her legal career, Sue practiced architecture with a focus on sport projects.

Admitted to Practice

• Kansas
• Missouri

Education

• University of Missouri, Kansas City (J.D., with honors, “AmJured Award” recipient in Construction Law, staff writer for The Urban Lawyer)
• Kansas State University (Bachelor of Architecture, with honors)

Representative Cases/Matters

Sue’s selected international project list includes New Wembley Stadium (London, England); Millennium Dome (London, England) Algarve Stadium (Faro, Portugal); Benfica Stadium (Lisbon, Portugal); and Suncorp Stadium (Queensland, Brisbane, Australia). Her selected United States project list includes Gillette Stadium, Arizona Cardinals Stadium, Surprise Recreation Campus, Great American Ballpark, and St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Stadium. In addition, she has served as General Counsel for a real estate development company located in Prague, Czech Republic, where she was responsible for a multi-national legal department.

Speaking Engagements

Missouri Bar’s statewide meeting (1995)
Presented American with Disabilities Act - Legal concerns for Architects

Kansas University and Kansas State University (1995-1996)
Presented legal liability seminars to the students regarding the Practice of Architecture

Design Build Institute of America’s National Convention (2001)
Presented design build liabilities from Architect’s perspective for Gillette Stadium

25th IRMI Construction Risk Conference (2005)
Design-Build Risk & Professional Liability Insurance: A Disconnect

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