Mark Lang Creede
Lang, Richert & PatchMark L. Creede is an AV rated (Martindale-Hubbell Preeminent) construction law attorney specializing in private and public work contract disputes involving heavy highway, commercial, and industrial construction, mechanic's liens, stop payment notices, payment and performance bonds, subdivision bonds, commercial construction defect claims, change orders, delay, disruption, and acceleration claims, bid disputes, surety law, design professional liability and claims, insurance claims, litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He represents general engineering contractors, general building contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, owners, developers, architects, engineers, sureties, and insurance carriers. Mr. Creede is also a construction arbitration panelist with the American Arbitration Association and a member of the AGC California Legal Advisory Committee. Before practicing law, he was a construction engineer for six years, working for Johnson Controls, Inc., San Francisco Branch, specializing in mechanical, electrical, electronic, and digital control systems design and installation, project management, applications software, personnel training, and engineering department management. He is a past Chairman of the Fresno County Bar Association Construction Law Section and past member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, San Joaquin Valley Chapter. Mr. Creede earned his Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, from the School of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and his law degree from University of San Francisco School of Law.
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- California
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- 9th Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Attorney / Shareholder / Managing Partner
- Lang, Richert & Patch
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- Engineering Manager - San Francisco Branch
- Johnson Controls, Inc.
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- Application Engineer, Project Engineer, Engineering Manager
- University of San Francisco School of Law
- J.D. (1986) | Law
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- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- B.S. (1982) | School of Engineering
- Honors: with Honors
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- Champions of Justice Attorney Award
- Central California Legal Services, Inc.
- "For Being Among That Small Group"
- AV Rated Preeminent
- Martindale Hubbell
- 10.0 Rating
- Avvo
- Fellow
- Construction Lawyers Society of America
- Construction SuperLawyer 2007 to Present
- Superlawyers
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers - San Joaquin Valley Chapter
- Former Board of Governors
- Current
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- Associated General Contractors (AGC) California
- Legal Advisory Committee
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- American Arbitration Association
- Construction Panel Arbitrator
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- Construction Specifications Institute
- Member
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- Activities: Affiliate
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- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Member
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- Activities: Affiliate
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- he American Institute of Architects
- Member
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- Activities: Affiliate
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- California State Bar # 128418
- Member
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- Fresno County Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Past Chairman, Construction Law Section
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- Construction Law Remedies - Public and Private Works of Improvement, Remedies Class - Guest Speaker - 1998 - 2001, Fresno, CA
- San Joaquin School of Law
- Construction Law Remedies, Meeting Program, Fresno, CA
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Forensic Engineering - The Expert Witness, Meeting Program, Fresno, CA
- Construction Specifications Institute
- Construction Law - Public and Private Works of Improvement, Meeting Program, Fresno, CA
- Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
- Design Professionals - Limitations of Liability
- Certified Cogeneration Professional (1991)
- The Association of Energy Engineers
- Website
- Lang, Richert & Patch
