Dick Bayer has a broad range of business, legal and ADR experience. A few of the legal areas in which he has practiced include:
· Dick Bayer is one of 7 such roster members in Southern California and one of approximately 230 ADR professionals in the country to be on the ECR roster. For more information see www.ecr.gov.
· Strathmore's Who's Who Environmental Law Professional of the Year, 2007.
· Leading Brownfields contamination negotiator with California state agencies leading to cleaning up contaminated property and bringing it back to active use.
· Ten years teaching Environmental Law in the Paralegal Program at the University of San Diego;
· Lead counsel in $10 million soils and groundwater contamination case, involving Regional Water Board, DTSC, Polanco actions etc.
· Represented developer in claim by County that road had been contaminated by use of construction waste as road bed
· Represented build-to-suit owner against GSA lessee for decommissioning of building after 30 year DEA occupancy
· Represented Landlord against EPA after discovery that space leased to E.P.A. contained asbestos
· Two cases of representing owners of property allegedly contaminated by petroleum distillate leakage from neighboring underground storage tanks
· Developed program for R.E.I.T. regarding asbestos abatement in buildings nationwide
· Negotiated with the following agencies for clients for a variety of environmental issues:
o U.S. EPA
o U.S. Dept. of Energy
o U.S. Dept. of Interior
o General Services Administration
o Drug Enforcement Agency
o Bureau of Land Management
o Cal EPA
o Cal Department of Toxic Substance Control, Regions 2 and 9
o California Regional Water Quality Control Boards, Regions 2 and 9
o Cal. Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources
o San Diego Hazardous Materials
· Represented dissociated partners in a 40-year oral partnership with property valued in excess of $18,000,000
· Partition Action against joint venture owner of 25 story Denver office building
· Development of a securities arbitration package for major Wall Street Brokers
· Prosecution of $5,000,000 bad faith claim against lender prior to Bass Bros. buy-out
· Defense of $41 million claim against lender for failure to fund construction loan
· Defense of ski area in $21 million equitable lien action
· Defense of $28 million action for breach of loan commitment
· Over 50 bench and jury trials; four reported appellate decisions
· Represented framer in foreclosure action of $2,000,000 lien
· Defense of $4.5 million misrepresentation claim brought by homeowners
· $2.5 million construction arbitration regarding luxury hi-rise condominium project
· $4.5 million defense of contractor in mechanic's lien duress defense
· Lead counsel for 65 lien claims in real estate development lien foreclosure action
· Mediation, facilitation, arbitration and environmental collaboration services are available either through the Law Offices of Richard S. Bayer or through the La Jolla Center for Dispute Resolution, www.lajollacenter.com
· Dick Bayer is a principal in the ReAlignment Group, Ltd., a construction dispute resolution firm that designs, manages and settles large scale construction disputes, especially those involving public owners. For further information, please visit www.projectrealign.com.