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 Joseph A. Cleves
Partner
jcleves@dbllaw.com
(513) 639-7683
(513) 241-4551 (Fax)
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Joseph A. Cleves, Jr. practices primarily in the areas of construction and real estate. He has extensive experience in developing and revising contract documents and procedures for construction and real estate clients. He has negotiated and closed on numerous construction contracts, joint venture agreements and subcontracts. He also has extensive experience in lean construction, a practice designed to maximize value and minimize waste throughout the construction process. He heads the law firm's construction practice group.
His construction clients include a design-builder based in Dayton, Ohio, which has a national presence; major medical centers in Ohio and Kentucky; the Kentucky branch of a significant religious organization with more than fifty churches and schools; a large and very active home builder's organization; and other contractors and subcontractors.
He is currently involved with or has completed the following:
Organizing and educating the project team and establishing the contracts for implementation of lean project delivery for a $100 million dollar expansion of a major Lexington, Kentucky hospital.
Contract negotiations with a construction manager for a $50 million dollar expansion by a Greater Cincinnati medical center.
A master construction manager agreement between a Greater Cincinnati medical center and a large construction company for continuing services on core hospital projects.
Standard form construction contact libraries with extensive customized revisions of numerous project delivery systems for two major medical centers in Greater Cincinnati, a major regional design-builder, and the Kentucky branch of a significant religious organization.
Contracts for a $48 million dollar residential village at a major state university in Ohio for a design-builder, including a joint venture with a residential builder.
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Areas of Practice
Construction Law
Real Estate Law
Admitted to Practice
State of Ohio
Commonwealth of Kentucky
U.S District Courts, Eastern District of Kentucky
U.S. District Courts, Southern District of Ohio
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Ohio Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Cincinnati Bar Association
Northern Kentucky Bar Association
Professional and Civic Affiliations
Steering Committee of Division Two on Construction Documents of the ABA's Construction Law Forum - involves planning the Forum's national seminars by selecting topics and speakers and reviewing and commenting on updates to standard form construction contracts published by the AIA and other organizations.
Lean Construction Institute (LCI) - Joe is the firm's liaison with LCI, and is co-chair of the LCI Ohio Valley Chapter.
Joe has led strategic planning exercises for firm clients. He is a past board member of the Thomas More College Alumni Association, for which he served one term as chairman. He also served six years on the board of a local ministry-based, non-denominational social service agency, including three years as chairman.
Speaking Engagements
"Legal Issues in Going Green," 2009 Earth Day seminar. Melink Corporation and Clarke, Schaefer & Hackett Co. (April 22, 2009)
"This Changes Everything: Lean Construction Contracting," American Bar Association Quarterly Teleconference (November 13, 2008)
"Managing Capital Construction Projects: Project Goals and Delivery Systems," Lorman Education Services. (October 26, 2007)
"Design-Build Contracting Issues and Strategies" - American Bar Association's Construction Law Forum (April 8, 2005)
Guest lecturer on lean construction at the University of Cincinnati's and University of Dayton's Engineering Colleges, along with numerous presentations on construction and real estate development to lawyers at continuing education programs and to companies and associations at private conferences.
Professional Publications
"Why Lean Economic Times Calls for Lean Construction," Under Construction - American Bar Association (August 2009)
"Legal Brief: Is LEAN the Wave of the Future," The Voice - Construction Users Roundtable, (Summer 2007) |
