DVASE Events

April 8, 2015 - Breakfast Seminar

Date: Apr 08, 2015

The Personal Liability of Engineers and Business Owners
Presented By:  Gunther O. Carrle, Esquire
Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle and Lombardo, P.C.

Under most circumstances, engineering services are performed by individuals under an agreement between their employer and the client.  The question often arises whether the employee performing services has personal liability to the client, even though the individual has not entered into an agreement with the client.  This presentation will discuss the circumstances under which an engineer can be found to be personally liable for their performance of professional services and what can be done to limit or avoid that liability.  The discussion will also discuss circumstances under which business owners can be found to be personally liable for the commercial and professional obligations of their company.

About the Speaker:
Gunther O. Carrle is a founding principal of Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle and Lombardo, P.C. – a full service law firm with offices in King of Prussia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  Mr. Carrle has been the managing principal of the firm since its founding and has overseen its growth from eight attorneys in 1988 to its current size of 34 attorneys.  He is Co-Chair of the firm's Design Professionals Practice Group and focuses his practice on the representation of architects and engineers.  Mr. Carrle is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he earned a Masters of Engineering degree, with a concentration in structural engineering in 1977.  He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1980 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  Mr. Carrle served in the U. S. Army Judge Advocates General Corps until 1984 when he returned to the private practice of law.  He currently is a Hearing Committee Member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and serves as legal counsel to the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia.  Mr. Carrle lectures regularly to design professionals on a variety of topics relating to loss prevention and professional practice and is a frequent participant in national forums on issues that directly affect design professions.  Mr. Carrle serves as legal advisor to various professional societies, including the AIA Pennsylvania.

When:    Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Where:   Philadelphia Country Club
             1601 Spring Mill Road
             Gladwyne, PA 19035
             Click here for directions

Featuring a breakfast buffet

Time: Registration begins at 7:00 am, Breakfast 7:15 am

Cost: DVASE members: FREE, Non-members: $50.00*

Reserve by Monday, April 6th - Space is limited!

*Invite engineers at your firm to attend!

If you have any questions, via e-mail to: bkoroncai@barrpino.com fax @ 215-628-9839, or telephone @ 215-628-9844.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR LEADING SPONSOR

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTING SPONSORS

LANGAN ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
LIEB INSPECTION & TESTING, INC.
MAINSTAY ENGINEERING GROUP, INC.
PROVIDENCE ENGINEERING CORPORATION
QUINN CONSTRUCTION, INC.
SIDEPLATE SYSTEMS, INC.

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