Joseph F. Smith III - Lawyer in Sarasota, FL

Joe Smith is a licensed attorney in Colorado and Florida and a licensed architect of the State of Colorado with over twenty-five years of experience in architecture, construction law, construction defect litigation and related insurance coverage and bankruptcy experience. Throughout his legal career, Joe has represented exclusively homeowners, homeowners' associations, and building owners. From 2011 to 2014, Joe worked as a forensic architect at a consulting firm in Colorado, where he provided forensic services to private and public clients, and also acted as an expert witness in several construction defect lawsuits. Joe regularly conducts refresher courses for leaders of public associations in Colorado and Florida. Joe grew up in Northern California and then lived in North Carolina before heading to Colorado in 1999. Outside of work, Joe enjoys skiing, mountain biking and scuba diving with his high school sons, one of whom is an aspiring commercial airline pilot and the other is aiming for college baseball or diving. If he wasn't a lawyer, you'd probably find Joe working as an archaeologist, digging on ancient Roman, Greek, or Egyptian monuments.

Prior to joining Burg Simpson, Joe Smith provided forensic medical services to private and public clients, including:

• Claims for architectural, construction, civil and property damage
• Compliance with building regulations and analysis of updates
• Repair and restoration design
• Construction monitoring and quality assurance
• Assessment of the existing condition of the property
• Support of litigation on claims in the field of design and construction
• Expert witness services

Prior to that, Mr. Smith spent nearly twelve years as a construction defects attorney, representing homeowners and commercial building owners on issues such as:

• Compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations
• Land purchase and other due diligence
• Design
• Compliance with building codes and industry standards
• Allowing
• Project documentation
• Conclusion and interpretation of contracts
• Value Development
• Means, methods and sequence of construction
• Quality control
• Post-construction warranty and repair work

Mr. Smith has extensive work experience and job analysis:

• Architects
• Civil engineers, builders and geotechnical engineers
• Developers
• Contractors
• Appraisers
• Appraisers and sellers of real estate
• Managers of public associations