GEORGE C. BALDWIN is a shareholder with Ford Nassen & Baldwin P.C. He represents clients in the areas of construction law and litigation. He has experience in all phases of the public contracting process, including bid and proposal preparation, contract award controversies, and performance related disputes and claims. He has experience in litigation and dispute resolution before arbitration panels, administrative agencies, boards of contract appeals, and litigation in state and federal courts. He has drafted and negotiated a variety of contracts for contractors and owners. His construction clients include both public and private owners, commercial general contractors engaged in both public and private work, specialty subcontractors, and suppliers. He also has extensive experience as an arbitrator and mediator. He has served on the Texas Building Branch-AGC Legislative Committee for five years. He is the co-author of Builder's and Contractor's Handbook of Construction Claims, published by Prentice Hall and frequently lectures on a variety of construction related topics.

Admissions and Qualifications

Mr. Baldwin is licensed to practice in all courts of the State of Texas, all courts of the State of Virginia, all courts of the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals – Fourth, Eleventh, and the District of Columbia Circuits, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.

Professional Affiliations

• Mr. Baldwin has served on the State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section Council and as its Chair.
• He is a member of the following organizations:
  
  • American Bar Association;
  • State Bar of Texas (Member, Construction Law Section, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section); 
  • State Bar of Virginia (Member, Construction Law Section, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section);
    
  • The Austin Bar Association (Member, Construction Law Section).

• Mr. Baldwin is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.

Education

• Trinity College: Bachelor of Arts in English (1973).
• Georgetown University Law Center: Doctor of Jurisprudence, magna cum laude (1979).

Bar Admission

• Virginia (1979); District of Columbia (1980); Texas (1988).