Robert D. Windus
Partner r.windus@mooreandlee.com
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Phone: 703.506.2050
Fax: 703.506.2051
1650 Tysons Blvd.
Suite 1150
McLean, Virginia 22102
As a partner of Moore & Lee, LLP, Robert D. Windus focuses his practice on drafting/negotiating construction contracts, preparation of construction claims and resolution of construction disputes. Since joining the firm, his construction litigation practice has involved the representation of multi-national clients in international arbitration as well as domestic companies and owners before federal courts, state courts and boards of contract appeals.
Since the beginning of Mr. Windus’ professional career, he has been involved in the construction industry, first as a practicing engineer working for a mid-size contractor. His tenure started in the estimating division, assisting with the preparation of competitive and negotiated bids, including quantity estimation and pricing of work. Later, Mr. Windus moved to the field as an on-site Project Engineer and then as a Project Manager responsible for contractor compliance, change order negotiations, preparation/negotiation of claims and scheduling.
Mr. Windus was a contributor to the 2004 Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s Management Methods Manual, Change Orders, Productivity, Overtime, A Primer for the Construction Industry and the author of the case note Braswell v. United States - Another Chapter in the Collective Entity Doctrine, 14 U. Dayton L. Rev. 715 (1990). For the past several years, Mr. Windus has also spoken as a lecturer at the “Testimony and Trial Techniques” seminars given by the Consortium of Universities (Georgetown, George Washington, American, Catholic and Howard Universities) and by the Washington Metropolitan Transit Police Academy.
Since the beginning of Mr. Windus’ professional career, he has been involved in the construction industry, first as a practicing engineer working for a mid-size contractor. His tenure started in the estimating division, assisting with the preparation of competitive and negotiated bids, including quantity estimation and pricing of work. Later, Mr. Windus moved to the field as an on-site Project Engineer and then as a Project Manager responsible for contractor compliance, change order negotiations, preparation/negotiation of claims and scheduling.
Mr. Windus was a contributor to the 2004 Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s Management Methods Manual, Change Orders, Productivity, Overtime, A Primer for the Construction Industry and the author of the case note Braswell v. United States - Another Chapter in the Collective Entity Doctrine, 14 U. Dayton L. Rev. 715 (1990). For the past several years, Mr. Windus has also spoken as a lecturer at the “Testimony and Trial Techniques” seminars given by the Consortium of Universities (Georgetown, George Washington, American, Catholic and Howard Universities) and by the Washington Metropolitan Transit Police Academy.
Education
J.D., University of Dayton, 1990
Editor-in-Chief, Univ. of Dayton Law Review, 1990
Associate Editor, Univ. of Dayton Law Review, 1989
B.S. in Engineering, University of South Carolina, 1983
Bar Admissions
Maryland, 1990District of Columbia, 1992
Affiliations
Mr. Windus is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry, Public Contract Law and Litigation Sections, the Maryland Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association’s Government Contracts and Litigation Sections. Mr. Windus is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Personal
Mr. Windus was born in Bethesda, Maryland.