Richard Ottesen Prentke

Dick Prentke, Chair of the firm's Construction Group, has more than 30 years of experience handling construction transactions, counseling and disputes. His work includes preconstruction, architectural, engineering, construction-management, design-build, design-build-operate, turn-key, consultant, and construction transactions; advice on all aspects of the design and construction process; procurement issues; and dispute resolution including alternative dispute resolution (mediation, intervention, DRBs, mini-trials, and arbitration) and the litigation of construction, procurement, technical, and competition issues. Specifically, Dick works on public and private construction projects and programs in the United States and Asia, including:

• Office buildings
• Manufacturing facilities
• Energy projects, including hydro, wind, geothermal, nuclear, co‑generation and waste-to-energy
• Green buildings, including LEED
• Hospitals
• Laboratories
• Hotels and resorts
• Retail and shopping centers
• Mixed-Use projects
• Museums
• Planned communities
• Condominiums
• Retirement and nursing facilities
• Communications, including wireless and satellite
• Warehouses
• Pipelines
• Shipyards
• Historic renovations
• Transportation, including light rail, roads, bridges, and utilities
• Public/private partnerships
• Public facilities, including schools, universities, sports facilities, convention centers, city halls, fire stations, theaters, performing arts centers, arenas and concert halls

Professional Recognition

• Listed in Who’s Who in American Law, 1989 - present
• Listed in Who’s Who in America, 1990 - present
• Listed in Washington Law and Politics “Super Lawyers,” 2001 - present
• Listed in U.S. News "The Best Lawyers in America"
• Listed in Seattle Business Monthly "Best Business Lawyers"
• Listed in Seattle Metropolitan "Best Lawyers"
• Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
  

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Professional Leadership

• King County Bar Association, Judicial Screening Committee, 1985 - 1992; Chair, 1987 - 1991; Task Force on Judicial Selection, Chair, 1990 - 1993
• Washington State Bar Association, Litigation Section; Construction Section, Board, 1996 -2000
• Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Tomorrow Program, 1985 - 1986
• King County Superior Court, Arbitrator
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, Mediator

Community Involvement

• Princeton University, Trustee, Princeton Varsity Club, 2004 - present
• Princeton University Rowing Association, Trustee , 1980 - present; Vice-President, 1984 ‑ 1993; and President, 1993 - 2001
• Princeton Club of Western Washington, Trustee, 1990 - 1998; President, 1990 - 1992
• Pocock Foundation, Trustee, 1996 - 2004
• Seattle Country Day School, Board of Trustees, 1991 - 1994
• Skidmore College, Athletics Advisory Council, 2003 - 2007
• United Way of Washington, Red Feather Chair, 1993 - 1996

Related Employment

• U.S. House of Representatives, Assistant to Congressman Max McCarthy, 1970-71
• U.S. Navy, Staff of VADM Rickover, Washington, D.C., Officer, 1967-70