THOMAS J. KELLEHER, JR. a Senior Partner and is Managing Partner at Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP. He was graduated cum laude from Harvard University and was graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1968 through 1973 as the Assistant Chief and Instructor in the Procurement Law Division at the U. S. Army JAG School, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Tom has extensive government and construction contract experience on the spectrum of issues involving bidding, changes, differing site conditions, delays, and terminations. He has represented clients on hospital projects, airport facilities, research laboratories, convention facilities, prisons, federal and state courthouse and office complexes, and resort hotels and has practiced before the various federal government boards of contract appeals, as well as federal and state courts. In addition, he has represented clients in mediations, as well as arbitration proceedings.

Due to his extensive experience in Federal Government contracting, Tom currently serves as Chair of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Committee for the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., ('AGC'). In addition, he is also a member of the AGC's Corp of Engineers Committee, Governmental Affairs Committee, and Contract Documents Committee and serves as a member of the AGC's Board of Directors.

He is a member of the Virginia Bar and Georgia Bar and is a member of the American Bar Association and the American College of Construction Lawyers.

Tom has spoken extensively in the field of construction and Federal Government contracts for various trade associations and Federal Publications Seminars LLC for nearly two decades, and has written on these topics for the American Bar Association, Federal Publications, Inc., the West Group, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1968, J.D.

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965, A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:
"Inspection Under Fixed Price Construction Contracts," Briefing Papers, No. 76-6, co-author, Federal Publications, Inc., December, 1976

"Preparing and Settling Construction Claims," Construction Briefings, No. 83-12, co-author, Federal Publications, Inc., December, 1983

Writer and lecturer on construction law and federal government contract law for Federal Publications, Inc.

"Inspection Under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts/Edition II," Briefing Papers, No. 96-7, co-author, Federal Publications, Inc., June, 1998

"Time Extension Provisions in Construction Contracts," Construction Briefings, Second Series, No. 98-3, co-author, Federal Publications, Inc., February, 1998

"Preparing and Resolving Construction Claims/Edition II," Construction Briefings, Second Series, No. 2000-2, co-author, West Group, February, 2000

"Developments in Federal Construction Contracts," co-author, John Wiley & Sons' Construction Law Update, 1992-1999

Construction Litigation, Practice Guide with Forms, co-author, Aspen Law & Business, 1994

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Instructor, Assistant Chief, Procurement Law Division, The Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army, 1970 - 1973

Speaker, Concentrated Course in Government Contracts, Federal Publications Seminars LLC

Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Georgia, Member

Virginia State Bar, Member

American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section, Member

Creator and editor of the firm's construction law newsletter, "Common Sense Contracting"