J. Norman Stark, Attorney & Architect Emeritus

Attorney (Ohio), Architect Emeritus (A.I.A., NCARB), REGISTERED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (OH).

Circuit Civil Court Mediator (Cert. FL,, OH)

1109 Carnegie Avenue · Cleveland, Ohio 44115 U.S.A.

• (216) 531—5310 x7100 

Email: www.Normstark@aol.com

ABOUT J. NORMAN STARK.

1. Attorney-at-Law (OH Bar), Architect Emeritus (AIA, NCARB) Registered Landscape Architect (OH), Interior Architectural Designer, and Senior Appraiser (ASA). He is a Mediator, Arbitrator and Litigator with more than 41 years of professional experience.

 Rhode Island School of Design (BFA), Kent State University School of Architecture (B. Architecture) and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (Juris Doctor). Mr. Stark is the author of LEGAL ACTION© and CONSTRUCTION LAW BRIEF© and co-author of CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS INVESTIGATION WORKLIST©, and LEGALLY SPEAKING — weekly publication on LinkedIn.

He has also participated in many state, national and international conferences, conventions and speaking engagements in legal, business and technical construction industry seminars.

1. Previously featured daily, on Radio Station WCLV-FM 95.5; with M.C.D. Stark, co-author, Producer and Director. A Corporate Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Architects Society of Ohio (ASO), Professional Member of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), and Senior Member, American Society of Appraisers (ASA), Mr. Stark has been an active member of several business, industry and technical associations. He holds current professional registration as an Architect Emeritus in Ohio, and nationally, with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). Appointed by the late former Ohio Governor,late  Senator George V. Voinovich, Mr. Stark served as the Architect-Attorney Member of the Ohio Board of Building Standards from 1997 to 2001.

• He has also served as a Construction Manager on active construction projects, and has assisted in troubled project workouts, including appraisals and construction contract management.

With a professional and personal interest in environmental law, Mr. Stark is also the inventor and holder of two U.S. Patents, one Canadian Patent and one in Mexico. He is the current holder of exclusive U.S. Trademark registration for METLCAP^â, a service and technology for the environmental treatment and remediation of the eight RCRA hazardous metals wastes.

A Member of the American Bar Association (ABA), and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations (“CMBA”), Mr. Stark has been an active Member of the Ohio Association for Justice (“OAJ”), formerly the Ohio Association of Trial Lawyers (OATL), and ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. He is actively engaged in media publications, construction law, business, consulting, management and the professional practice of law, arbitration, and mediation. He also provides consultation, litigation support and expert witness testimony. His office is in Cleveland, Ohio.

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