OR Chapter Breakfast Programs 2026

Cost: Members – $45 | Non-Members – $55 | Members Virtual – $20 | Non-Members Virtual – $30 | Owner’s + Young Professionals – $20

Join us for a conversation with 4 attorneys about the Contract Tree. We will talk about DBIA vs. AIA contracts, sub-trades and responsibilities. We will have in-house counsel for an AE as well as a GC talking with our two firm attorneys who are experts in AIA & DB.

Learning Objectives:

1. Which contracts should each team be using when working different forms of procurement?
2. Learn the differences between the AIA and the newer DBIA contracts.
3. Understand how to properly do trade allocation and responsibilities in the contracts.

Bend Registration | Portland & Virtual Registration

Meet the Speakers:

Cassie Valentine

Cassie Valentine is Senior Counsel at DLR Group. Cassie has extensive experience in managing all facets of risk on complex design and construction projects, as well as in supporting human resources teams in employment-related matters. She provides legal services and contract reviews for DLR Group and manages project execution and claims-related matters inside and outside the United States. She has an undergraduate degree in finance with a minor in economics and a Juris Doctor in Law, both from the University of Kansas.

Andy Ferroggiaro

Andy Ferroggiaro serves as House Counsel at Fortis Construction, an Oregon-based commercial general contractor, where he leads the legal efforts of Fortis’s Risk Team. Prior to joining Fortis, Andy worked as a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oregon and as a litigator in private practice representing architects and engineers.

Andy grew up in construction and worked in architecture for 15 years before switching careers. He carries his passion for architecture and design with him to this day, and in his free time serves as a board member for the NW Dance Project.

Sam DeBaltzo

Sam’s practice focuses on real estate, construction, and business law transactions. With respect to real estate transactions, he has a wide variety of experience representing clients in purchases, sales, leasing, and financing, and frequently advises on real estate aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions. He additionally provides counsel regarding associated industries, routinely working with construction and architect contracts and subcontracts. His business law focus includes corporate financing and general corporate matters. Sam is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Associate Editor of the Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review, and President of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. While a law student, Sam worked as a Tonkon Torp summer associate and as a student attorney at the Community and Economic Development Clinic in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to law school, Sam worked as an intern with the Office of the Speaker of the House, in Washington, D.C. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sam met his wife Charlotte at Brigham Young University. He spends his free time with Charlotte and their four young sons. Sam enjoys watching or playing almost any sport and participating in fantasy football, basketball, and baseball

Sean Gay

Sean Gay is a former construction professional who applies his extensive industry experience to help clients achieve their goals. Before joining Stoel Rives, Sean managed construction projects in Washington and Hawaii. As a construction project manager, Sean was intimately involved in the technical and financial aspects of his projects.

Clients rely on Sean’s ability to leverage his real-world experience to their legal issues. He advises clients on a broad range of matters, including project management issues, contract negotiations, public contracting issues, bid protests, and disputes. Sean has extensive experience litigating and arbitrating a wide variety of complex construction matters. His knowledge about how construction projects get managed and built—and occasionally result in disputes—has proved an invaluable resource in his legal career.