Professional Engineering Ethics 101
Lawrence P. Powers, Co-Chair – Construction Law Department
Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP
2 NJ PDH credits
The learning objective is to expose the seminar participants to various engineering related professional and statutory codes of ethics to indoctrinate ethics awareness and an understanding of ethical standards common to all jurisdictions, including those of the participants, so that the participants understand the boundaries of ethical engineering behavior. The program is broken into several parts. Introduction to common statutory and regulatory ethics rules;  illustrative case studies to consider, with emphasis on the similarities and difference between governmental and professional society sanctions; practical reasons for ethical practice, how unethical practice can present professional liability, legal, licensure, moral and public health, safety and welfare issues.

Speaker: Lawrence P. Powers

Lawrence P. Powers, is Partner and co-chair of the Construction Litigation Department at Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst& Doukas, LLP. Larry's practice is focused on handling complex, multi-party construction related professional liabilityclaims. He has tried numerous complex construction cases to a jury verdict. Admitted in 1984, he has over 40 years of experience in litigating, arbitrating and mediating construction disputes, regularly handling difficult loss prevention and risk management assignments for all of the major professional liability insurers. Larry serves as general counsel to AIA-New Jersey, the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers and ASLA-New Jersey. He regularly represents design professionals in disciplinarymatters before the New Jersey State Board of Architects and Landscape Architects and the New Jersey State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors.Mr. Powers has achieved a peer review rating of "AV", the highest mark given by other members of the legal profession. He is admitted to practice inthe state and federal courts of New Jersey. He was named "Lawyer of the Year 2012" in the Construction Litigation category by Best Lawyers® for theWoodbridge, NJ Metropolitan area in 2012 and 2018 as well as Construction Law category in 2017.