ARBITRATORS
John S. McLindon
Mr. McLindon has been with the law firm of Rainer, Anding & McLindon since 1989. He is engaged in a general law practice with a significant portion of his practice dedicated to construction law and litigation. He represents general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and owners. Mr. McLindon handles primarily commercial construction cases, as well as some residential construction. Mr. McLindon litigates cases in both federal and state court at both the trial and the appellate level. Over his 18 years of practicing law, he has consistently taken CLE courses in construction law and dispute resolution, including seminars covering the Private Works Act, the Public Works Act, the Miller Act, the New Home Warranty Act, AIA Contracts and many other construction topics. A frequent guest lecturer at Louisiana State University E.J. Ourso School of Business at both under-graduate and graduate classes, he has also lectured several times over the past ten years at continuing legal education seminars for attorneys.
Areas of Concentration
Construction Disputes
Automobile Accidents
Insurance
Personal Injury
Property Damage
Education
B.A., Louisiana State University (1986)
J.D., Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law School (1989)
Background
Twenty years of practice including participation in countless mediations, arbitrations, and trials involving construction disputes
Attended the AAA Construction Mediation Conference, Los Angeles, CA (2007), A Proverbial Approach to Successful Mediation Practices, Baton Rouge, LA (2007), Mediation with the Masters: Lessons from an ADR Pioneer, New Orleans, LA (2008), Reading Architectural Plans and Specifications, Baton Rouge, LA (2008)
Admitted to Bar: Louisiana, 1989; U.S. District Court: Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Member of Baton Rouge Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association
Member of the Construction Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Publications Committee of the Baton Rouge Bar Association
Past president of the Young Lawyers Section of the Baton Rouge Bar Association and has served on numerous committees for the State Bar and Baton Rouge Bar Associations
Contributing author to both the Louisiana State Bar Journal and “Around the Bar”, the journal of the Baton Rouge Bar Association, and has written several articles on construction law
