Bernard Kamine graduated from Harvard Law School in 1968 after receiving his undergraduate degree at the University of Denver. A government attorney from 1968 to 1974, he has since focused on construction industry dispute avoidance and resolution. He wrote Public Works Construction Manual: A Legal Guide for California (BNi Building News, 1996), co-wrote "Chapter 22, Construction Contracts" in 2 California Forms of Jury Instruction (Matthew Bender, 1985, repub'd 1997), and has written or co-written numerous articles for the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the Engineering Contractors’ Association Magazine. He has taught courses and seminars throughout Southern California: for the Engineering Contractors’ Association (where he is a member of the Board of Directors and Legal Counsel); the Associated General Contractors of California; Building News, Inc.; and many others. He has served on the “Greenbook Committee” – which writes the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction – for more than twenty years. He has written over a dozen bills that have been enacted into law, and continues to work on legislation that will benefit the construction industry. He is also admitted to the Colorado Bar. He regularly serves as an arbitrator and mediator in construction cases.  Both Best Lawyers in America and Southern California Super Lawyers recognized him as a construction industry lawyer, the Los Angeles County Bar Association gave him its biennial James Acret Award for Outstanding Achievement in Construction Law Legal Writing, and the Engineering Contractors' Association gave him its annual D.I.G. Award for demonstrating dignity, integrity and generosity in his work with the construction industry.

Michaelbrent Collings received his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California School of Law in 2003, after graduating cum laude from Pepperdine University. At USC, he served on the Board of the Southern California Law Review and was invited to publish his student Note, as well as gaining litigation experience as a State-Certified Student Practitioner.  He came to KAMINE COLLINGS & PHELPS, P.C. (then Kamine Ungerer LLP) during his first year at USC, and remained as an Associate attorney after his graduation. Since then, he has represented clients at all stages of litigation, from disputes to trial to appeals.  He has also published numerous legal articles in newspapers and magazines, as well as serving as an ECA Legal Seminar speaker, and is a regular columnist for ASA Southern California's regular newsletter. He has served as a mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court, and is actively involved in the Boy Scouts of America as well as other church and community service groups.  Mr. Collings is also admitted to the Idaho Bar.

Daniel J. Phelps came to the practice of law with over 20 years of experience managing construction projects and construction companies. As part of this experience Mr. Phelps owned and operated a construction company that focused on the construction of water facilities and still maintains a California license for general engineering and general building construction. Mr. Phelps also worked as a scheduling consultant for owners and contractors on projects ranging up to $300 million, focusing on baseline schedule development, schedule maintenance, and providing delay and claims analysis. Mr. Phelps received his BS in Construction Management from Arizona State University in 1987 and his JD from Western State University College of Law.



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