Ken Roberts, chair of Venable’s Construction Law Group, was recognized by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute) as a recipient of the James P. Groton Award for Outstanding Leadership in Dispute Prevention for 2024. The award recognizes a person or organization that has contributed significantly to the development and/or practice of dispute prevention. The CPR Institute established the award in honor of James P. Groton, an early pioneer and advocate for dispute prevention who was recognized for his lifetime achievements in March 2022.
Mr. Roberts concentrates his practice on helping owners and owners’ teams keep large capital improvement projects on budget and on schedule. He has worked on $45 billion worth of projects with no litigation, partnering with owners’ teams on a daily basis to resolve project issues at the business table rather than in the courtroom. He provides project oversight to both corporate boards and government entities. Mr. Roberts is one of the few attorneys in the country who has provided construction prudency testimony to multiple government agencies.
"I am honored to receive the James P. Groton Award for Outstanding Leadership in Dispute Prevention,” Roberts said. “Jim was a true pioneer in dispute prevention. CPR has always been the premier organization devoted to teaching Industry how to solve problems and avoid disputes. My entire career has been devoted to helping parties make problems smaller, not larger. Dispute avoidance has been the cornerstone of my practice and the driver behind my professional success. I am deeply honored to receive an award named after Jim Groton and given by an organization that I deeply believe in.”
Established in 1977, CPR is an independent nonprofit organization that promotes the prevention and resolution of conflict to better enable the pursuit of purpose through the CPR Institute and its subsidiary, CPR Dispute Resolution Services LLC.