Jim Hartnett Elected as Fellow to The American College of Construction Lawyers

Construction and real estate partner Jim Hartnett has been elected as fellow to the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL) new fellow class of 2026.

The ACCL is a national organization of lawyers who have demonstrated skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice, or in the teaching, of construction law, and who are dedicated to excellence in the specialized practice of construction law.

Fellowship is extended by invitation to those who are found to have mastered the practice or the teaching of construction law and dispute resolution in the complex technical and legal fields pertaining to the built environment, whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, scholarship, professionalism, and collegiality, and who have demonstrated a commitment to “give back” to the construction industry.

Hartnett partners with clients to litigate matters related to construction, commercial and real estate disputes. For the past 29 years, he has handled a wide range of disputes, including international arbitration in Paris; stadium and arena projects in Minnesota, Colorado and Tennessee; hospital projects in California and Alaska; retail projects in Minnesota, New York and Arkansas; and high-tech, clean-room manufacturing facilities in Idaho and Minnesota. Hartnett has also been involved in numerous energy-related construction disputes involving coal, gas and municipal-waste power plants, as well as wind farms and other renewable energy projects.