Practice Areas
Highlighted Areas
Our firm delivers superior legal counsel rooted in our technical and industry knowledge, allowing us to craft creative, effective solutions beyond what traditional lawyering can offer. We partner with our clients throughout a project’s life cycle — helping resolve issues early to avoid escalation, while also bringing proven results across diverse practice areas.
Delay and Disruption Claims
Our firm represents contractors and construction entities in disputes over project delays and work disruptions. We handle claims involving schedule impacts, cost overruns, lost productivity, and unforeseen site conditions. We are pioneers in the “bottoms-up” approach to pricing delay and disruption claims — a methodology we developed that is now widely accepted across the construction industry. As the first to implement this strategy, we set the standard, and we continue to refine and advance our process to stay ahead of evolving project and industry demands.
Design
Negligence
Our firm represents contractors and construction entities in disputes arising from design negligence, focusing on the pre-award phase of design-build and PPP projects. Where other firms have failed, we have achieved success by leveraging our deep technical and industry knowledge to examine the affirmative representations designers make during the pre-award process. This approach has allowed us to successfully resolve claims where designers have not met their standard of care and caused delays and cost overruns — delivering results that set the standard for these claims and redefine client expectations.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Our firm helps contractors and construction entities resolve disputes efficiently through alternative dispute forums. We are pioneers in dispute resolution — long before the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation formed in 1996, we advanced the DRB process by negotiating its use on client projects. Since then, we have participated in more than 90 DRBs. We also helped create the evaluative hearing process, now widely recognized across the construction industry. Our firm continues to innovate, developing forums that allow clients to resolve disputes efficiently, cost-effectively, and with minimal disruption to their projects.
Project Advisory and Claim Development
Our firm provides legal guidance to contractors and construction entities throughout a project’s life cycle, with a core focus on getting involved early. Early engagement allows us to guide the process from the start, mitigate risks, and often avoid litigation altogether. Throughout a project, we work closely with the project team to limit exposure, resolve issues on-site, and keep disputes from escalating off the project. At the same time, we ensure claims are properly preserved and developed so our clients’ interests are protected, and they are strategically positioned for the best possible outcomes.
Additional Areas
Beyond our highlighted practice areas, our firm provides strategic counsel across a broad spectrum of other construction matters delivering a results-oriented approach to help clients achieve their objectives on the most complicated and high-stakes projects. Our services include: