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Please join us in the new btd online forum. Post your questions and participate in the discussion. Construction Law firms that offer expert services to the Building Trades Industry.
Burgett & Robbins - is dedicated to representing people who have suffered injury as a result of the fault of others. We would like to help you. e-mail; robbins@burgettandrobbins.com New York and Pennsylvania Construction Mediation Inc - 334 West 84th Street, #2, New York, NY 10024 Couch White, LLP - 540 Broadway P.O. Box 22222 Albany, New York 12201 tel;(518) 426-4600 fax: (518) 426-0376 - Counselors and Attorneys at Law Couch White, LLP is well regarded for its expertise in Construction law. The firm's clients include general and specialty contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties, design professionals and their insurance carriers, public and private owners and developers. Our services include the negotiating and drafting of contracts, lien law matters, labor law counseling, and litigation at administrative hearings, arbitrations and trials. In addition, we offer counseling regarding successor management, the valuation of retiring owners' interests, buy-outs and deferred compensation agreements. Included among matters recently handled by the firm for our construction industry clients are failure to perform and breach of contract actions, delay claims, claims for change orders and extras, claims for unanticipated subsurface conditions, design professional errors and omissions actions and administrative hearings pertaining to prevailing wage rates. These claims and actions related to a broad range of construction projects including public and private office buildings, highways and bridges, sewer systems and utility installations. Day, Berry & Howard LLP - Our Construction Law Practice Group represents clients in the many aspects of the commercial, industrial, and residential construction processes throughout the country and abroad. Our matters involve owners, developers, investors, lenders, contractors, subcontractors, architects and design professionals, as well as insurers and bonding companies. Through our varied engagements, we have developed an understanding of construction law fundamentals in a variety of contexts, and are well versed in their application. In addition, our practice has evolved over the years to keep pace with the ever-increasing scale and complexity of projects and the legal and business issues that can arise in the construction context. We appreciate the intricate and dynamic relationships that are formed between parties in modern projects, and we strive to achieve solutions for our clients that are creative, practical, and useful. We represent clients across a broad spectrum of projects and transactions, both large and small, that relate to new construction, renovations and modifications, and existing structures. These endeavors focus on an array of buildings, ranging from high-rises and office towers, corporate headquarters, hotels, hospitals, health care facilities, school facilities, municipal buildings, and sophisticated, custom residential dwellings to industrial plants, electric power plants and transmission facilities, nuclear power plants, water treatment facilities, cogeneration facilities, and hydroelectric facilities. With our experience in all phases of the construction cycle, we are well qualified to assist clients in meeting their business, financial, and litigation objectives. Our Construction Law Practice Group also has experience with addressing and containing disputes at their inception, and we understand how to manage initial discord to secure interim productivity while seeking the final resolution of complicated issues. Once an issue has arisen, we assist clients with strategic assessment and develop a road map to achieve goals in an effective and efficient manner. Ernstrom & Dreste, LLP - is nationally recognized as a leader in issues affecting the construction and surety industries. Our scope of representation includes cost effective business risk management, litigation, alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy and environmental issues. Ernstrom & Dreste, LLP has offices in New York City, Rochester, New York and affiliated offices in Cleveland, Dallas and New Orleans. "We at Ernstrom & Dreste, LLP are committed to our mission to exceed our Clients' expectations." Fabyanske Law Firm - The law firm of Fabyanske, Westra, Hart, & Thomson, P.A. concentrates on providing legal services to the real estate and construction industries. We have worked extensively in both the public and private sectors, and our clients span all sectors of the industry, and include contractors, owners, design professionals, subcontractors, sureties, insurers and lenders across the United States. Because of our experience in resolving disputes, many clients engage the firm for preventive planning. Such planning includes contract review and negotiation and risk allocation advice. In today’s complex legal and business environment, poor planning can result in catastrophic losses. Contact: Ryan Miner – Business Development, 612-359-7679, rminer@fwhtlaw.com Gogick, Byrne & O'Neill, LLP, - a firm experienced in all aspects of professional liability and construction and design law, provides a wide range of legal support and business advisory services. With our extensive experience in representing architects, engineers, owners, developers, contractors, sureties, consultants, accountants, attorneys, and other professionals, Gogick, Byrne & O'Neill, LLP is a "hands on" organization whose attorneys maintain a broad-base of essential technical knowledge and legal skills in a variety of dispute resolution mechanisms. Ideally sized to best serve our clients' needs effectively and efficiently, Gogick, Byrne & O'Neill, LLP is devoted to fostering close personal working relationships with the client. Goldberg Segalla LLP - Construction Litigation Practice Group - offers its clients a Construction Litigation Practice Group with extensive counseling and litigation experience related to a wide variety of construction disciplines. We represent contractors, construction managers, building owners, architects, engineers and suppliers in all types of public and private construction and development. We help our clients to identify issues, solve problems and resolve disputes during contract formation and the performance period. We regularly counsel our clients on litigation avoidance and work closely with them to confront and resolve issues in the field, proving that a prompt response often prevents delay, uncertainty and costly litigation. We represent clients in state and federal courts as well as alternative dispute resolution forums in connection with litigation and claims arising out of the construction process, including contract performance and termination issues, mechanic’s liens, payment or performance bond claims, and defective or negligent design claims. We routinely handle a full range of construction disputes and litigation with particular experience in the following representative practice areas, which we would handle for your insureds: - Acceleration and compression claims - Bid protests - Breach of contract claims - Change orders - Collection remedies - Construction insurance and bad faith issues - Damage analysis - Delay and extra work claims - Design and construction defect claims - Mechanic’s liens - Payment/performance bond disputes - Prompt payment and retention issues - Real estate and development contracts - Scheduling delays and impacts - Surety and bond claims - Warranty issues and remedies Jenner & Block - Construction Law - Our attorneys advise numerous construction industry clients, including general contractors and sub-contractors, architects, engineers, developers, owners, lenders and suppliers, on a wide variety of business and litigation matters. In the construction litigation area, we handle cases ranging from straightforward mechanics’ lien claims and payment disputes to highly complex matters involving substantial defects in major commercial structures, including nuclear power plant and skyscraper construction projects. The Firm has provided litigation counsel in numerous high-profile construction disputes. Jenner & Block consistently delivers outstanding results in corporate transactions and secures major litigation victories for clients from the trial level through the United States Supreme Court. Our more than 400 attorneys located in Chicago, Dallas, New York and Washington, DC offer substantial experience in a broad range of legal areas. We have grown and prospered because of our dedication and unwavering commitment to our clients, to the Bar, to our people and to public service. Clients from around the world trust Jenner & Block with their most complex and challenging matters. Our lawyers have argued many matters before the United States Supreme Court, all of the 13 United States Circuit Courts of Appeals and dozens of other federal and state courts across the country. Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP - The elements that contribute to a winning relationship - that's what you'll get at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP. You win. Because of commitment, service and vision. That's why we are known as the "Can Do" firm. We pride ourselves on our long-term relationships with clients who consider us not just a law firm but an integral component of their businesses. In addition to our strong client/advocate relationships, this knowledge, experience and quality of legal service has earned us an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell and the respect of our peers. KDV is a national organization with offices in New York (Woodbury, LI and Manhattan, NY), New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California. - Construction & SuretyDirectors & Officers Liability - Employment Practices Liability - Professional Liability Kirkpatrick & Silverberg LLP, Attorneys at Law, -81 MAIN STREET WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK 10601 tel;(914) 997-8888 KUSHNICK & ASSOCIATES, CONSTRUCTION LAWYERS - 445 Broadhollow rd Melville (County: Suffolk) ny 11747 LePatner & Associates - 101 East 52nd Street, 21st Floor New York, New York 10022 London Fischer LLP - is deeply involved in representing the construction community. Our clients include real estate property owners and developers, contractors and subcontractors, architects and engineers and their insurers. We have strong working relationships with the building trade unions in New York State and throughout the country, and we maintain good relations with the various governmental agencies that oversee the construction industry. Our practice includes construction and real estate accident cases. We are experienced in the nuance of the applicable statutory and case law including third party claims over and the Labor Law, as well as the Insurance Law and the New York City Administrative Code. We have established law in New York on reducing the responsibility of premises owners. The New York State Labor Law exposes property owners and contractors to significant exposure, but our familiarity with that law permits us to regularly obtain dismissals of Labor Law cases against contractors. We have established cutting edge law favorable to the construction community in dismissing Labor Law cases on the Routine Maintenance doctrine and on general supervision theories. Sometimes construction accident cases must go to a jury verdict, and in those instances, we regularly win before juries. A large part of our practice involves the representation of property owners and contractors in catastrophe and serious fire cases throughout New York State and the Country. We are currently handling many of the disaster cases which you may have read about including the Roosevelt Island tramway accident, the NBC building fire, the Canal Street building slippage into the IRT subway, the switch gear fire which shut down a major Manhattan skyscraper for six days, and the Macy’s day parade “Cat-in-the-Hat” case. These cases are to name a few of the major catastrophe and fire cases we regularly handle. A recent disaster case where we were able to extract our client by summary judgment was upheld by the Appellate Division. Our construction practice includes construction claims. We handle delay and extra cases for contractors and owners, such as subrogation actions for insurers and sureties. Our successful appeal for General Electric is the leading New York Appellate decision validating and refining the no damage for delay clause. We negotiate and draft real estate contracts and construction contracts. We are fully familiar with the New York State Lien Law and typically use many of the sections of the Lien Law unknown to others to our client’s advantage. Attached is a decision we won utilizing the verified statement/constructive trust provisions of the Lien Law to force a settlement on behalf of our client.Many construction cases require the use of forensic experts. Our long standing commitment to the construction industry has educated us to the best experts for each of the specialties which may arise in a construction claim. We not only have the ability to retain the finest experts but the skill and judgment to know when they are needed. McCarter & English Construction Industry Practice Group - serves a wide range of industry clients in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. We represent owners, architects & engineers, construction managers, contractors, developers, subcontractors and suppliers in matters ranging from project planning to dispute resolution. Our depth of talent and breadth of experience brings a unique set of advantages to our clients: We Know the Business. Every member of our team brings in-depth knowledge of the special features of the construction industry. We know the relationships, traditions, risk allocations and other issues unique to the industry that can mean the difference between success and failure. We Know the Law. Construction law is a specialized field, and no client wants to pay for his lawyer to climb the learning curve. As we come to every engagement already aware of the rules governing our clients’ issues, we can turn quickly to identifying the rights and obligations that protect their interests. We Follow a Practical, Problem-Solving Approach. Our goal is to use legal tools to achieve business solutions. We Deliver Fast And Flexible Responses To New Issues. Construction projects are time sensitive – clients do not have the luxury of awaiting slow answers to pressing questions. We track developments in the industry, responding quickly to clients and keeping them ahead of the curve on exposures and opportunities.We Utilize the Latest Technology. Our sophisticated litigation support, document management and presentation technology systems quickly and reliably exchange information with our clients’ systems, and assist in presenting arguments and issues persuasively in any forum. MOHEN, CRAIG & TREACY LLP - 186 Birch Hill Road Locust Valley, New York 11560 tel;(516) 759-1212 fax (516) 759-3234 email: admin@mct-law.com MOHEN, CRAIG & TREACY LLP was formed in 1997 upon the merger of practices from two predecessor law firms. Our principal attorneys work with an extensive network of experienced legal professionals with broad resources and a unique combination of legal, practical and political skills. The firm's construction law practice specializes in surety law, government contracting, state and municipal contract law. Our attorneys practice before all regional federal and state courts, from three principal offices in New York and New Jersey. Morgan Lewis - New York, New York 101 Park Avenue New York, NY 10178-0060 Tel: 212-309-6000 Fax: 212-309-6273 - represents a diverse clientele and provides a variety of services for domestic and international construction projects.We represent large and small clients in all sectors of the construction industry, as well as the owners and developers of capital projects. Industry clients include integrated engineer/constructors, general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, suppliers, engineers, architects and sureties. Our construction law experience extends to projects in almost every state in the United States and in more than 30 other countries. The Salvatore Law Firm - 167 Cherry Street Milford (County: New Haven) CT 06460 Schiff Hardin & Waite - 150 East 52nd Street, Suite 2900 New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 753-5000 Fax: (212) 753-5044 - maintains a nationally-known construction law practice, representing property owners and developers as well as contractors, architects, and engineers. Our firm's services include construction contract negotiation and team building, general construction law related advice beginning with the conception of a project through warranty work, consultation regarding avoidance of potential claims, and representation in the prosecution or defense of construction related litigation. Schiff Hardin & Waite has also pioneered new legal services enabling architects to become design-builders, and we are particularly well versed in construction procurement matters. We also have significant experience in alternative dispute resolution, and several of our Construction Law Group attorneys serve as arbitrators and mediators. |
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