Category Archives: Mechanic’s Liens

The Life Of A Mechanics Lien Claim: Preserve, Perfect, Enforce

For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back a good friend and fellow construction attorney, Scott Wolfe Jr.  Scott is a construction attorney who practices law through his firm Wolfe Law Group in California, Washington, Oregon and Louisiana.  He is also the founder of Zlien, a nationwide preliminary notice and mechanic’s lien filing service….

Considerations in Obtaining a Mechanic’s Lien in Maryland (Don’t try this at home)

For this week’s Guest Post Friday at Construction Law Musings I welcome Matthew Evans.  Matt is the owner of Law Offices of Matthew S. Evans, III, LLC located in Annapolis, Maryland.  He has practiced construction, real estate and land use law in Maryland and D.C. for thirteen years.  Prior to opening his own firm in…

Dealing with Mechanic’s Lien Priorities

For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome a new face.  Rob Pitkin (@KCconstrlawyer) is an attorney with Levy & Craig in Kansas City, where he handles Construction disputes and other types of sophisticated business litigation.  Originally from Iowa, he graduated from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University School of Law.  Rob…

More Musings on Mechanic’s Liens in Virginia

It is not news that the recent construction economy has not been good.  Private money is not flowing into construction as it had been in the past and public projects are moving more slowly.  Payment disputes leading to mechanic’s lien claims and payment bond claims are rampant because of the shaky nature of the payment…

Getting Slow Paid? Try These Tips

Originally posted 2009-07-06 09:00:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterImage via Wikipedia As ENR has reported recently, slow payment can and does sap a contractor’s strength. Slow payment puts a contractor in a serious bind. On the one hand, it is getting paid, so why rock the boat. On the other, the contractor has to pay…

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