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…
Thoughts on the construction landscape from Christopher G. Hill, Virginia construction lawyer, LEED AP and member of the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law
Category Archives: Mechanic’s Liens
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…
What Is Construction Law?
In the past few weeks, I must have been asked one question on multiple occasions: “What is Construction Law?” When this question was asked, I realized that I’ve been Musing on this topic for almost three years and realized that I’ve posted on everything from why I enjoy being a construction lawyer, to various topics…
