As I sit here with family on this Thanksgiving Day 2014, I have much to be thankful for. I have a thriving construction law practice, great clients, wonderful friends and of course the best, most supportive family a guy could ask for. I also have some great readers and guest post contributors that make this […]
Check Out the 35th Annual Construction and Public Contracts Law Seminar
Beginning this Friday, I will be joining some great folks on the faculty of the 35th Annual Construction and Public Contracts Law Seminar. This year I am very honored to be joining Hanna Blake to discuss the topic of “How to Prosecute and Defend Payment Bond Claims.” Aside from our presentation, the topics range from […]
Construction Contract Drafting Webinar Wrap-Up
This past Tuesday (the 12th of June) fellow construction attorneys Melissa Brumback (@melissabrumback), Craig Martin (@craigmartin_jd) and I put on a webinar entitled “Drafting Construction Contracts: Key Provisions and Common Pitfalls.” The webinar was well received and my colleagues shined. I thought I’d go ahead and post the slides from my part of the program […]
The Registered Agent Advantage
In the Commonwealth of Virginia, as in most states, all corporations, LLC’s or other corporate style entities are required to have a registered agent if they are to do business in the Commonwealth. The reasons for the requirement are many, but the main ones are taxation, service of process and communication from the Virginia State […]
“Green” Expectations. . . or Just Expectations (“green” is not a specification; it’s a paint color)
I was having a discussion regarding “green” building with my friend and recent guest poster here at Musings, Nick Pacella (@nmpacella) this past week and (as often happens when I chat with the great folks in the construction world) it got me to thinking. Is “Green” its own separate category of construction, or just another […]