Well, I’m off for some holiday fun in the sun and some great Christmas family time. Thanks to all of you that continue to read Construction Law Musings and I will be back with some (hopefully) interesting posts after the holidays. Chris As always, I welcome your comments below. Please subscribe to keep up with this […]
Thanks for the Decade of Confidence
Once again, I am in the wonderful position of thanking all of you in the Virginia legal community that continue to elect me to the Virginia Business Legal Elite. This year makes a round ten years in a row of election to the Legal Elite in the Construction Category. This decade long run has included […]
Contractors in Virginia Need To Be Ready for July 1, 2011
The Virginia General Assembly has passed a couple of bills, effective July 1, 2011, that will affect contractors’ and other construction professionals’ rights to payment and where they can and should bring their construction related claims. The first set of changes are to Virginia’s “Little Miller Act” of which I have spoken on many occasions […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Construction Law Musings
It is that time of year again when I find it appropriate to reflect on the great things in my life. As I sit here with family on this Thanksgiving Day 2016, I have much to be thankful for. I have a thriving construction law practice, great clients, wonderful friends and of course the best, […]
Conflict? Construction Mediators Thrive On It
Yesterday I attended a great CLE/CME (Continuing Mediator Education) seminar entitled “Brave New World for Mediation: Skills for Forging the Future.” Aside from the skills learned from the mediators at the seminar, one thing stuck with me from the keynote speech. In the course of his discussion of how far mediation (and ADR in general) […]