For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings welcomes a friend and fellow faculty member at Solo Practice University, Stefanie Devery. Stefanie owns a Real Estate law firm in Mineola, New York with her husband, Brian Devery. The Devery Law Group, P.C. concentrates in all residential and commercial real estate matters. Stefanie writes a blog, New […]
Reminder: Don’t Waive Your Mechanic’s Lien Rights (or Bond Rights For That Matter)
Here at Construction Law Musings, I have discussed mechanic’s liens and bond claims and how these types of payment protections interact with construction contracts. Throughout these many posts, I have emphasized both the technical and picky nature of mechanic’s liens in Virginia and the fact that the contract is king in Virginia. If you add […]
Reflections From My Trip In-house and On-site
For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings welcomes back Ryan Bowers. Ryan is the General Counsel and VP Operations for Contrast Mechanical Inc., a Michigan commercial and industrial mechanical construction company. In addition to legal and operations, Ryan handles all IT and manages the Service Division. Prior to going in-house, Ryan was a litigator at […]
Join Me As I Venture Forth as a Construction Mediator. . .
As you know, I am a big fan of mediation for the resolution of construction disputes. I have discussed the value, both monetarily and stress wise, of mediation on multiple occasions. I have discussed the value of mediation even when it does not lead to settlement and had numerous Guest Post Friday posts from my […]
Contractors and Bankruptcy: Getting the Piper Paid
For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings welcomes Jennifer Watt (@jenniferlwatt). Jennifer is an Indiana litigator with experience litigating construction disputes, representing sureties and contractors following project defaults and advising on bankruptcy matters. Jennifer, along with her colleague, Ryan Bowers, maintains Law under Construction, a blog built for Indiana construction professionals to monitor legal news […]