For this week’s Guest Post Friday post here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome back Matt Bouchard. Matt is a partner with Lewis & Roberts, PLLC in Raleigh, North Carolina. For over ten years his practice has focused on representing the interests of contractors, sureties and owners in connection with commercial construction projects. You can […]
Get What You Pay For
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 […]