Guest Post Friday is back with a vengeance as we welcome back Melissa Dewey Brumback. Melissa is a partner at Ragsdale Liggett in Raleigh, North Carolina. The bulk of her practice is representing architects and engineers, helping them to avoid litigation and representing them whenever litigation is filed. She writes a blog on risk avoidance […]
More Musings From the Mediation Trenches
As those that read this construction blog on a regular basis know, I became a Virginia Supreme Court certified mediator a few years ago. I did so because I believe that mediation as a form of alternate dispute resolution is in most cases a much better alternative to resolve a construction dispute than litigation. While […]
Keeping Construction Issues Out of Court at Construction Law North Carolina
For this week’s post, I am taking a trip to the great Construction Law in North Carolina blog run by a friend and fellow construction attorney, Melissa Brumback (@melissabrumback). Over at her blog, I discuss how to keep construction project problems from turning into money draining litigation. Here’s a taste: While I agree to some […]
Why You Should Consider Mediation (Most of the Time)
As any reader of Construction Law Musings is aware, I am a huge fan of mediation as a way to resolve construction disputes. I am such a fan that a few years ago I took the plunge and got certified as a mediator. Why then did I put the caveat in the title of this […]
Shameless Plug Alert: Please Consider Construction Law Musings for the Blawg 100
Yes, its that time of year again and nominations are open for the ABA Blawg 100. Its also the time that I both thank you, the readers of Construction Law Musings that keep this maintaining this place worthwhile, for your readership and also ask that you become a “Friend of the Blawg” and let the […]