Originally posted 2010-12-27 09:00:05. Here at Construction Law Musings, we have discussed mediation from numerous angles. From a great Guest Post from Vickie Pynchon (@vpynchon) on Ways Your Construction Mediation will Fail to my own personal musings on the subject. All of the thoughts from these posts flooded to mind during one long mediation experience […]
Ever Wonder How to Mail a Scorpion?
Originally posted 2014-01-06 09:00:10. Did I get your attention? Does this seem like a diversion from the usual construction law focus of this blog? Do you occasionally find the legal system in which I ply my trade and the statutes that are occasionally passed in various places to be silly? Do you want to know […]
Don’t Just Document- Document Right!
Originally posted 2011-05-20 09:00:20. I have stated to clients on many occasions that paper is a lawyer’s best friend. Because of a recent case from the Virginia Supreme Court, I should modify that to the correct paper is a lawyer’s best friend. In Commonwealth v. AMEC Civil, LLC, AMEC sued the Virginia Department of Transportation […]
Mandatory Arbitration Isn’t All Bad, if. . .
Originally posted 2011-07-29 09:00:40. In the past week or so mandatory arbitration has been all the rage. From those that argue that arbitration is becoming more burdensome than litigation, to my friend and fellow construction attorney Scott Wolfe who gives great advice on how to make arbitration worth it again. You can place me in […]
HOAs Going Green with a Bit of Kicking and Screaming
Originally posted 2016-06-06 09:00:25. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome J. Roger Wood. Roger is a partner with Carpenter Hazlewood Delgado & Wood, PLC. The firm has offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Roger began practicing law twelve years ago and has been exclusively representing homeowners […]