Originally posted 2012-02-20 09:00:43. Recently, I’ve gotten numerous questions/comments from friends, clients and potential clients regarding how and why I continue to blog here at Construction Law Musings. My first answer is always that its fun. I know, it seems like a bit more work on top of a busy solo construction law practice. However, […]
Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program Law-Important Legal Issues
Originally posted 2013-04-15 09:00:30. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome Andrea Goldman for the second time. Andrea (@andreagoldman) is the principal in the Law Office of Andrea Goldman, 305 Walnut Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02460. She is a litigator, mediator and arbitrator. Andrea focuses on construction, contractor/homeowner and business […]
A Construction Lawyer Can Help You Negotiate (Not Sue)
Originally posted 2013-05-13 09:00:58. Ever since I read the two articles referenced in last week’s Musings, I have been thinking about how I as a Virginia construction attorney can be part of the solution. Then, fortuitously, my good friend and ubermediator, Victoria Pynchon, dusted off her Negotiation Law Blog to discuss 10 Reasons To Negotiate […]
Why Construction Law?
Originally posted 2010-10-18 09:00:54. As I sit here and contemplate the almost 1 year of Construction Law Musings, I realized that I have not ever really explained why I like what I do. If you had asked me in law school if I was looking to be a construction lawyer, I likely would have looked […]
A Twist on Mechanic’s Liens and Bankruptcy
Originally posted 2010-11-08 11:28:52. We have discussed mechanic’s liens and their advantages relating to bankruptcy on several occasions here at Musings. As I warmed up from a cold weekend of camping with my son’s Boy Scout troop, I remembered a recent case out of the Fairfax County, Virginia Circuit Court that provides an explanation of […]