As we bid farewell to a somewhat more “normal” 2021 (at least compared to 2020!), I want to wish you a happy, healthy, and fulfilling 2022. Here’s to a continued path to normalcy (whatever that may be for you) and a prosperous construction world this New Year and beyond. Without further ado, Happy New Year […]
Wow! Almost a Year as a Solo Construction Lawyer! (Lessons Learned)
Originally posted 2016-07-25 11:26:45. I find it almost hard to believe, but I’ve been the only member of The Law Office of Christopher G. Hill, PC for almost a year now. On July 1, 2011, it will be official, I will have been solo for a full year. The ride thus far has been amazing. […]
Personal Thoughts on Construction Mediation
Originally posted 2014-08-08 09:00:52. As I left a mediation last week at 8:30 at night, I realized something that I knew all along. Mediation works. Why does mediation work? For several reasons that I can think of. The first, and likely most important is that lawyers are expensive. In most construction cases, we charge by […]
Another Reason to Love Construction Mediation (Read: Why Mediation Works)
Originally posted 2015-11-18 14:56:46. I’ll bet you’re thinking by now that I have beaten the mediation drum to death and that I wouldn’t have any more praise for the process than I have heaped upon it here at this corner of the construction law “blawgosphere.” Well, just about every time I am involved with the […]
More thoughts on Virginia Mechanic’s Liens
Originally posted 2010-04-30 09:00:16. As we settled yet another construction case on the courthouse steps today, I began to think about what I should post to begin 2009. Of course, given the construction industry slowdown that is predicted, and the trend at construction projects around the Commonwealth of Virginia that looks to me as if […]