Originally posted 2013-03-29 09:00:54. For this week’s Guest Post Friday at Construction Law Musings, we welcome back Bryan G. Scott. Bryan (@winstonattorney) is an attorney at Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLC and co-Chair of the firm’s Construction Practice Group Thank you to Chris for the opportunity once again to guest post here at Construction Law […]
Mechanic’s Liens- Big Exception
Originally posted 2012-11-12 09:00:03. Image via Wikipedia Musings has discussed mechanic’s liens on numerous occasions. As we discussed in earlier posts, the general rule is that a mechanic’s lien jumps to the head of the line of liens when filed. This is true in most instances. In the typical case, a contractor puts up a […]
Preparing For and Avoiding Residential Construction Disputes: For Homeowners and Contractors
Originally posted 2010-08-13 09:00:18. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome a great friend. Scott Wolfe Jr. (@scottwolfejr)is a construction attorney in Louisiana, Washington and Oregon, and is the founding member of the construction practice Wolfe Law Group. He authors the Construction Law Monitor. He is also the founder […]
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 […]
Mechanic’s Liens and Legislative Sausage
Originally posted 2016-12-19 10:00:35. Over the past week or two I’ve been covering HB 1265, a bill that was working its way through the Virginia General Assembly legislative sausage making process. I gave you my thoughts on the original bill as written and then on the somewhat better (though far from perfect) amended bill. Well, […]