Our experience includes these matters:
- The owner of a petroleum refinery in New Jersey and its general contractor retained us for construction lien litigation related to upgrades and enhancements to the refinery after a subcontractor declared bankruptcy. The matter resulted in a favorable clarification of the New Jersey Construction Lien Law regarding limitations on an owner's liability to lien claimants in multi-tier construction contracts and was subsequently settled.
- We successfully defended a developer of multifamily housing against allegations of design and construction violations of the Fair Housing Act, including obtaining a precedent-setting ruling from the Ninth Circuit that the right to bring such actions expires two years after a project's completion rather than two years after a disabled person encounters the alleged violation.
- A global leader in power technologies retained us to defend it in stray current litigation brought by 18 dairy farms arising out of its design and construction of HVDC converter stations operated by the Intermountain Power Project in Utah. We obtained summary judgment.
- A member of an international joint venture developing waste fuel power plants in Mexico retained us to develop and implement strategies for arbitration under international arbitration rules. We successfully resolved disputes with the EPC contractor over design, construction, and performance testing.
- We represented the developer of a mountain-area luxury vacation development in litigation with the site contractor, design engineer, and homeowners association regarding design, construction, and remediation of all-weather access roadways.
- We represented owners and developers of fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy projects in assessing, reducing, and mitigating risks associated with planned and ongoing projects.
- The developer of an urban high-rise condominium complex retained us in litigation with the general contractor over construction defects, delays, and design-build deficiencies. The case was settled early in discovery.
- We represented a shopping center developer in the arbitration of delay and acceleration claims and scope disputes in site work during the conversion of a 70-acre farm site in central Pennsylvania to a shopping center. The suit was settled during arbitration.
- The developer of a five-star ski resort in Colorado retained us to resolve extensive change order claims relating to construction of a hotel/condominium complex.
- We resolved disputes between our client, an international restaurant and food services company, and its contractor and subcontractors in connection with a premium dining and entertainment facility in Denver.