Project Representation
Building projects are full of risks, known and unknown. Our clients appreciate that Mirick’s experienced and professional team of construction litigators serve as collaborative partners to help identify and allocate for these risks. Owners, contractors, and designers alike turn to our team of construction industry attorneys to help navigate their projects, from initial planning to final completion, and beyond. It is inevitable, however, that projects can sometimes turn contentious. When they do, our clients know that they can reliably turn to Mirick’s construction litigators to help them capably navigate project issues, no matter the setting and no matter how complex.
When Risk Turns Into Dispute
Our team of construction litigators are experienced at every level of formal dispute resolution, from administrative appeals to mediation and arbitration, and litigation in the state and federal courts. Our clients benefit from skilled advocacy, whether in the context of early resolution of a payment or performance claim, the nuances of a complex multi-party construction defect mediation, or zealous and skilled representation in arbitration or litigation.
Mirick’s construction attorneys have extensive experience litigating and successfully resolving construction disputes, including the following:
- Payment methods, procedures and collections
- Mechanic’s lien claims
- Payment and performance surety bond claims
- Defects, workmanship and scope of work
- Express and implied warranties
- Indemnification and insurance
- Schedule, efficiency, productivity, delay and liquidated damages
- Default, termination and suspension
- Completion and closeout procedures
- Massachusetts Prompt Pay and Retainage Acts
- Massachusetts General Laws related to horizontal and vertical construction work
- Bid protests
- Claims and hearings before state and federal agencies, including, for example, DOL, DLS, AG, and other licensing boards
- Federal government construction project claims and collections
- Labor and employment claims, including Wage and Hour, prevailing wage, OSHA, classification, and others
- American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law
- Associated Builders and Contractors
- Home Builders and Remodelers Association
