Practice group leader Harper Heck-
man (also office managing partner of
the Greensboro office), is a Fellow in
the American College of Construction
Lawyers. The construction team of
Nexsen Pruet is ranked as a national
tier one firm by US News & World Re-
port “Best Lawyers.”
The construction team offers regu-
lar seminars for the construction in-
dustry. Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Partner Robert Jason Herndon is
chair of the NCBA’s Construction Law
Section, leading approximately 600
full and part-time construction
lawyers throughout the state. The
practice has extensive capabilities
within construction and development
law. Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Shumaker is a 260 lawyer firm with
offices in Charlotte, North Carolina,
Charleston, South Carolina, Toledo
and Columbus, Ohio, Tampa and
Sarasota Florida and Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan. The construction lawyers
at Shumaker represent all participants
on commercial construction projects,
including lenders, owners, develop-
ers, general contractors, subcontrac-
tors, sureties and suppliers. The
Shumaker construction law attorneys
have substantial experience on all
types of commercial construction
projects, whether private, city, county,
state or federal construction projects,
and many different types of project
delivery systems.
That experience covers, among
other things, licensing, competitive
bidding, bid mistakes and bid dis-
putes, contract drafting and negotia-
tion, change order disputes, delays,
acceleration, differing site conditions,
defective work claims, construction
claims, liens and bonds. The Shu-
maker construction law attorneys
have successfully prosecuted and de-
fended construction disputes in both
litigation and arbitration proceedings
throughout the United States.
Thomas & Battle also has offices in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Its attorneys have experience in
utility projects involving power plants,
natural gas facilities, and sewer
pipelines, as well as other infrastruc-
ture projects, such as roads, bridges,
tunnels and overpasses.
Young Moore and Henderson, P.A.
This Raleigh-based practice’s
construction lawyers focus on
knowing their clients and the
construction industry, combining
an interest in alternative dispute
resolution concepts with a
recognition that, if it is necessary
to fight all the way to trial, the best
strategy is to truly know and
understand the client’s circum-
stances before embarking on
the legal journey.
Lawyers Jay Tobin and Bob
deRosset focus on construction
law within the 40-lawyer practice.
See story page 13.
Wall Templeton & Haldrup, P.A.
Wall Templeton Attorneys has of-
fices in Raleigh and Charleston, SC,
with an extensive construction law
focus. Founding shareholder Keith
Coltrain has been recognized for six
consecutive years as one of The Best
Lawyers in America – a listing first
published in 1983 in the leading na-
tional publication for attorney refer-
rals. The practice represents clients
from all industry perspectives, includ-
ing owners, sureties, insurers, con-
tractors, subcontractors, designers
and suppliers. “The issues we tackle
are numerous – construction and con-
tract disputes, acceleration and delay
claims, risk assessment and avoid-
ance, abandonment claims, disrup-
tion claims, consequential damages,
insurance coverage disputes, eco-
nomic and catastrophic loss, employ-
ment, debt collection,” the practice
says in a statement.
Some of Wall Templeton’s attor-
neys have engineering backgrounds
and real-world experience in the con-
struction industry, meaning they can
truly understand the issues from prac-
tical as well as legal perspectives.
(See story page 12.)
Ward and Smith P.A.
This practice has a strong con-
struction industry focus, with a
scheduled half-day Sept. 30 industry-
related conference in the Research
Triangle Park (RTP). Among other top-
ics, three Ward and Smith attorneys
will present on legal topics such as
construction-related employment law,
including piece-rate compensation,
the top five things to avoid to mini-
mize contract risk, and best practices
for dealing with government investi-
gations. For more information, see
https://www.wardandsmith.com/2018 -construction-conference.
Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC
Bryan G. Scott based in the prac-
tice’s Winston-Salem office, is the
current vice-chair of the NCBA’s Con-
struction Law Section. Spilman,
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