NORTH CAROLINA’S TOP 10 CONSTRUCTION LAW PRACTICES
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North Carolina Construction News staff writer
How do you select the top 10
North Carolina construction law prac-
tices? The question is much easier to
ask than to answer. We took into ac-
count several qualities in determin-
ing which practices should be
included in the list, including: The
number of lawyers focused on con-
struction law, published work and ar-
ticles relating to the industry, and
leadership roles within the Construc-
tion Law Section of the North Car-
olina Bar Association (NCBA), as well
as within relevant specialized con-
struction associations.
It’s hard enough to figure out
which practices should be on this
Top 10 list, so we won’t try to rank
them in any sort of hierarchy. Ac-
cordingly, this listing is alphabetical.
Conner Gwyn Schenck
This well-established firm concen-
trates its practice on construction
law and serving the construction in-
dustry. Through 11 lawyers in offices
in Raleigh and Greensboro, Conner
Gwyn Schenck PLLC serves a wide
range of sectors in the industry. Firm
members have extensive experience
and have leadership roles in con-
struction law and construction indus-
try organizations.
Several lawyers at Conner
Gwyn Schenck are licensed profes-
sional engineers and one is a regis-
tered architect. The lawyers at
Conner Gwyn Schenck regularly
speak at professional, trade and
client-focused organizations, and
have written numerous articles and
publications on construction law.
They are the authors of North Car-
olina Construction Law, a treatise
published by Thomson Reuters.
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Johnston Allison & Hord PA
Attorneys in the Johnston Allison
& Hord Construction Practice Group
serve clients throughout the South-
east, but primarily in North and
South Carolina, with experience in
construction arbitration, mediation
and litigation. Notably, Charlotte-
based attorney B. David Carson is
the immediate past-chair of the
NCBA’s Construction Law Section.
Carson and other attorneys from the
practice have served on industry
boards, authored textbooks on North
Carolina construction and employ-
ment law, OSHA regulations and
construction claims.
Lewis & Rober ts
Lawyers at this Raleigh-based
practice have more than 50 years of
combined experience serving North
Carolina’s AEC community. Lewis &
Roberts provides “common-sense,
results-oriented, cost effective guid-
ance at every junction of a construc-
tion project, from contract drafting
and negotiation, to real-time project
counseling, to formal dispute resolu-
tion when claims can’t be resolved at
the project level.” The firm’s clients
include local and regional general
contractors, specialty subs, private
owners, engineering firms, and
bonding companies.
Lewis & Roberts focuses on seek-
ing resolutions to legal challenges
before they need to go to court.
However, if the matter cannot be set-
tled without litigation, its attorneys
have “the construction knowledge
and trial experience needed to
achieve results in mediation, arbitra-
tion and litigation.”
Lawyer Matt Bouchard is currently
secretary of the NCBA’s Construction
Law Section.
Nexsen Pruet
Nexsen Pruet is one of the Caroli-
nas’ largest law firms. Its compre-
hensive and extensive construction
law team can also draw on other
specialists for complex cases. It has
offices in Charlotte, Raleigh and
Greensboro, as well as Charleston,
Columbia, Greenville, Hilton Head
and Myrtle Beach, SC.
Nexsen Pruet lawyers have broad
industry experience. They can handle
pre-construction planning, bid pack-
aging, project financing, litigation, in-
cluding multi-party and complex
construction related litigation in state
and federal courts, mediation and ar-
bitration proceedings, mechanics’
liens and bond claims, and surety
and insurance matters, as well as
many other challenging issues.