Construction Law.
Ground broken, crews scheduled, money moving — construction law keeps all three lawful. From the first bid to the last punch list, we draft to prevent disputes and litigate when prevention fails, in step with our real estate and arbitration colleagues.
310+Construction contracts drafted, negotiated, or enforced
88%Of disputes resolved before trial or arbitration
36hResponse window on lien and bond emergencies
Overview
On a job site, the contract decides who pays for the weather. Every delay, defect, and change order has a paper trail — and we make sure that trail leads to an answer in your favor, not a lesson learned the expensive way.
Contract drafting and negotiation for owners, general contractors, and subcontractors; delay and defect claims; mechanic's liens; surety and bond disputes. We have tried the projects we could not settle, and settled the ones we could.
From our Chicago headquarters we handle towers, transit, and industrial builds across the Midwest; on international work, our London headquarters and associated counsel in Singapore coordinate FIDIC terms and cross-border arbitration under one instruction.
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A six-month delay claim fully briefed and settled, without a single day of discovery.Owner client survey, 2025
They write subcontracts our surety company actually compliments.General contractor survey, 2025
Recent work
Matters we're proud of
Delay claim
Critical-path record secured a seven-figure time extension on a hospital project
Defects
Curtain-wall defect claims settled across four subcontractors
Liens
Mechanic's lien portfolio enforced for a supplier left unpaid at project close
Contracts
GMP and subcontract suite delivered for a 24-story mixed-use tower
Latest articles and knowledge
Pay-if-paid vs. pay-when-paid in Illinois — the current line
Daily reports: documenting the job so it wins in court
Built to a defensible standard
A confidential first conversation with the construction team.
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