Christopher Morrow
CONTACT INFORMATION

17901 Von Karman Avenue
Suite 500
Irvine, CA 92614

Work: (949) 537-3809
Fax: (949) 537-3822
Email: cm@smtdlaw.com

Christopher Morrow

Chris Morrow is a founding partner of the firm. Chris represents general contractors, design engineering firms, construction managers, major trade contractors and owners on a variety of issues involving heavy civil construction, transportation and commercial construction projects. Representative projects include office buildings, hospitals, schools, highways, bridges, power plants, dams, airports, mass transit systems, and pipelines.

Chris counsels and advises clients with on-going project related matters, providing assistance in resolving claims at the project level with an eye towards mitigating costs and preserving claims. He has extensive experience assisting clients with bid protests and providing counsel for precontractual risk assessment. Once the client is awarded the project, Chris frequently provides assistance with negotiating contractual provisions between owners, prime contractors, designers and subcontractors.

During the project, Chris assists with affirmative claim preparation, assessing and prosecuting subcontractor pass-through claims, responding and handling termination claims, and assisting with project closeout issues. He has comprehensive experience in claim preparation, prosecution of claims and contractual dispute resolution on public and private projects. As part of his representation, Chris has defended against claims involving construction and design defects, including pursing recovery for indemnity and breach of contract. Chris’s litigation experience includes both federal and state courts, arbitration, and DRB proceedings.

Chris has a broad range of bid protest experience, involving large transportation, dam, and highway projects, including bid protests in excess of $1 billion dollars. He also has represented a variety of contractors involving claims against public agencies and private owners, serving as lead counsel through trial or arbitration hearings. Chris’s representative clients include ENR top 100 construction firms and top 100 international contractors.

EDUCATION

  • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings College of the Law), J.D., 1999
  • University of California Irvine, B.A., 1995

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • State of California

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

  • Chris frequently speaks at and writes for a variety of online webinars, industry events, in-house seminars and for the AGC Legal Advisory Committee, focusing on new and emerging legal trends and case law.