SMTD Law LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Geoffrey Graves to its expanding construction, surety and business law practice. Mr. Graves has over 20 years of experience representing a broad range of clients across many industries. Mr. Graves handles a wide variety corporate transactional matters. In addition, Mr. Graves [...]
Authored by: Josh Hardy, Esq. A new decision further muddies the waters of the requirements for lease-leaseback contracts for public school construction. In McGee v. Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC , the court upheld the validity of lease-leaseback construction agreements, following Los Alamitos Unified School Dist. v. Howard Contracting, Inc. and [...]
On May 5, 2016 at the ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Spring Program titled “Surety Takeover From Default Through Dispute Resolution” SMTD Law LLP partner Ali Salamirad will present “Selecting A Completion Contractor.” This presentation will focus on current issues that impact a surety’s decision to select a particular [...]
SMTD LLP is currently looking to hire an associate with 2 – 5 years of litigation experience and a strong interest in joining a thriving construction, surety and business litigation practice. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in applying, please contact Jonathan Dunn at jdunn@smtdlaw.com
On Friday, February 19, 2016, SMTD Law LLP looks forward to hosting its 4th annual client event at the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open held at the magnificent Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.
SMTD LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its practice to the Southwest with the opening of its newest office in Phoenix, Arizona. SMTD LLP’s newest office will be managed by Robert J. Berens a renowned trial lawyer who represents contractors and sureties in some of the most significant litigation [...]
Can a surety on a public works project affirmatively recover funds from an owner based on that owner’s failure to properly administer the bonded contract? Recently, with the assistance of Ali Salamirad and Teresa Polk, SMTD’s client successfully resolved just such a claim. The surety resolved multiple payment bond claims [...]
SMTD LLP recently obtained a decisive defense victory for a client following a two week arbitration. Without notice to the client, a surety, the public owner re-let a substantial portion of the principal’s work and made a claim to the OCIP carrier to recover the additional completion costs. When the [...]
On October 20, 2015 SMTD partners Jonathan Dunn and Christopher Morrow will be providing a national webinar hosted by WPL Publishing on the topic of contractor strategies for dealing with defective plans and specifications. For more information on this event please click the link below: http://tinyurl.com/pe5s2jc
California Code of Civil Procedure section 410.42 prohibits the enforcement of any subcontract clause which forces a subcontractor with its principal offices in California to litigate in another state any dispute with the contractor, if arising out of a construction project performed in California. As a matter of state public [...]