Construction lawyer recommendations
Construction lawyer recommendations
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Can anyone recommend a construction attorney, ideally in the NYC area?
One item of interest is whether I should take on condo related work, and if so setting up the best protections possible.
My limited experience with lawyers is they are expensive and conservative, so hopefully there is someone out there who can tell me its safe to get out of bed in the morning for less than $400/hr.
One item of interest is whether I should take on condo related work, and if so setting up the best protections possible.
My limited experience with lawyers is they are expensive and conservative, so hopefully there is someone out there who can tell me its safe to get out of bed in the morning for less than $400/hr.





RE: Construction lawyer recommendations
RE: Construction lawyer recommendations
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Is there a difference between a real estate attorney and a construction attorney? It seems like there are a lot of small firm lawyers who handle real estate transactions. I think they would typically handle matters ranging from putting together a contract for selling my apartment to reviewing the contract with our roofing contractor. They are attractive to me because they are smallish accessible firms rather than big time "white shoe" operations.
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there are attorneys that specialize in condo and other HOA type developments. they generally work directly for the developer or the landowner.
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Construction lawyers specialize in construction defect claims...either on the plaintiff side or insurance defense. Some lawyers do both. They generally know construction contracts....though some know professional services contracts.
Real estate lawyers specialize in real estate transactions. The know real estate contracts.
I am attaching a booklet I wrote about 10 years ago that has some things to look for in contracts. You might find some of it to be helpful.
RE: Construction lawyer recommendations
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I did ask my insurance broker for names, which he gave me. They were big firms with like 200 areas of specialty. They are the big firms which the big insurance providers use when arguing a claim. They are also very expensive and un-used to small fry such as myself. Do smaller more nimble outfits exist?
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Where are you located? I've worked with a variety of attorneys in the eastern US, so maybe I can help you find someone. Also, some of the larger firms don't require a large retainer (some have ridiculous retainers....I know of one that has offices in most of the major cities in the east with a minimum $10k retainer for anything....it goes up from there).
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- Zetlin & De Chiara
- Wilson Elser
Both have significant experience with A/E design professionals, and work with my competitors. Does anyone have any know either of these? They are expensive-ish at $320/hr for a partner with a $5k retainer.
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Regards,
Paul
RE: Construction lawyer recommendations
RE: Construction lawyer recommendations
Regards,
Paul