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David has more than 30 years of experience counseling contractors, specialty trades, sureties, and owners on complex construction and development projects.
His representative matters include contract negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation on stadiums, hospitals, student housing, schools, water treatment plants, energy and infrastructure, biopharmaceutical projects, chemical plants, steel mills, bridges, highways, hotels, prisons, and office buildings. They involve a broad range of issues, including cost overruns, extra work, lost productivity, supply chain disruption, delays and disruptions, unforeseen conditions, and defective design, to name a few.
In addition to his construction and surety practice, David works with his business clients in a myriad of industries on matters such as corporate structure and finance, ownership disputes, exit transactions, private equity investment, breach of contract, solvency, insurance, environmental compliance, and land use. He has represented clients before numerous state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the country, as well as before the Governmental Boards of Claims, and in private mediation and arbitration.
Before joining McNees, David was a founding partner at a Pittsburgh-based boutique construction and real estate law firm.
David is an active lecturer and presenter on legal issues related to his areas of practice, including construction contract negotiation, surety bond claims, mechanics liens, project delivery systems, cost claims, delay claims, preserving the right to payment, collecting payment, and alternative dispute resolution.
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Represents construction and development clients in complex contract negotiations, dispute resolution, risk control, and claims management on projects across the U.S.
Counsels owners, contractors, and subcontractors in construction law. Advises on contract negotiation, procurement, risk management, and dispute resolution.
Represents construction contractors, subcontractors, and owners in complex commercial litigation, contracts, negotiations, claims, and related disputes.
Supports attorneys with e-discovery and forensics in construction litigation matters. Works on construction litigation, white collar crime, and securities law
