Design Professionals
Our design professional clients include numerous local, state and national
architectural, engineering, and environmental consulting firms as well
as contractors and construction management firms. All design professional
clients have access to our wide array of services ranging from business
advice to litigation. Our business practice includes contract advisement
and drafting, strategic planning, and employment counseling. Our litigation
team has experience in handling all types of matters involving design
professionals including breach of contract and negligence actions brought
by governmental entities, large corporations and individual homeowners.
We have also represented design professionals in actions for unpaid fees,
insurance coverage and indemnification.
Representative Matters
- Ongoing advice and counseling to numerous architects, engineers, contractors
and construction management firms in general business matters including
negotiation and drafting of contracts and bid documents.
- Representation of one of San Diego’s largest architectural firms
in connection with claims by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for failure to comply with the requirements of the Federal
Fair Housing Act in the design and construction of a high-rise twin
tower condominium project.
- Representation of a structural engineering firm based in the Pacific
Northwest in a case involving significant personal injuries sustained
by a construction worker and delay claims arising from the design and
construction of a reservoir dam in North San Diego County.
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