The members of the Bradley Construction Practice Group have spent decades representing a broad range of construction industry clients around the country and the world, providing a wealth of practical, hands-on business and legal experience to develop solutions for the challenges our clients confront every day.
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E. Mabry Rogers205.521.8225Email Mabry Rogers focuses his practice on complex construction and procurement litigation. He has been with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings since 1975 and worked on some of the most important matters in Alabama, the Southeast and around the country over the past several decades. Rogers is a member of the American College of Construction Lawyers, named a leading lawyer by Best Lawyers and Chambers USA. He holds a B.A. (cum laude) from Yale University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School. View articles by Mabry | J. David Pugh205.521.8314Email David Pugh represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects, insurance companies and sureties throughout the United States. He advises clients at every stage of a construction project: conception, planning, performance and closeout. David drafts and negotiates contracts for several large scale projects, and he participates in trials, hearings, appellate arguments, mediations and arbitrations in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Mexico, among others. View articles by David. |
Amandeep S. Kahlon205.521.8134Email Aman Kahlon represents owners, general contractors, and subcontractors. His experience ranges over a wide variety of disputes. He advises clients on delay, interference, defective design, and negligence claims. Aman also devotes a significant portion of his practice to contract review, drafting and negotiation; contract and claims administration; and lien and bond law issues. Additionally, Aman has substantial compliance experience in consumer financial services. He has assisted in the development of audit testing programs and foreclosure policies and procedures for several clients. He also regularly participates in the auditing and remediation of clients’ foreclosure practices. | Ryan L. Beaver704.338.6038Email Ryan Beaver is a partner in the Construction and Litigation practice groups in the Charlotte, North Carolina office. His primary focus is large public and private commercial construction practice disputes. Ryan has extensive experience in representing contractors, subcontractors, and sureties in various state and federal courts, as well as private arbitrations. Ryan also assists clients in drafting and negotiating their construction contracts to meet the client’s specific needs on each project. View articles by Ryan |
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Jim Archibald205.521.8520Email Jim Archibald has been a construction lawyer with the firm for over 25 years, serving as the Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Construction and Procurement Practice Group from 2009 to 2014, when he was elected to serve on the Firm’s Managing Board. Jim has advised clients on public and private projects, including projects administered by the U.S. State Department, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the Army Corps of Engineers. He has extensive experience prosecuting and defending differing site conditions, extra work, delay, acceleration, impact, and inefficiency claims on private and public jobs. Jim also advises owners and design builders on heavy industrial projects, and has handled multi-million-dollar performance disputes and defaults arising out of these projects. View articles by Jim. | Ryan L. Beaver704.338.6038Email Ryan Beaver is a partner in the Construction and Litigation practice groups in the Charlotte, North Carolina office. His primary focus is large public and private commercial construction practice disputes. Ryan has extensive experience in representing contractors, subcontractors, and sureties in various state and federal courts, as well as private arbitrations. Ryan also assists clients in drafting and negotiating their construction contracts to meet the client’s specific needs on each project. View articles by Ryan |
Aron C. Beezley202.719.8254Email Aron Beezley is the co-leader of Bradley’s nationally ranked Government Contracts Practice Group. Ranked nationally himself in Government Contracts Law by Chambers, Law360, Benchmark Litigation, and Super Lawyers, Aron’s vast experience includes representation of government contractors in numerous industries and in all aspects of the government-contracting process, including negotiation, award, performance and termination. | Lee-Ann C. Brown202.719.8212Email Lee-Ann Brown focuses her practice on construction and government contracts. She represents general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, and owners, in both the prosecution and defense of claims on public and private construction projects. In her construction practice, she has represented and counseled contractors in cases involving federal and state Miller Act and Prompt Payment Act claims, complex contractual disputes, compliance concerns, litigation, settlement, and dismissal of claims. View articles by Lee-Ann. |
Monica Wilson Dozier704.338.6030Email Monica Dozier is co-chair of Bradley’s Renewable Energy team. Monica represents developers, contractors, and engineers in utility-scale, C&I, and residential renewable energy projects, focusing on risk mitigation and dispute avoidance throughout the development, construction, operation, and maintenance phases of projects. Monica has significant experience drafting and negotiating EPC, O&M, and other project agreements for clients and projects around the world. She works with clients to tailor and negotiate agreements to these projects according to specific risk assessments, coordinating risk assumption among parties upstream and downstream. She also advises clients in project management decisions and managing claim procedures with the goal of avoiding litigation. | Eric A. Frechtel202.719.8249Email Eric Frechtel practices in the area of construction and government contracts. He represents general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, and owners, in both the prosecution and defense of claims on large public and private construction projects. He has significant litigation experience before both state and federal courts, including both bench trials and jury trials, and he has considerable experience in construction arbitration as well. View articles by Eric |
Nathaniel J. Greeson202.719.8202Email Nathaniel Greeson helps clients solve government contracts challenges. Nathaniel represents clients in a range of government procurement issues, including bid protests, claims, disputes, audits and investigations. He has extensive experience with GAO bid protests, agency-level protests, Court of Federal Claims (COFC) bid protests, and SBA OHA size and NAICS appeals, as well as experience with agency-level requests for equitable adjustments (REA) and claims, and Boards of Contract Appeals claims. View articles by Nathaniel. | Abigail B. Harris205.521.8005Email Abba Harris is an associate in the Construction and Procurement Litigation group, where she assists clients in every aspect of the construction process, from negotiating contracts to dispute resolution. Abba also has experience with general civil litigation, including high-value contract, commercial, insurance, products liability, class action toxic torts, tort, and personal injury matters. View articles by Abba |
Daniel L. Lawrence615.252.2354Email Dan Lawrence joined the firm in Fall 2019 as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. Dan received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he served on the Moot Court Board and as a member of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. His note, titled Addressing the Value Gap in the Age of Digital Music Streaming, was published in the May 2019 edition of the journal. Dan earned a B.S. (magna cum laude) from Tulane University with a double major in Legal Studies and Marketing. View articles by Dan. | Lisa Markman202.719.8291Email
Lisa Markman focuses her practice on construction litigation and government contracts. Lisa has experience in complex litigation, representing general contractors and subcontractors across a range of public and private projects both domestically and abroad. In her construction practice, she has represented and counseled contractors in cases involving federal and state Miller Act claims, requests for equitable adjustment, mechanic’s liens, delay claims and surety disputes. View articles by Lisa. |
David W. Owen205.521.8333Email As chair of Bradley’s Construction Practice Group and co-chair of the Energy team, David Owen concentrates his practice in construction, where he represents contractors, subcontractors, engineers and owners in private and government contract matters. View articles by David | Douglas L. Patin202.719.8241Email Doug Patin has an extensive government contracts practice. While this work has involved the entire spectrum of traditional government contract disputes, he has developed extensive experience in various aspects of government contract law including: federal fraud and False Claims Act issues, bid protests, mediation, and contract dispute litigation with the federal government. Doug’s extensive teaching and writing efforts keep him current on changing case law and developments in the field. Doug has a national practice representing some of the largest federal contractors and subcontractors in the country. View articles by Doug. |
Patrick R. Quigley202.719.8279Email Patrick Quigley’s practice is focused on litigating bid protests, contract claims, prime/subcontractor disputes, and small business size protests/appeals at the Government Accountability Office, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, boards of contract appeals, federal agencies, the Small Business Administration, and state courts. He conducts internal investigations and defends clients in False Claims Act litigation, government investigations, and suspension and debarment actions. Patrick conducts due diligence reviews of and advises on the government-contract aspects of business transactions, and counsels on procurement law compliance, federal employee ethics rules, teaming agreements, and conflict-of-interest mitigation plans. View articles by Patrick. | Brad Robertson205.521.8188Email Brad Robertson works with clients facing government investigations and litigations, dealing with whistleblower allegations and qui tam actions, and planning compliance programs to prevent these occurrences in the first place. He helps his clients navigate compliance and potential liability under the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute and FIRREA, in addition to other areas of healthcare fraud and abuse, financial/mortgage fraud, and white collar criminal law. |
Brian M. Rowlson704.338.6010Email Brian Rowlson practices primarily in the areas of construction law and government contracts, representing general contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and suppliers in Florida and North Carolina in a wide range of issues arising from highway construction (including design build and public private partnerships), commercial and residential vertical projects, and wastewater equipment and facilities. View articles by Brian. | Justin T. Scott713.576.0316Email Justin Scott’s practice is focused on commercial litigation, specifically in the energy, construction, and real estate fields. In the energy industry, he has experience representing oil and gas service companies, equipment manufacturers, and exploration and production companies in disputes ranging from royalty payment litigation to trade secret matters. View articles by Justin. In the construction industry, Justin has represented general contractors, property owners, and developers, and one of the nation’s largest metal building component manufacturers in matters ranging from warranty claims to breach of contract disputes. |
J. Christopher Selman205.521.8181Email Christopher Selman is a litigator, representing clients in a variety of industries, such as construction, government contracting, energy, and real estate. Christopher’s construction practice involves the representation of owners, EPC contractors, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in a variety of issues and projects, both public and private. Christopher has experience managing construction disputes across the United States and abroad, including Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, the Republic of Panama, Turkey, and the Dominican Republic. | Frederic L. Smith Jr.205.521.8486Email Frederic Smith has nearly 20 years of experience representing businesses in M&A transactions, contract negotiations, joint venture transactions and financing transactions. In addition to his transactional practice, Frederic serves as outside general counsel to several privately held and family-owned businesses. View articles by Frederic |
David K. Taylor615.252.2396Email Finding out what’s best for the client has been David Taylor’s approach to practicing law for more than 30 years. David chairs the firm’s construction group in its Nashville office, and has for over 30 years been a commercial litigator, with an emphasis on construction and real estate dispute resolution. David has a national construction practice representing all participants in the construction industry, and is recognized as one of the leading construction lawyers in Tennessee and the southeast. View articles by David | D. Bryan Thomas615.252.2318Email With a background in engineering, litigator Bryan Thomas is perfectly positioned to serve the full spectrum of construction industry clients. His practice focuses on construction- and property-related litigation where he represents owners, EPC contractors, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in issues and projects ranging from state-of-the-art power plants to residential homes. View articles by Bryan |
Alexander G. Thrasher205.521.8891Email Alex Thrasher is a litigator in the Construction Practice Group who represents clients in complex construction-related matters. He is adept at managing cases throughout all phases of litigation to advance his clients’ interests and has tried numerous cases through final verdict or award. Prior to practicing law, Alex was a project manager for an industrial contractor where he worked on projects in the power generation, water and wastewater, oil and gas, and pulp and paper industries throughout the Southeast. |