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Construction

Frazier Law PLLC’s business attorneys have helped clients across industries with projects including hotels, office buildings, multifamily complexes, retail centers, medical offices, and custom homes. Recognizing that each build is unique, Frazier Law PLLC’s construction attorneys are committed to understanding all aspects of your construction project considering your overarching objectives. With this blueprint in mind, we provide proactive, personalized counsel that focuses on risk management and practical problem solving. We effectively guide clients through each project milestone – from inception, to construction, operation, and sale. Our attorneys prioritize conflict identification and resolution, and, when necessary, we pursue and defend claims in litigation and arbitration.

Construction Transactions

Frazier Law PLLC is heedful to clients’ construction goals and works with them to thoughtfully plan projects, including advising on proper entity type and corporate governance. Managing Partner Grant Frazier strategically negotiates and drafts project documents to advance client value and mitigate potential litigation exposure.

Construction Litigation and Arbitration

Frazier Law PLLC diligently thoroughly assess's clients disputes to determine the most value-added path toward resolution. We have a tradition of successfully prosecuting, defending, and arbitrating claims on behalf of a wide range of construction-related parties. Our experience includes mediating, litigation, and arbitrating breach of commercial and residential construction-related contracts; breach of fiduciary duty; construction defect (including defective materials and equipment) and warranty and workmanship claims; delay; fraud and misrepresentation; inadequate and uncoordinated project management; incomplete or defective design; mechanic’s liens; prompt-pay claims; Purchaser Dwelling Act claims; and Registrar of Contractors (ROC) complaints and administrative hearings.

Residential Construction Fraud

We have unfortunately witnessed a significant uptick in construction-related fraud, including in the form of excessive charges to trusting homeowners and the concealment of self-dealing and conflicted relationships among construction professionals. Managing Partner Grant Frazier is experienced in litigating the variety of related claims usually implicated in construction fraud disputes, especially in the custom home space. He draws on his experience in residential real estate transactions and complex commercial litigation, and a strong network of construction expert witnesses, forensic accountants, and construction advisors to provide value-added representation to clients.

Testimonials & Notable Results

Read about our notable Construction results, and what our clients have to say about our services.

Property Owner – Currently representing property owner in federal court litigation against general contractor related to breach of contract, fraud, and related claims stemming from construction of multi-million dollar luxury custom home. Contractor initially stated it would refund client $0 of the nearly one million dollars paid on the project to that date. Critical analysis of the rationale for contractor’s settlement offer resulted in increased settlement offers of in excess of $500,000. Filed litigation, and shortly after noticing opposing counsel of same, contractor agreed to voluntarily refund client nearly $500,000 without any concessions by property owner. Ongoing litigation regarding the remaining contested monies.
General Contractor – Represented respondent in ROC matter in which general contractor had not secured requisite permits, nearly two dozen substantive work items had been deemed by ROC investigator to fall below minimum workmanship standards, and which was subject to a written ROC directive. Secured a broad and general release of all obligations under the construction contract, mutual releases, and dismissal of the ROC complaint for 1/3 of the originally demanded amount and 1/2 of the projected cost for contractor to address the ROC directive.
Property Owner – Represented client in negotiating and securing resolution of a significantly delayed residential remodel dispute, securing a settlement providing for a credit of roughly 1/5 of the total project cost.
General Contractor – Represented client in emergency hearing for significant subpoena non-compliance in ROC action. Avoided imposition of sanctions. Represented client in ROC complaint matter before the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), where permanent revocation of license and six figures of restitution was sought. Upon full OAH hearing, contractor’s license was temporarily suspended pending payment of less than 50% of the restitution sought.

* Some of the representations summarized here were handled by Grant Frazier prior to his forming Frazier Law PLLC.

Small Business/Private Individual

"What can I say? Grant Frazier is an awesome Attorney! He took what was, and would of continue to be, a very stressful legal situation for me and he made it almost easy. Halfway thru the process I contacted and thanked the friend who recommended Grant! He skillfully guided me thru it all, painlessly and easily, helping me bring a difficult matter to a practical, reasonable, satisfactory conclusion. I would, without hesitation, use him for any of his fields of expertise or trust he would direct me where I need to go. Cheers! John"

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