Construction Disputes.

HLP attorneys handle the full range of disputes that arise on commercial, industrial, and public construction projects — from delay and disruption claims to defect, scope, payment, and design liability matters.

HLP represents general contractors, owners, developers, design professionals, and large specialty trade contractors on projects throughout the Southeast. The work spans private vertical construction, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and federal projects, and includes prime contract disputes, subcontractor and supplier claims, surety and bond issues, mechanic's lien and payment bond litigation, and claims involving architects and engineers.

HLP's construction lawyers are fluent in the contract forms that govern the industry — AIA, ConsensusDocs, EJCDC, and heavily negotiated bespoke agreements — as well as the Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency supplements that control federal work. That fluency carries into the forums where construction disputes are decided: state and federal courts across the region, AAA and JAMS arbitration, court-ordered and contractual mediation, and the boards of contract appeals (ASBCA and CBCA) on federal projects.

HLP's approach is trial-tested. Many of the firm's construction matters have been tried to verdict or carried through to a final arbitration award, and cases are staffed and worked up from the outset on that footing. Where early resolution serves the client, HLP pursues it from a position of preparation rather than as a default — an approach that reflects both the technical demands of construction litigation and the commercial realities facing parties who still have projects to build.