Brad Parrott is a construction industry trial lawyer with extensive trial experience in state, federal, administrative and arbitration tribunals throughout the United States. A veteran of more than 50 trials and arbitrations, Mr. Parrott is frequently asked to parachute into complex or high stakes matters to take over as lead trial counsel. He represents ENR top 400 general contractors, specialty contractors, design professionals, owners and developers throughout the United States in all facets of the construction life cycle. Mr. Parrott serves as national litigation counsel for several large companies managing and leading their litigated matters. Brad’s experience as lead counsel involves litigated disputes throughout the United States in federal courts, state courts, American Arbitration Association, JAMS, ASBCA, CBCA, Court of Claims and private ADR dispute proceedings. His work includes disputes involving a broad range of project types and delivery methods. Mr. Parrott also serves as lead counsel for the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts including GMP, design-build, DBO, CMAA, CMAR and EPC agreements across a variety of market sectors including sports arenas, hospitals, power generation, infrastructure, water/wastewater, correctional institutions, education, multi-family, municipal, manufacturing, commercial, retail offices and institutional. A significant portion of Mr. Parrott’s practice involves representing Federal Government Contractors as both project counsel and disputes counsel. Brad and the HLP team have an intimate knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) governing most Federal Construction Projects. Mr. Parrott has led internal investigations and defended civil allegations of violations of the False Claims Act.
Related to his construction practice, Mr. Parrott is frequently requested to defend large catastrophic insured claims by both individual insurers and syndicated domestic and global insurance towers. He is also frequently engaged by insurance carriers to serve as trial counsel in high-risk cases.
Mr. Parrott is the son of a general contractor and grew up working on construction sites. He is married to a fellow lawyer and they have one daughter who is in college. When not working, Brad enjoys the outdoors and spending time on the golf course.
Representative Matters
Presently lead counsel in disputes in Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee representing construction industry participants in disputes ranging in size from $1M to $70M in controversy. (2026)
Lead counsel prosecuting claims exceeding $30M relating to the failure of an anaerobic reactor in an industrial wastewater treatment facility located in Louisiana. (2026)
Lead counsel for a specialty contract associated with an electrical fire and damages asserted by a manufacturer and its general contractor. Claims exceed $30M. (2026)
Lead counsel in a wrongful death claim in Alabama relating to a fall on a construction site. (2026)
Lead counsel for a design builder of a water purification facility in Florida. Disputes relate to the sufficiency of cast in place concrete work. (2026)
Lead counsel for a general contractor relating to allegations of negligent design of a pedestrian bridge over the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. (2026)
Lead counsel for a specialty contractor in multiple claims of defective designs, defective delegated designs and related matters on projects involving semiconductor facilities in Texas. (2026)
Arbitrated to award construction dispute relating to the construction of a hotel in Atlanta. Award was significantly lower than the client offered to settle a mediation and was less than 50% of the amount sought by the plaintiff contractor. (2025)
Lead counsel in multiparty, multi-suit, personal injury and property damage claims for large general contractor. Cases related to a student housing project adjacent to the campus of the University of Alabama. HLP took over the case after it had been pending for four (4) years and provided the leadership needed to resolve allclaims using an extensive and innovative ADR process. (2025)
Lead counsel defending claims of defective designs and management against a large national design build firm. Case relates to the design and construction of a manufacturing facility in Georgia. (2024)
Tried to verdict personal injury case in Gwinnett County, Georgie defending specialty contractor in an admitted liability case. Verdict rendered was proximately $400,000 lower than the final settlement offer, $2,500,000 lower than the lowest settlement offer of Plaintiff and more than $15,000,000 lower than what the Plaintiff asked the Gwinnett County jury to award. (2024)
Arbitrated case to award on behalf of a general contractor for a amusement park project in northern California. Client was awarded100% of its contract balance and defeated all claims of LDs from the Owner. Further, our client was awarded costs and attorney fees. (2024)
Tried to verdict a construction dispute infederal court in Arizona for a specialty contractor from Colorado. Verdict including a recovery of all contractmonies due our client and defeated more than 90% of the counterclaims broughtby the general contractor. (2023)
Professional Memberships/Activities
Georgia Bar Association
Georgia Court of Appeals
Georgia Supreme Court
USDC Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia
ABA Forum on the Construction Industry
Atlanta Bar Association Construction Section
Member Associated General Contractors of Georgia
Chambers USA – Construction 2022 to Present
Georgia SuperLawyer 2005 to Present
Liaison to the AIA Contract Documents Committee – 2010 to 2014.
Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale
Speaking Engagements
2003 Recent Annexation Cases, Savannah,Georgia
2004 Successful Contract Negotiations, Atlanta, Georgia
2004 Plant Safety, Atlanta, Georgia
2004 Warranty Clauses, Duluth, Georgia
2005 Project Management: Preserving Claims, Palm Springs, California.
2006 Project Management: An Exercise in Risk Management, St. Augustine, Florida.
2006 How to revise the industry’s worst contract clauses, Grapevine, Texas.
2006 Securing Retainage, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
2007 Project Management, Nashville, Tennessee.
2007 Construction Contracts: Protecting the Owner’s Interest, Athens, Georgia.
2008 Proving and Defending Claims, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Isa Surety Protected by a Conditional Payment Clause?, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Drafting Effective Bid Proposals, Orlando, Florida
2009 Georgia’s New Lien Laws,Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Preserving Rights to Payment, Greenville, South Carolina
2010 Building Information Modeling and Integrated Project Delivery, Washington, D.C.
2010 Effective Project Communication, Richmond, Virginia.
2010 Contracting with Minority Business Enterprises, Ellicot City,Maryland.
2011 Industry Roundtable, Salt Lake City, Utah
2012 Effective Project Management, Nashville, Tennessee
2012 Construction Defects, Atlanta Georgia
2012 Professional Liability: Case Studies, Nashville, Tennessee
2013 Government Contracts: Athens, Georgia
2013 Managing a catastrophic structural failure: Dallas, Texas
2014 Effective project communication, Denver, Colorado
2015 Risks of Delegated Design, Expert Panel Discussion, Construction Super conference, San Diego, California
2016 Expert Panel Discussion, Atlanta, Georgia
2017 Risks of Delegated Design Duties, Cleveland, Ohio
2017 Managing Change Orders, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Delegated Design Duties, ABA Forum on Construction Industry, Ft.Meyers, Florida
2019 Anatomy of a FalseClaim under the False Claims Act, Louisville, Kentucky
2025 Construction Law 101 –Common Claim Types – State Bar of Gerogia Construction Section
Publications:
Construction Subcontracts:Warranty Provisions, (2006).
Beating a Pay When Paid Clause, (2006).
Effective Project Communication: TheImportance of the Written Record, (2008).
Is a Surety Protected by a ConditionalPayment Clause? (2008).
Davis-Bacon act, wage laws may affect precasters. (2008).
Negotiating Contracts in a Bad Market. (2009).
Integrated Project Delivery and BuildingInformation Modeling: A New Breed of Contract. Published on the American Institute ofArchitect’s website.
Reduction of Design Risk ( 2013).
Education:
B.A. Mercer University, 1997 with Honors, Justice of the Honor Council; J.D. Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 2000, Member of the Moot Court Board, Member of the National Moot Court Team, Winner of the Donworth Freshman Moot Court Competition, Winner of the Janice L. Shores Moot Court Competition.
