Bill's practice focuses on representing parties in the construction industry.
He helps his clients anticipate and solve potential problems and counsels them on day-to-day operations. Bill represents owners, contractors, and design professionals in the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts and in all aspects of both construction litigation and arbitration, including prosecuting and defending against claims. He has significant experience drafting and negotiating construction contracts for developers and large institutional investors for multi-family projects.
With more than 30 years of experience, Bill has mediated, litigated, and arbitrated a host of issues, including delay, acceleration, extra work, and construction defect claims. He has defended design professionals on high-profile wrongful death and personal injury claims resulting from structures that collapse while under construction, guided major metropolitan school districts through their multi-million dollar construction programs, and resolve disputes involving construction defects on multi-family projects and delay claims on large professional sports facilities.
- Eversheds Sutherland advised T.Y. Lin International in connection with its acquisition of Greeley and Hansen, a leader in developing innovative engineering solutions for a wide array of water, wastewater, water reuse and solid waste challenges.
- Represents architecture and engineering clients in multiple acquisitions.
- Defended building automation contractor against claims by state agency that the system did not produce the energy savings promised by the contractor.
- Negotiating several contracts with and litigating claims against GSFIC on high profile State of Georgia projects.
- Negotiated construction agreements for a Board of Regents Student Dormitory in public private partnership project.
- State-By-State Guide to Architect, Engineer and Contractor Licensing, 2019
Wolters Kluwer 2nd Edition 2019 Cumulative Supplement - Chapter 13: Georgia
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of construction law (2009-2011, 2016-2024) and construction – litigation (2012-2024)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of construction (2020-2023)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of construction law (2009-2023)
- Recipient of the Best Paper Award for “Class Arbitration and the Construction Dispute: Analysis of Current Jurisprudence and Practical Tips for the Construction Practitioner,” which appeared in the ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction (2014)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004, 2006-2013)
- Member, Forum on the Construction Industry, American Bar Association
- Member, Construction Section, Atlanta Bar Association
- Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association
- Adjunct faculty member, Alternative Dispute Resolution course, Georgia Institute of Technology School Public Policy
- Named to the Leadership DeKalb Class of 2014
- Georgia
- New York
- Circuit Courts of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- B.S., Cornell University
- J.D., cum laude, Cornell University School of Law,
Editor, Cornell Law Review
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