What we say about the firm's legal practice in United States
Real estate and construction
Within Construction (including construction litigation), Stein Ray LLP is a second tier firm,
‘The service, quality and response time is second to none’ at Chicago-based Stein Ray LLP. The construction team has a national reputation and has represented clients such as AECOM, Clark Construction Group and Barclays on a wide range of matters, particularly on the contentious side. A ‘well-rounded boutique with excellent industry contacts’, it had a strong year in 2010, resolving disputes involving commercial projects in San Francisco, Denver, Arizona and Vermont. Acting for clients in the power industry is a key focus of the firm, with areas of experience including oil transmission, refining, power generation and distribution matters; recent work highlights include assisting the owners of two large power plants in managing design and construction issues. The team also handled a number of contentious hospitality matters in 2010, notably representing a lender in high-value litigation involving a hotel and spa project, and acting for a general contractor in the prosecution of claims arising from a hospitality project in the Southwest. Among the seven-partner team, Steven Stein attracts very high praise from clients, and the ‘smart and personable’ Stephen Ray is also well respected in the industry. Carl Popovsky is also recommended as ‘extremely knowledgeable and highly responsive’. Former name partner Robert Harris and leading lawyer Jeffrey Winick left the firm with two other partners and two associates in 2010, to open a new Chicago boutique,
Harris Winick LLP .