What we say about the firm's legal practice in United States
Real estate and construction
Within Construction (including construction litigation), Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner & Senet is a third tier firm,
Based in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner & Senet approaches projects with the ‘absolute highest level of service and the team’s advice is always excellent and very well presented’. The firm has a core practice in handling construction law and public contracts, and since its establishment in 1978 has built a solid reputation in the planning, building and closeout of construction projects. With over 25 lawyers practicing construction law full time and a further 15 with experience in the field, the team represents national and international clients in transactions, litigation and ADR. Recent successes include a significant case for the city of Victorville in California, in which Carter & Burgess (now owned by Jacob Engineering Group) filed a $106,000 lawsuit against the city relating to disputed invoices on the failed Foxborough power plant project; after a counterclaim by the client, several years of litigation came to an end in 2010 with a unanimous jury verdict against the engineering company, awarding the client $52m. The firm has a three-year-old construction law and green building team (‘Green Matters’), led by Theodore Senet and set up in response to the national focus on sustainable building practices. This sub-group comprises four lawyers, all of whom are LEED certified professionals, and includes managing partner Richard Wittbrodt. For transactional work, Barbara Gadbois is recommended; she is ‘a top-notch lawyer – extremely responsive and achieves excellent results’.