Robert Crewdson > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Sacramento, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices

400 Capitol Mall
Suite 2400
Sacramento CA 95714
United States
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Robert Crewdson

Work Department
Construction Law
Position
Shareholder
Career
Robert Crewdson focuses on the litigation and transactional needs of national and international clients in the development and construction industry. Robert’s practice includes disputes for owners and real estate investors around the country and worldwide, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation in both state and federal courts. His cases often involve contractor terminations, extra work claims, delay claims, and substantial construction defect litigation.
Robert also manages a robust transactional practice that includes negotiating design, construction, design-build and development contracts on a wide array of facilities, including multi-family, hotel, mixed-use, office, power plants, infrastructure projects, airport expansions, stadiums and health care facilities.
Robert lends his experience to real estate investors by providing construction-related due diligence and advice during project implementation. He also provides staff training for clients in avoiding construction claims, and in upgrading client form documents and procurement policies.
Concentrations
- Construction litigation
- Construction contracts
- Construction risk management
Memberships
- Member, ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Chair, Construction Law Section, 2000
- Member, Georgia Bar Association
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers, 1992-Present
- Program Committee, ICSC U.S. Law Conference, 2012-Present
- Member, National Multi-Housing Council
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
- Editorial Board, Journal of Law and Politics
- M.A., College of William and Mary
- B.A., magna cum laude, University of the South (Sewanee)
- Phi Beta Kappa
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
Lauded as ‘experts in the field’, the construction team at Greenberg Traurig, LLP regularly represents a plethora of public and private clients, contractors, and owners in litigation cases before the federal district courts, regarding breach of contract and defective construction. The firm is home to experienced practitioners, noted for their ‘thoroughness, strategy and knowledge’, who also serve as construction counsel, negotiating and drafting contracts. Michael Thomas and Mark Ferrario jointly lead the team from Miami and Las Vegas respectively, representing clients in front of regulatory and legislative bodies, in addition to handling risk management issues. Other key contacts based in the New York office include David Jensen and Robert Epstein, and Atlanta-based Robert Crewdson joined from DLA Piper LLP (US) in February 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Project finance
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense