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Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP supports construction professionals with a multitude of projects including tunnels, highway and utility projects, single-family homes, and urban housing developments. Managing partner Robert Barbour heads up the practice from Virginia– he focuses on large-scale construction projects and government contract disputes. He is joined by fellow McLean co-heads Timothy Heffernan, Carter Reid, Vivian Katsantonis, and John Sebastian, and Irvine’s David McPherson. In the Boston office, Jonathan Burwood represents owners, developers, and contractors in arbitrations, litigations, and appeals, while Bradford Carver advises surety companies on bond claims, tender agreements, and bankruptcy issues. In Virginia, trial lawyer Shelly Ewald deals with disputes concerning power plants and other complex projects; she has also defended companies and contractors in procurement and performance claims. Robert Shaia left the firm in 2024.
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Key clients
- Fluor Corp.
- Kiewit Corp.
Work highlights
- Representing Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC in connection with the construction of a nitrocellulose facility. The issues related to the design as well as changes and delays during construction. Fluor submitted costs exceeding $183 million.
- Representing R.D. Olson Construction in connection with a large hotel conference center and golf club house. The developer’s financing failed. The issues involved mechanic’s liens and filed claims with an excess value of $27 million.