Construction Law Foundational Principles

Bill J. Shaughnessy | Jones Walker LLP

Bill Shaughnessy is a partner on the Construction Team. He focuses exclusively on helping clients in all stages of construction projects, including contract review and negotiation, dispute avoidance and resolution, and litigation and arbitration.

Bill represents a variety of clients in the construction industry, including owners, general contractors, design-build contractors, suppliers, and subcontractors. His experience ranges from representing a design-builder on a $400 million highway and bridge design-build project in the Pacific Northwest (involving complex geotechnical and design issues), to representing a design-build contractor on a $125 million dispute on a major Texas transportation construction project (encompassing claims for lost productivity, disruption, differing site conditions, and cumulative impact), and representing a global manufacturing company in a AAA arbitration dispute with more than 10 parties related to the construction of a $1.5 billion design-build government project in Utah. More recent representation includes that of a general contractor in an arbitration involving the construction of a $60 million windfarm project located in the Great Plains with issues involving delay, acceleration, and defective work, as well as an electrical contractor in a state court dispute involving issues of delay with the construction of the Atlanta Braves SunTrust Park.

As lead counsel, Bill successfully represented a commercial roofing subcontractor in a federal court trial involving the construction of a government facility in connection with claims of breach of contract, wrongful termination, and bad faith.

In addition to his construction practice, Bill has experience representing clients in state and federal courts in all aspects of a wide variety of litigation matters, such as contract disputes, lender liability, fraudulent conveyances, and commercial asset recovery.

In 2008 and prior to beginning his career in law, Bill played professional baseball with the San Diego Padres. He currently is active in the greater-Atlanta community coaching youth baseball.

I. Construction Contract: Equitable Risk Allocations and Procedural Traps for the Unwary | 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

II. Risk Allocation and Transfer through Insurance, Indemnities, and Bonding | 1:10pm – 1:40pm

III. Effective Communication and Documentation During Project Performance | 1:40pm – 2:10pm

Break | 2:10pm – 2:20pm

IV. Avoiding and Efficiently Resolving Disputes | 2:20pm – 2:50pm