A boutique firm.
With a national practice.
The attorneys of Martin | Hild represent owners, contractors and design professionals in the construction industry — and only in the construction industry.
We have litigated, arbitrated and tried disputes over schedule delay and acceleration, extra work, differing site conditions, payment, liens and bonds, and design and construction defects, from Corpus Christi to Chautauqua County.
We are trial lawyers. Our foremost concern is getting a client out of a dispute as early as is practically possible. In many cases, that means mediation, arbitration or another form of alternative dispute resolution — not another year of litigation.
Mr. Martin, the firm's managing partner, is a Florida Certified Circuit Court Mediator, a Florida Qualified Arbitrator, and sits on the Commercial and Construction Panels of Neutrals for the American Arbitration Association.
What we are brought in to do
The firm creatively uses expert witnesses, consultants and current technology to reach the most efficient and cost-effective resolution a case allows.
Delay, acceleration and lost productivity
Schedule analysis, time-impact and windows analysis, and the claims and defenses that follow from them.
Differing site conditions
Type I and Type II conditions, notice, and the geotechnical and design record behind them.
Extra work and change orders
Directed and constructive changes, cardinal change, and disputes over pricing and entitlement.
Construction and design defects
Defect claims for and against contractors, owners and design professionals, including patent and latent distinctions.
Payment, liens and prompt payment
Contract payment disputes, construction and mechanics' liens, pay-if-paid and pay-when-paid provisions.
Payment and performance bonds
Surety claims, defaults, takeover agreements and Miller Act and little Miller Act practice.
Bid protests
Protests and responses on public procurements, and the administrative record that decides them.
Design professional liability
Professional negligence claims involving architects and engineers, and the statutory limitations that apply.
Contract preparation and review
Drafting and negotiating prime, subcontract and teaming agreements, indemnity and duty-to-defend provisions.
Mediation, arbitration and neutral evaluation
Advocacy in ADR, and service as a neutral.
A national practice
The firm is based in Maitland, Denver and Irvine, and its attorneys have appeared in state and federal courts, in arbitration and in mediation across the country — California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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