Overview
Stearns Weaver Miller represents owners, developers, contractors, and design professionals in disputes arising from design and construction agreements, including construction defect and delay claims, surety bonds, insurance coverage, construction liens, and warranty claims. We provide counsel in a wide variety of construction-related matters, from contract negotiation and risk management to litigation and dispute resolution. The group has extensive experience litigating complex construction disputes in federal and state courts, as well as in mediation and arbitration.
We actively participate in our clients' development activities from site acquisition to the conclusion of the warranty period for the finished project. Our extensive experience in negotiating and drafting design and construction agreements helps to prevent disputes regarding the expectations of the parties. Following completion and disposition of the project, we assist our clients in resolving warranty and latent defect claims.
If disputes arise, either from agreements, bonds, insurance claims, construction liens, construction defects, or warranty claims, our dispute resolution experience allows us to give our clients seasoned advice on the best resolution, whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation. We are able to draw upon our Government & Administrative Practice Department to address any government, administrative or regulatory matter that may arise during the construction process. We are also able to draw upon our Labor & Employment Department in the resolution of any labor-related issues that may arise during the construction process, including the response to labor organization efforts, strikes, or Davis Bacon wage disputes.
- Bonds & Insurance Claims
- Construction Contract Negotiation & Drafting
- Construction Defect & Delay Claims
- Construction Financing
- Construction Lien Resolution
- Contract Disputes & Terminations
- Design Services Contract Negotiation & Drafting
- Faulty Products & Failures
- Litigation
- Mold & Sick Buildings
- Risk Identification & Claim Avoidance Strategy
Construction Litigation/Contract Administration
Construction Financial Services
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Firm Announcements:
21 Stearns Weaver Miller Attorneys, 10 Practice Areas Ranked in Chambers USA 2019
May 2019
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Abbye Feeley Joins Stearns Weaver Miller as Associate Director of Zoning & Planning
January 2019
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Joy Spillis Lundeen and Grace Lee Mead Named among Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation’
August 2018
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Stearns Weaver Miller Lawyers Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2018
June 2018
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23 Stearns Weaver Miller Lawyers in 10 Practice Areas Ranked In Chambers USA 2018
May 2018
Events:
Visiting Practitioner Lecture Series
UM Law School Real Property Development LLM |February 2018|Joy Spillis Lundeen
Firm Announcements:
Stearns Weaver Miller Adds Seven Associates Across Five Practice Areas
November 2017
Publications:
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Stearns Weaver Miller News Update |September 2017|Reggie L. Bouthillier, Matthew W. Buttrick, Peter Desiderio, Joy Spillis Lundeen, Robert S. Turk