Negotiating Construction Liability Claims: Architects, Engineers, and Other Design Professionals

Mr. Broghammer specializes in insurance coverage disputes and the representation of design professionals. His practice area has focused on civil litigation with emphasis on the representation of architects and engineers in construction defect litigation and the defense of public entities and corporations in landslide and flood claims. He advises and counsels design professionals in all aspects of contract preparation, risk allocation and insurance issues. Mr. Broghammer regularly lectures and writes on these items and how design professionals can work to effectively represent their clients while protecting their own interests for risk allocation, construction defect claims and contract disputes. 

Mr. Cahalan has substantial experience representing owners, contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects, suppliers, manufacturers and vendors in connection with construction, commercial and other business matters. His practice primarily consists of drafting and reviewing construction contracts, providing advice during construction and construction litigation, arbitration and mediation. Mr. Cahalan was the primary drafter of the Associated Owners and Developers’ AOD 2002 – Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor Where the Price Is Fixed or Lump Sum, and the Associated Owners and Developers’ AOD 2003 – Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for Work on a Cost Plus Fee Basis With a Guaranteed Maximum Price. He has also given numerous seminars throughout the U.S. and Europe concerning construction contracts, implied contract obligations, claims, green building, construction insurance, and mechanics lien law. Since 2010, Mr. Cahalan has been an instructor at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he teaches Design and Construction Law.

For the past 26 years, Mr. Truitt has devoted his practice to construction litigation and risk management counseling, including the representation of design professionals in professional liability claims, developers, contractors, and subcontractors in construction defect, contract, inland marine (builder’s risk coverage and litigation) and lien enforcement claims, payment and performance bond sureties in public and private bond and subrogation claims and commercial general liability and professional liability insurers in coverage counseling and litigation. He also focuses on environmental bodily injury and property damage claims. Mr. Truitt is a founding member of the CLM National Construction Claims Advisory Board and lectures on various construction law topics, including risk management for design professionals and developers. He has presented to most major professional liability commercial general liability insurers and construction sureties on topics ranging from “Core Concepts in Construction Defect Litigation” to “Risk Management for Architects” and “Getting to Yes – Mutually Agreeable Counsel Under a Reservation of Rights.”