Practice Overview

Representative Experience

• Building owners arbitrating damages claims against general contractor and subcontractors. Secured denial of summary judgment motions brought by a general contractor and subcontractor in arbitration representing owners of a large mixed use project. The arbitration panel agreed that all evidence of the building owner’s damages – ranging in the millions of dollars – should be admitted at the arbitral hearing.

• Contractor terminated by municipality on public project. Won the reinstatement of a contractor terminated by the city on a public project. Although the city originally intended to rebid the remaining work and potentially hold the contractor and surety responsible for damage, Bryan successfully influenced the city to let the contractor return to the project to finish the job.

• Overcame summary judgment in real estate fraud dispute. Secured the denial of a summary judgment on fraudulent misrepresentation/breach of contract/warranty claims. Represented a plaintiff who alleged that a defendant seller fraudulently misrepresented soil conditions of land purchased for a retail development.

• Lockout petition served on hotel. Secured the dismissal of a lockout petition lawsuit on behalf of an extended stay hotel company. The court agreed that the plaintiffs were not residential tenants entitled to protection under the landlord/tenant statues and, therefore, granted the hotel’s motion to dismiss.

• Landowner zoning dispute with municipality. Persuaded a municipality that had directed a business landowner to cease a particular commercial use of property that use was a protected nonconforming use under state law. Because the municipality was informed of the landowner’s vested right to continue the commercial use, no further complaint has been made by the city.