Practice Area
Contracts and Construction Law
Drafting, reviewing, and enforcing contracts — including construction agreements, mechanic's liens, operating agreements, and commercial leases.
A clear contract prevents most disputes, and a careful one wins the disputes it cannot prevent. The firm drafts, reviews, and enforces business and construction agreements for owners, contractors, and small businesses across western North Carolina.
What the firm handles
- Contract drafting and review — purchase agreements, service contracts, independent-contractor agreements, and settlement agreements.
- Construction contracts — owner-builder agreements, subcontracts, and change-order terms, written to allocate risk before the first nail is driven.
- Mechanic’s and materialman’s liens — perfecting and enforcing liens on real property under Chapter 44A of the North Carolina General Statutes, and defending against improper liens.
- Business formation and agreements — LLC operating agreements, partnership agreements, and the organizational documents a new venture needs.
- Commercial leases — drafting and negotiating leases for landlords and tenants of retail, office, and mountain commercial space.
- Contract enforcement — pursuing or defending a breach when a deal goes wrong; see Civil Litigation.
Built for the mountains
Construction and land work in western North Carolina carries its own questions — steep-slope sites, well and septic, road and access agreements, and the seasonal rhythm of mountain building. The firm writes agreements with those realities in mind, so the contract holds up when the project does not go to plan.