About Garret Murai
Garret is a partner at Nomos LLP in Oakland, California. His practice focuses on construction, real estate and related business matters.
The son of an architect, Garret grew up around blueprints and drafting tables. While he didn’t follow in his father’s footsteps, he didn’t stray far either. Prior to law school, Garret worked as a lobbyist in Sacramento and later Washington, D.C. where he represented the design profession and construction industry before the California state legislature, Congress and executive bodies including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Since then, Garret’s practice has focused almost exclusively on design and construction. He has represented parties involved in nearly all aspects of design and construction, from design professionals, to owners, to contractors, on nearly every legal issue that could arise on a project, from that first drawing on the proverbial napkin to that last item on the punchlist, on numerous public and private projects, from iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge to the shiniest new additions to the San Francisco skyline like the Salesforce Tower.
He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in the area of construction litigation by Thompson Reuters, a distinction reserved for no more than 5% of attorneys in a given practice area, and is a Charter Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only national fellowship of construction attorneys. Garret also writes a monthly construction law column for the Daily Journal and is the author of the firm's award-winning California Construction Law Blog (www.calconstructionlawblog.com) which provides an informative yet wry look at legal issues affecting the construction industry in California.
The son of an architect, Garret grew up around blueprints and drafting tables. While he didn’t follow in his father’s footsteps, he didn’t stray far either. Prior to law school, Garret worked as a lobbyist in Sacramento and later Washington, D.C. where he represented the design profession and construction industry before the California state legislature, Congress and executive bodies including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Since then, Garret’s practice has focused almost exclusively on design and construction. He has represented parties involved in nearly all aspects of design and construction, from design professionals, to owners, to contractors, on nearly every legal issue that could arise on a project, from that first drawing on the proverbial napkin to that last item on the punchlist, on numerous public and private projects, from iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge to the shiniest new additions to the San Francisco skyline like the Salesforce Tower.
He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in the area of construction litigation by Thompson Reuters, a distinction reserved for no more than 5% of attorneys in a given practice area, and is a Charter Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only national fellowship of construction attorneys. Garret also writes a monthly construction law column for the Daily Journal and is the author of the firm's award-winning California Construction Law Blog (www.calconstructionlawblog.com) which provides an informative yet wry look at legal issues affecting the construction industry in California.
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Location
Oakland, California
Years of Experience
23
Expertise Area
Construction Law
Real Estate
Litigation
Green Building
Licenses
California Bar
Languages
English