Melissa is a litigation partner with over 20 years of experience, whose practice is focused on construction law and business disputes. She primarily represents architects and engineers, advising them on contract proposals to limit risks, defending them when litigation does arise, and assisting them in the collection of their accounts receivables. Her cases have included construction administration and management claims, plan defect claims, testing failure claims, and delay claims, and she has represented them in State and Federal courts as well as in binding arbitration. Her practice includes the defense of all sizes of claims, from private commercial buildings to large, multi-million dollar public projects.
In addition to construction cases, Melissa handles commercial litigation, business torts, contract negotiation, medical negligence claims, product defect liability, premise liability, title insurance litigation, and director and officer liability.
Since 2009, Melissa has written and edited Construction Law in North Carolina (www.constructionlawNC.com), which is dedicated exclusively to the design professional community. The blog is critically-acclaimed at the national level, and has been awarded the “Best Construction Blog” prize by Design and Construction Report.
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