Curtis J Martin

Practice Areas

Construction & Infrastructure

Construction Dispute Resolution

Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Government Contracts

Power & Industrial Facilities/EPC

Public-Private Partnerships

Career

Curtis W. Martin is co-managing partner of Peckar & Abramson’s Houston office. He represents contractors and owners on large construction projects and advises clients on all facets of the construction process, from the preparation of contract documents to counseling on risk management, business and legal issues that arise during projects, and dispute resolution. He is an active mediator and arbitrator.

Curt draws on extensive experience in the construction industry, where he has focused his professional life since 1979 as both a construction lawyer and an industry executive. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of an ENR-400 construction company. He is Board Certified in Construction Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has taught construction law and construction contract management in 22 US states and in Canada, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Malaysia, and Cyprus. He has also taught construction law at the undergraduate and graduate level at US universities including Colorado State University and Georgia Tech.

Curt is an active cyclist. He is a Hall of Fame fundraiser for the Texas BP MS 150 bike ride from Houston to College Station and was recently named to the Lone Star MS Society’s Fundraising Committee.

Professional Memberships

Associated General Contractors Texas Building Branch (Legal Committee)

National Associated General Contractors Risk Management Committee (2004-2011)

Associated General Contractors of Texas (Legislative Drafting Committee)

Spring Branch Independent School District (Former Chair or Co-Chair of SBISD's Long Range Facilities Planning Committee, Bond Committee, and Bond Oversight Committee)

American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals (Member of AAA's Large Complex Construction Case Panel)

Houston Contractors Association (former Member of Board of Directors, Education Committee Chair)

Texas Bar Foundation

Construction Lawyers Society of America (Fellow)

Publications

• “Waiving Consequential Damages— What Could Go Wrong?,” ConsensusDocs, February 2024 (Co-Author)

• “New Legislation’s Real-World Effects on Contractors,” 2023 AGC-TBB Annual Convention, June 2023 (Speaker)

• “How Legislative Changes in 2021 Are Impacting Contractors in 2022,” CFMA Lone Star Conference, October 2022 (Speaker)

• “Resolving Delay Claims in Real Time,” Houston Contractors Association’s Education Committee Webinar, April 2021

• “The Texas Storm - Guidance for Contractors,” P&A Client Alert, February 2021

• “Construction 101: Session 2 - An Overview of Texas Construction Law,” Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and Peckar & Abramson Joint Seminar, September 2020

• “COVID-19 Forum: A Series on Managing Risk in Unprecedented Time,” P&A Webinar, March 2020

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