Moye, O’Brien, Pickert, Dillon & Masterson, LLP

Managing Partner: James E. Moye

Senior Partners: James E Moye, Sean M Dillon, Mark O Masterson

Number of other lawyers: 7

Languages: English

Firm Overview:

Established in 1989, Moye, O’Brien, Pickert, Dillon & Masterson, LLP dedicates the entirety of its practice to the representation of national and multinational clients in all aspects of the construction industry throughout the United States of America (from California to Maine to Florida), the Caribbean basin, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Canada. In the last 33 years, the firm has developed and maintained long-standing 25+ year relationships with clients in the construction industry, including national and multinational general contractors, owners, design professionals, and other construction-related entities. The firm’s philosophy is to provide high quality legal services at a fair rate, while always striving to extricate its clients from unavoidable controversies at the earliest practicable, most economical, and beneficial juncture. By doing so, the firm seeks to establish long-term, ongoing client relationships. The firm employs several lawyers with backgrounds in engineering and building construction, and provides legal services ranging from simple incorporations to the prosecution of complex claims on multi-million dollar vertical and horizontal construction projects. The engineering and building construction backgrounds of these attorneys allows the firm to employ a creative problem-solving approach, which is custom-tailored to the specific needs of each and every client. Each case, large or small, is just as important as any other and commands the firm’s complete attention.

Main Areas of Practice:

Construction:

The representation of individuals and companies in the construction industry is a very unique field of law. The firm’s practice is distinct in that it provides construction-related legal services to clients on a nationwide and international basis from its single office in Florida. In the firm’s view, it is one situation for a law firm to have multiple offices and serve clients in proximity to each of its offices and quite a different situation entirely for clients to request that Moye, O’Brien, Pickert, Dillon & Masterson, LLP handle legal matters throughout the United States and internationally from a single office in Florida.

Nationwide, the firm has decades of experience with literally scores of projects involving various state department of transportation agencies as well as local government entities coast-to-coast. The firm’s legal work involves a diverse portfolio of projects, including seismic retrofit work on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA, design and construction of the new $1.3B light rail project in Los Angeles, design and construction of the $1.4B Goethals Bridge in New York, the $1B Silver Line Phase 2 light rail line in D.C., the multi-billion 3P road and bridge project in Denver, Colorado the new $2.3B Ultimate I-4 interstate renovation and expansion project in Orlando, Florida, the Third Lock Project for the Panama Canal, complex bridge projects in Montreal, and a multi-billion 3P light rail project in Ontario. Problem solving and litigation activities related to water treatment plants, reservoirs, high schools, airport expansions, high-speed rail transportation, highways, bridges, residential and commercial high-rises, parking structures, and smaller residential disputes make up a typical work day.

The firm’s attorneys provide legal consultation on a broad array of issues including:

■ Bid Protests

■ Building Condition & Property Transfer Surveys

■ Construction Defects

■ Construction Liens

■ Contract Disputes

■ Contract Preparation

■ Delay, Acceleration & Disruption Claims

■ Design Negligence

■ False Claim Act Investigations

■ Minority & Disadvantaged Participation Programs

■ Payment & Performance Bonds

■ Public Private Partnership Contract Procurement & Preparation

Commercial Litigation:

The firm represents clients in a variety of contract and tort disputes.

Key Clients:

Moye, O’Brien, Pickert, Dillon & Masterson, LLP is also unique in that it has developed and maintained 25+ year relationships with many clients in the construction industry, including national and multinational construction managers, general contractors, engineering firms, design professionals and other construction-related entities. Clients include a number of household names in the US construction industry such as: Baker Concrete Construction; Braskem America, Inc.; Capital Rail Constructors (Clark Construction Managing Partner); Coastal Construction Group; I4 Mobility Partners Opco LLC (a joint venture of Skanska and John Laing); J.F. Shea Construction; J. Raymond Construction Company; Kiewit/Eurovia/Vinci Ottawa Partnership; Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc.; Plaza Construction; Walsh Construction; Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors, a joint venture.

International Work:

The firm advises international companies operating within the US. The firm also advises US companies on their foreign activities.