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Provided by Ralls Gruber & Niece

The firm’s construction department provides a full range of services to cover the life cycle of a construction project, from pre-development to post-completion.

Contract Drafting & Negotiation

Ralls Gruber has extensive experience drafting and negotiating design and construction agreements for a wide variety of public and private building and infrastructure projects, including bridges, power plants, wind farms, solar farms, hotels, casinos, hospitals, and university campuses.

Project Advice & Counsel

The firm often acts as project counsel and provides day-to-day advice on issues such as change orders, time extensions, impacts, licensing issues, insurance issues, terminations, and close-outs.

Claims & Disputes

Ralls Gruber specializes in in the prosecution and defense of construction claims, such as schedule claims, extra work claims, design errors, defective work, termination, and all other manner of impact claims.

Chambers Review

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Construction - California

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Ralls Gruber & Niece is a boutique firm that regularly acts for large contractors and engineering clients in a wide variety of construction matters. The firm is praised by market sources for the strength of its litigation practice.

Work Highlights

  • Ralls Gruber & Niece represented Skanska USA Civil on the Transbay Terminal project in San Francisco California and reached a settlement in excess of $100 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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John Ralls
2
John Ralls
2
Band 2

John Ralls has considerable experience handling construction disputes and advising on licensing issues concerning commercial, energy and industrial projects. His clients include several owners, contractors, design professionals, construction managers and suppliers.

He has a very calm demeanor and keeps everyone focused on what we all need to do to win our case.

Ralls has done and seen it all.

Aaron Gruber
3
Aaron Gruber
3
Band 3

Aaron Gruber wins praise for his representation of clients from the construction sector in a variety for disputes, ranging from breach of contract litigation to defect and delay claims. He is particularly well versed in issues relating to energy and transport projects.

He has a real depth of knowledge and is really engaged in the industry.

John Foust
3
John Foust
3
Band 3

John Foust offers significant experience assisting contractors, owners and developers with the full range of construction matters. He handles contract negotiations, payments disputes and breach of contract claims.

John has provided excellent construction legal advice.

Rowan Mason
5
Rowan Mason
5
Band 5

Rowan Mason is highly regarded in the market for his growing practice in construction litigation. He has significant experience acting in breach of contract disputes and handling defect claims as well as contract formation and the review of bid documents.

Ranked Lawyers at
Ralls Gruber & Niece

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California

Construction

John Ralls
2
John Ralls
2
Band 2
Aaron Gruber
3
Aaron Gruber
3
Band 3
John Foust
3
John Foust
3
Band 3
Rowan Mason
5
Rowan Mason
5
Band 5

Members

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