Sokol Larkin

Sokol Larkin, a boutique law firm located in Portland, Oregon, has earned its reputation as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier litigation and transactional firms in the areas of construction and design law, surety law, and business, commercial and real estate matters. The firm’s clients range from individuals and small businesses to large multi-national companies.

Our mission is to provide the highest level of legal service in an aggressive, though pragmatic and cost-effective, manner to help clients achieve the best possible results for their particular needs. We partner with clients to understand their businesses and priorities and to tackle their legal challenges so as to enable them to focus on what they do best. With this approach, the firm has developed long-standing and close relationships of trust and shared success with its loyal clients.

At Sokol Larkin, our attorneys and support staff each contribute their individual expertise to a team-oriented approach to providing our clients with exceptional service and personal attention in all matters. The firm’s attorneys are licensed to practice in the States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and California, and the Court of Federal Claims. The firm's attorneys have also been admitted for cases in various other courts and jurisdictions across the country.

Sokol Larkin has developed one of the leading construction practices in the Pacific Northwest, with deep-rooted experience in all aspects of construction and design processes, the relationships that form in connection with those processes, and the disputes that arise from them. The firm regularly advises private and public owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, architects and engineers on contract formation issues, contract disputes, design and construction defect issues, professional liability issues, and bond and lien claims. We have assisted our clients on a variety of major construction projects, including dams, data centers, utility grade wind and solar works, jails, schools, highways, airports, hospitals, large corporate campuses, marine, industrial and other public and private works projects. Whether at the negotiation table or in the courtroom, the firm sets the standard for construction and design law.

We advise and represent our construction and design industry clients in the following areas, among others:

• Contract drafting and negotiation
• Project planning
• Delay and impact claims
• Contract terminations
• Change orders
• Backcharges
• Bid disputes and award challenges
• Construction and design defects
• Warranty issues
• Insurance issues
• Lien claims
• Bond claims, including Miller Act and Little Miller Act claims
• Surety issues
• Government contracts, including administrative claims
• Design/Build issues
• Architect/Engineer professional liability issues
• Claim preparation
• All aspects of litigation, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeal

Sokol Larkin also has decades of experience counseling and representing sureties throughout the United States and U.S. territories. Our surety practice covers a broad range, including affirmative construction claims, takeover and completion agreements, financing and workout agreements, claim assessments, indemnity matters, performance and payment bond litigation, commercial bonds, and bankruptcy issues, among other things..Sokol Larkin’s surety lawyers are intimately versed in all aspects of the industry and capable of readily addressing all surety-related issues, whether routine or complex.

Sokol Larkin’s well-credentialed litigation attorneys handle a broad array of matters, not only in the core areas of construction, design and real estate, but also in other complex business and commercial litigations.

Our team of experienced litigators navigate all phases of a litigation to position our clients for the best chance of success—whether that be through a negotiated resolution or through an arbitration or trial. Sokol Larkin’s attorneys draw on their wealth of experience to provide counsel and representation in litigation so our clients can continue to focus on their business.

Office Address:

4380 S Macadam Avenue, Suite 530

Portland, OR 97239

Telephone: 503-221-0699

Fax: 503-223-5706

www.sokol-larkin.com