Christopher Opalinski

Practice Areas

Chris Opalinski is Chair of Eckert Seamans’ Litigation Division. He maintains a litigation practice involving a broad range of commercial disputes with a concentration in the area of construction law. Chris represents owners, developers, design professionals, prime contractors, subcontractors, material and equipment suppliers, and sureties in both the public and private sectors, nationally and internationally, on all types of construction claims before various state and federal courts and arbitration panels. He has extensive experience drafting construction contracts, advising on contract administration and project management matters, and handling cases involving all types of direct and indirect cost claims, including claims for delay, acceleration, loss of productivity, default, termination, extra work, defective specifications, design errors and omissions, and differing site conditions as well as product defects/failure cases, bid protests, mechanics lien, and payment and performance bond claims.