David A Blake

Practice Areas

Construction

Commercial Litigation

Construction & Development Projects

Construction Claims & Disputes

Government Contracts

Infrastructure & Project Finance

International Dispute Resolution

Trial

Career

Companies working in the construction industry must navigate complex contracts, project administration challenges, and contentious claims. David guides his clients to successful outcomes on all of those fronts. David drafts and negotiates effective construction, construction management, design-build, EPC, design, and equipment purchase agreements. During the course of a project, David assists his clients in resolving construction and design issues in a practical and creative manner. When controversies persist, David prosecutes and defends requests for equitable adjustment and claims for issues such as delay, labor inefficiency, and extra work. David is a strong advocate of alternative dispute resolution, and he has successfully settled numerous disputes through mediation. He is also an experienced litigator, representing his clients before state and federal courts, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, and the American Arbitration Association. David holds an undergraduate degree in architecture, and he has been an LEED-accredited professional since 2006. As such, he offers his clients a rare background that is particularly valuable given the technically oriented nature of construction law. Since 1994, David has represented his clients on a wide array of private and public construction projects—including foreign embassies, professional sports stadiums, commercial office and mixed-use buildings, high rise residential, courthouses, hospitals, schools, airports, marine ports, highways, refineries, hydro, solar and biomass power generation, industrial facilities, and waste water treatment plants. He is proud to have worked on hundreds of projects with an aggregate value well in excess of $10 billion.

Professional Memberships

District of Columbia Building Industry Association (co-chair of Construction & Development Committee)

Construction Owners Association of America

Design Build Institute of America