Practice Area
Construction Contract Attorney in Tennessee
On a construction job, the contract decides who eats the cost when something goes wrong — a delay, a change order, a payment that stops. I draft and review prime contracts, AIA forms, and subcontracts for builders, owners, and subs, and I plan the lien and payment rights before the first day of work, not after a check bounces.
This page covers a focused service. For the broader editorial practice area, see Business Contracts in Tennessee.
Get the lien and payment rights set before the job starts
The most expensive construction problems are payment problems, and your protection against them is largely set before you break ground. I work through the payment-application timeline and how it ties to lien-notice deadlines, retainage, change-order procedures that keep scope from creeping, and the lien-rights language that determines your leverage if money stops moving. Subcontractors and suppliers especially benefit from having that locked down before they are on site.
Prime contracts, AIA forms, and the flow-through to subs
On the drafting side, the work covers prime contracts — AIA forms and custom — subcontracts, liquidated-damages terms, and the indemnity and additional-insured language that flows from prime down to sub. The clauses are calibrated to the size of the project; a small remodel does not need the dispute machinery of a multi-phase commercial build.
Whether you are a GC, an owner hiring a builder, or a sub protecting your position, the contract should match the project in front of you. Get that right at the start and the disputes you do hit are far easier to win.
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