Vienna, Virginia Construction Lawyer :: Stephen B. Hurlbut :: Government Contracts - Attorney - Postal Contracting - Lawyers - Commercial Litigation - Attorneys Wickwire Gavin

• Successfully represented numerous government contractors in the defense of False Claims Act and related fraud and debarment actions; negotiation of Corporate Integrity Agreements and development and implementation of corporate compliance programs.
• Represent owners/developers in negotiation and drafting of EPC contracts and major equipment purchase agreements for domestic power generation projects throughout the United States. Also counsel these clients on contract administration and claim prosecution and defense.
• Lead litigation counsel for EPC contractor in arbitration and successful mediation of claims for contract changes, delays, disruption, acceleration and defective work on 1,000 MW power plant project.
• Litigation counsel for mechanical contractor's successful claim for labor inefficiency and defective specification claims against General Services Administration on NOAA laboratory and office facility project in Boulder, Colorado. Client was awarded substantially all of the inefficiency and extra costs sought by the contractor.
• Lead litigation counsel for contractor in successful claims for labor inefficiencies and defective specifications on fixed mechanization systems retrofit project at U.S. Postal Service mail processing center in Chicago.
• Lead litigation counsel for general contractor on claims against the U.S. Postal Service for acceleration, labor inefficiency, and differing site conditions.
• Lead litigation counsel for municipal owner in successful arbitration defense of contractor delay, acceleration and inefficiency claims arising out of construction of waste-to-energy facility.
• Lead counsel to electrical subcontractor on commercial office tower project in downtown Los Angeles in litigation of claims against general contractor and owner for acceleration, schedule disruption, and fraudulent misrepresentation. Case was resolved favorably to client after mini-trial before a retired Superior Court Judge.
• Successfully defended general contractor in litigation and arbitration of owner's claims for structural failure and in litigation and negotiations with contractor's general liability carrier for reimbursement of litigation costs.

Publications

Construction Scheduling: Liability, Claims and Disputes (Second Edition), Aspen Publishers, 2003, co-author.

"Acceleration Claims," Ch. 4, Proving and Pricing Construction Claims, Aspen Law & Business, 2001.

"Contracting for the Construction of Power Generation Facilities," Construction Briefings, Federal Publications, April 1989, co-author.

"Contracting with the U.S. Postal Service II," Briefing Paper, Federal Publications, Inc., October 2002, co-author.

"Use of Critical Path Method Techniques in Contract Claims: Issues and Developments, 1974 to 1988," Public Contract Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, March 1989, co-author.

Speaking Engagements

"Construction Contractor Year in Review," Thompson West, presented annually.

"The Construction Contract & Construction Claims - Construction Issues on Energy Related Projects," presented by Wickwire Gavin, P.C.

"Construction Law and Contract Administration," in-house seminar for corporate clients.

"Federal Debarment and Suspension," presented to United States Postal Service Procurement Division.

"New AIA Documents," 36th Meeting of the National Diocesan Attorneys Association.

"Contracting with the U.S. Postal Service," presented by Wickwire Gavin, P.C.

"Changes, Modifications and Claims Under U.S. Postal Service Contracts," presented by Wickwire Gavin, P.C.

"Board of Contract Appeals Trial Practice - Discovery Issues," Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association Annual Meeting, October 2003.

Associated General Contractors of America

Project Management Institute, College of Scheduling

Bar Admissions

Virginia
District of Columbia

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Supreme Court

J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1981

B.A., Economics, University of Virginia, 1977