Kevin G. Amadio, Esq.
Construction Attorney
Grapevine, Texas
- Commercial Construction
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Lovein Ribman, PC – Senior Counsel
Construction Attorney
Senior Counsel, Lovein Ribman PC, 2022 - Present; Principal, Kaplin Stewart Melof Reiter & Stein PC, 2017 - 2022; Vice President, Venzie, Phillips & Warshawer, 1980-2017.
For over 30 years, has practiced law almost exclusively in the area of construction contract litigation, representing owners, contractors, sureties, subcontractors and suppliers. Has become thoroughly familiar with the construction process, its means and methods, and its recurrent legal problems, as well as the differing perspectives of the owner, contractor, subcontractor, supplier and surety. <br/><br/>Significant construction projects and activities spanning the last five years include: daily engagement as counsel in construction contract law and litigation, including fixed price, GMP, component GMP, fast-track, design-build, and IPD contracts, claims against property insurers, claims for construction and design defects, moisture, mold and water infiltration, termination for default, wrongful termination, delays, disputed change orders and performance bond and payment bond claims on public works, commercial, institutional, higher education, and healthcare projects Claims involving among other things: damage to interior of hotel ($22 million); defects in student housing, defects in hospitals, site work disputes, default of electrical subcontractor on hospital project ($2 million); panel erection subcontractor for claims arising from delays and extra work on casino project ($1 million); claims arising from alleged default of general contractor ($2 million); claims against insurers for property damage to and remediation of veterinary facility ($4 million); claim against performance bond surety for contractor's default on school construction project ($2 million); claims against owner for extra work and delay on zoo construction project ($3 million).
Mediated over 60 cases involving commercial and construction disputes as judge pro tem for commerce program of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and as a mediator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and business and personal disputes as a church conciliator. Mediated cases involving owners, developers, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, suppliers, lenders and sureties on multi million dollar public and private construction projects.
Mediated the full range of construction litigation issues such as failure to pay contract balances and retainage, delay and inefficiency claims, disputed change orders, disputed termination for default, mechanics' lien enforcement, construction loan disputes and defective work.
I have what I believe is the litigator's philosophy of the proper role of the mediator. The mediator must listen to each party without preconception of the merits, understand each party's interests and claims, evaluate with each party the strengths and weaknesses of each party's claims and defenses, and offer analysis of the best, worst and most likely outcomes at trial, including the litigation costs. The mediator must patiently and diligently move the parties from positional bargaining into meaningful and principled concessions and, ultimately, settlement. The parties must share necessary information prior to the mediation concerning both the merits and damages, and frequently will need preliminary expert reports, in order to make the mediation successful.
Villanova University (JD-1981); Pennsylvania State University (BS, General Science-1978).
Admitted to the Bar: Pennsylvania, 1981, Texas 2022.
American Bar Association; Philadelphia Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; Christian Legal Society.
"The Propriety of Granting Summary Judgment in Defamation Cases Involving Actual Malice," VILLANOVA LAW REVIEW, 1981.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
$4,750 Per Day
English
United States of America
Grapevine, TX
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