Our construction lawyers handle a wide range of construction-related matters for our clients, ranging from small and simple matters to large and complex matters. We are experienced in providing legal services in a great variety of construction projects, including heavy highway and bridge projects, public works building projects, water reservoir projects, water treatment projects, waste water treatment projects, levee stabilization projects, commercial developments and residential developments. Our services include representing contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and owners in the preparation, defense and prosecution of construction delay claims, acceleration claims, extra work claims, termination claims, construction defect claims, differing site condition claims and professional negligence claims involving architects and engineers. We also represent general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on bond claims, mechanics liens and stop notices.

Additionally, for our contractor clients, we draft construction contracts and revisions to construction contracts drafted by others, and we provide routine interpretation and modification of general conditions for construction contracts. For our public entity owners, including school districts and cities, we have prepared owners' design professional contracts, construction contracts, general conditions, change order documents and prequalification packages. We advise our clients on pre-award matters, such as prequalification of bidders, responsiveness of bids, bid protests, bonding questions, and substitution of listed subcontractors. We have extensive experience in government contract disputes involving federal, state, and local public agencies and entities. We also advise our clients on a wide range of questions and problems experienced during construction, such as assisting with scheduling issues, construction management issues, and providing counsel during construction about claims as they arise and how to avoid claims in the future. We are pleased to provide in-house seminars, at no cost to our clients, on important legal issues and developments affecting the construction industry.

Our public contract lawyers handle a wide range of matters for our clients in addition to construction (public works) matters, ranging from advice in the preparation of bids and bid solicitations to litigation over terminated contracts. We are experienced in providing legal services related to a great variety of public contracts, such as contracts for solar energy, aircraft retrofitting and maintenance services, fire retardant purchases, gasoline purchases, security guard services, mental health services, towing services, and electronic data processing and telecommunications purchases, among many others. Our services include representing contractors, subcontractors, service providers, disabled veteran business enterprises, small businesses, disadvantaged business enterprises, suppliers and owners in all aspects of public contract law. We have prepared bid specifications for public owners, advised clients on submitting bids on public procurements, represented private corporations in negotiating contracts with public owners for cutting-edge technology, advised both bidders and public entities in responding to bid protests, represented prime and subcontractors in disputes over use or substitution of listed subcontractors, both responded to and asserted California and Federal False Claims Act violations, and represented both contractors and public owners in termination negotiations and post-termination litigation.

Our construction and public contract law group practices in both State and Federal Court, including the United States Court of Federal Claims. We also practice before administrative agencies and tribunals, such as the State Department of General Services and the Federal Government Accountability Office. We regularly represent clients in arbitrations and other alternative dispute resolution.

Our construction and public contract lawyers are active in various industry associations, including the American Bar Association Construction Law Forum, the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, the Coalition for Adequate School Housing, the Beavers, the Construction Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association, and the Legal Advisory Committee to the Associated General Contractors of California. Eileen Diepenbrock is a past director on the State Board of Directors for the Associated General Contractors of California.