Kevin H Hudson

Mr. Hudson is a Top Construction Lawyer and a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Civil Cases. His work includes representing ENR top 400 contractors, design professionals, owners and specialty contractors throughout the United States. Mr. Hudson has served and currently serves as lead trial counsel on high stakes disputes before a variety of tribunals including state and federal courts, arbitrations, Court of Claims, ASBCA, CBCA and similar forums. Mr. Hudson has tried and arbitrated more than 100 cases to verdict in addition to writing and arguing more than 100 appeals. Mr. Hudson’s engagement spans the full spectrum of the construction industry from straightforward payment disputes to multi-issue disputes involving claims exceeding $300M. Mr. Hudson also serves as outside counsel or as an extension of in-house counsel teams. In this role, he advises clients as project counsel and negotiates all manner of construction related agreements.
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Tennessee State Bar
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court
Emory University, B.A.
Emory University, J.D., With Honors
- Managing Editor – Emory Law Journal
- Best Speaker – Philip Jessup International Moot Court Competition
- Best Lawyers Commercial Litigation – US News
- Super Lawyers 2008-Present
- Top AV Rated Martindale Hubble
- Top Rated Lawyer in Construction – The American Lawyer
- The American Trial Lawyers Association – Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Georgia
- Georgia Trend Legal Elite
- The Fellows of the American Bar Association























- Atlanta Bar Association – Construction Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Construction Lawyers Society of America
- Defense Research Institute Construction Committee
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
- Cooper Inn of Court
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Kevin regularly speaks and publishes on matters of significance to the construction industry.
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- Lead counsel to Top ENR Design Build in successfully resolving multi-million-dollar dispute with Federal Government arising out of military installation in Hawaii.
- Lead counsel in successful resolution on behalf of top ENR general contractor of multi-million-dollar defect allegation with building operation system.
- Lead counsel in successful resolution on behalf of top ENR general contractor of various disputes ranging from OSHA to third party actions arising out of a crane collapse.
- Lead counsel in successful arbitration award on behalf of top ENR general contractor in multi-million-dollar defect allegation involving metal building envelope design.
- Co-Lead counsel in successful arbitration award on behalf of national senior living developer in a multi-million dollar in action related to termination of the general contractor for delays and improper project management.
- Lead counsel for top international engineering firm in successful resolution of nearly a billion-dollar claim involving structural steel design and delays and increased construction costs associated with project acceleration.
- Lead counsel for top-ENR general in successful resolution of bid dispute involving construction of the Chattanooga sewer treatment facility.
- Lead counsel in successful resolution of structural steel design claim that alleged increased construction costs associated with project acceleration.
- Lead counsel in successful resolution of bid dispute involving construction of the Chattanooga sewer treatment facility, which resulted in client maintaining right to construct project.
- Lead counsel in successful resolution of multi-party student housing defect case, which resulted in general contractor receiving full payment of its contract balance and payment of attorney’s fees.
- Lead counsel in successful resolution of obligation by insurance carrier to pay for construction manager policy obligations, which resulted in full compensation to client.
- Lead counsel in obtaining a successful resolution of jury case involving an energy system that allegedly failed to produce sufficient energy to run an oriented strand board ("OSB") plan and independently produce electricity such that plaintiff claimed damages in excess of $25,000,000.00. The Based on the defense that Plaintiff failed to provide proper and consistent fuel to the OSB energy system, the jury returned a verdict for less than one third of what the Plaintiff claimed in damages, found no negligent construction and denied an award of attorney's fees.
- Lead counsel in obtaining summary judgment against a lien claim filed by a general contractor against a landlord for work ordered by a tenant. Case examined significant nuances in Georgia lien law as applied to a landlord/tenant context.
- Lead counsel representing general contractor in jury trial to enforce a contract and settlement. Obtained a verdict in client's favor in an amount of $1,059,511.85.
- Lead counsel in Elite Flooring v. Choate Construction, Georgia Court of Appeals June 11, 2009 (affirmed General Contractor Subcontract provision regarding condition precedent to resolving claims).
- Lead counsel for general contractor in successfully resolving case involving leaks in exterior brick sheathing and related mold claims.
- Lead counsel in resolving favorably a case alleging damages in excess of $20,000,000 associated with competing specialty contractors and allegations of theft of computer information, violations of computer fraud abuse act and violations of Georgia's trade secrets protections.
- Lead counsel for general contractor in successfully resolving case involving mold in nursing home facility and a determination of the cause (ultimately attributed to outside sprinkler system and location of HVAC window units).
- Lead counsel for general contractor in successfully resolving multiple cases involving defective exterior sheathing product and propensity to grow mold (included claims raised before and after installation of product and related delays and increased construction costs).
- Lead general counsel and dispute resolution services to General Contractors of various revenue sizes from $10,000,000 to over $1,000,000,000.
- Lead counsel for General Contractor in obtaining multi-million-dollar judgment against subcontractor for delays and defective construction.
- Lead counsel for general contractor in defeating multi-million dollar claims for delays and overages associated with defective granite from China and in obtaining successful resolution of surety on performance bond obligations.
- Lead counsel for general contractor in defeating over a million dollars in claims for delays and overages associated with untimely and defective stucco and drywall installation by subcontractor.
- Lead counsel in negligent construction case arbitration. Obtained award of $500,000 on behalf of client, as inclusion of punitive damages and attorney fees.