Until this legislative session, Florida had been one of the holdout states that had declined to mandate compliance with the federal E-Verify program for state and private projects.

We are proud to announce that our partner, Tony Lehman, has been elected to serve on the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law.

HPW elected Dawn Pettigrew as Partner of the firm as of March 13, 2020.

This case involved various claims of fraud and corporate dilution arising out of a merger of an Internet Company.

HudsonParrottWalker is a proud sponsor of the Southeastern Women Litigators Conference to be held March 25-26 at Zoo Atlanta.

Hudson Parrott Walker LLC is pleased to announce that four attorneys have been selected to 2020 Georgia Super Lawyers and partner Claire Williamson was chosen to 2020 Georgia Rising Stars.

In a ruling that should shake up the way contractors do business; the Supreme Court threw out a ‘no modification’ clause of a contract to expand contractual duties. Even where a contract has a strict change order process, a court may excuse the change order process if the parties routinely come to agreements outside the contract. To prevent payment disputes down the road, all parties should put agreements for extra work or extensions of time in writing.

Effective October 1, 2019, Florida law changed with respect to giving notices of nonpayment (NONP) on any project where there is a payment bond. The two statutes involved are Section 255.05 and Section 713.23.

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently considered the issue of whether an unlicensed “specialty contractor” was able to enforce its contract with an owner when it performed plumbing work itself, rather than hiring a licensed plumbing subcontractor.

This year, HPW adopted a family of six and donated items from their wish list for the holiday season.

In response to the recent decision that held a contractor forfeited all rights to payment by failing to file a claim of lien, the Associated General Contractors of Georgia interest group is lobbying for a clarification of the lien law to reverse this decision.

Georgia Trend magazine has named managing partner Brad Parrott as one of Georgia's 2019 Legal Elite in the area of Real Estate/Construction Law.