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Construction Law

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Construction Lawyers

Representing Contractors & Owners Throughout New England

Melick & Porter, LLP is a recognized regional leader in the defense of construction liability claims. Our construction litigation attorneys understand the complicated and diverse risks of the industry. Our familiarity with the laws, regulations, and standards governing workplace safety and our ready access to top tier technical experts gives our clients a competitive edge in responding to these serious and complex claims. We represent owners, architects, engineers, general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, artisans, and material suppliers, and we work with their insurers. Our skilled and experienced construction attorneys are part of rapid response programs for several of our clients and are always on-call to respond to catastrophic workplace accidents.

Our lawyers have years of experience in construction litigation. We are proud to serve businesses across New England. Contact us by calling (617) 523-6200 today!

Common Construction Issues We Provide Counsel On

Construction lawsuits can include a variety of claims, but many involve contract disputes and negligence. Our construction lawyers in New England have experience litigating these types of claims in federal and state courts, so we know how to handle whatever you may be facing.

Common construction-related legal matters that we can help you with include:

Contract Disputes

Contract disputes are common in the construction industry and can arise from a lack of understanding of the conditions laid out in the contract, a failure to administer a contract, breach of the contract, and more. Should all parties involved not come to a resolution, our skilled lawyers can provide litigation services to defend you or your insureds.

Injury Claims

Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in the United States and is one of the leading industries for workplace injuries. When faced with a personal injury or wrongful death claim, you can trust our team to investigate the scene of the accident and gather the evidence needed to defend you, so you can move forward.

Defective Construction

Our lawyers can quickly assess your construction issues and develop a plan to protect your rights and investments, whether you are an owner, builder, or contractor. We know that halting business to settle a conflict is never ideal, which is why we can take on your burdens and handle your situation as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Property Damage

Our law firm has decades of experience defending companies when they face claims relating to property damage-related matters. We use our resources to assess all claims and create innovative solutions that will not only protect your company, but also strengthen it as a whole for years to come.

How We Help

Our New England construction law attorneys combine our practical knowledge of construction work with our thorough knowledge of construction contracts to successfully enforce indemnity agreements and provide our clients with cost effective and efficient solutions.

Even if you are not currently facing a conflict, our lawyers can provide sound advice on risk management, liability protection, and litigation avoidance for companies looking toward the future. We can listen to your goals and objectives and give you the tools you need to reach them.

Whether you face a contract dispute, a serious personal injury claim, or a claim for defective construction or property damage, you can count on Melick & Porter, LLP to skillfully investigate the facts, obtain critical evidence, and effectively defend your case.

Our construction attorneys in New England are available and ready to work with you.

Nationally-Recognized & Award-Winning Trial Attorneys

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    Stephanie E. Bendeck

    Associate

    Stephanie Bendeck is a skilled and experienced trial attorney. She has tried over fifty cases, both jury and non-jury, and argued complicated motions involving complex legal issues to the court. She is experienced in preparing, defending, and cross-examining both lay and expert witnesses.

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    Mark S. Bodner

    Partner

    Mark is an experienced trial attorney with a focus on employment law and professional liability. Mark also has extensive experience handling product liability, construction, premises liability, unfair business practices, and general litigation matters. He represents clients in both federal and state courts.

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    Sophia P. Breene

    Associate

    Sophia is an Associate in Melick & Porter’s Boston office. Her practice focuses on the defense of complex liability matters in the areas of construction, premises, and automobile. She also handles employment law matters. Prior to joining the firm, Sophia was a public defender for several years in New Hampshire, where she represented juveniles and adults facing misdemeanor and serious felony criminal offenses.
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    Ryan C. Coyne

    Associate

    Ryan Coyne is an Associate in the firm’s Providence location.

    Prior to joining Melick & Porter, Ryan served as a law clerk for the Rhode Island Supreme Court Law Clerk Department, where he was a clerk for the Honorable Justice Brian P. Stern on the business calendar in Providence County Superior Court.

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    Brian C. Davis

    Partner

    Brian is a partner in Melick & Porter's Boston office. He focuses his practice on defending individual and corporate clients in complex civil litigation matters including general liability, hospitality and restaurant litigation, entertainment and sports litigation, construction litigation, and transportation litigation. He is admitted to the state and federal court of Massachusetts.

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    Shannon M. Doherty

    Partner

    Prior to joining Melick & Porter, Shannon spent two years working as a Law Clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Shannon’s experience includes counseling and defending clients in all facets of recreational, products, construction, and general liability litigation in both federal and state courts. 

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    Kyle P. Dutch

    Associate

    Kyle is an Associate in Melick & Porter's Boston office.

    Kyle worked for various Philadelphia-area law firms while attending Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law. At Drexel, Kyle was the Lead Research Editor of the Drexel Law Review, a Dean's List honoree, a recipient of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Workers' Compensation Law, a member of the Business Law Society, a full-tuition scholarship recipient, and a volunteer for the Student Bar Association mentor program.

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    Gabriella Y. Garofalo

    Associate

    Gabriella is an Associate in the firm's Providence location.

    Gabriella graduated magna cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2022. While in law school, Gabriella served as a research assistant for Professor Elizabeth Colt's legal practice class and was selected as one of eight participants for the ABA's Business Diversity Clerkship Program where she gained valuable legal experience as a judicial intern to the Honorable Richard A. Licht on the Out-County Business Calendar.

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    Christopher D. George

    Partner

    Chris joined the firm in 2010 and concentrates his practice on the defense of complex liability matters in the areas of construction, dram shop, premises, automobile, and catastrophic tort. Prior to joining Melick & Porter, Chris worked at a civil litigation defense firm outside of Boston where he specialized in construction and automobile matters.

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    Robert W. Healy

    Partner

    Bob rejoined the firm in 2021 after several years at firms similarly specializing in complex civil litigation. He has extensive experience handling general liability, construction, liquor liability, premises liability, products liability, transportation, and toxic torts.

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    Christian H. Hinrichsen

    Partner

    Christian has extensive experience in complex litigation matters, including bench and jury trials, arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and mediations. His corporate counseling includes risk assessment and contract review. He is admitted to the state and federal courts of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Christian's practice has earned him selections as a “Massachusetts Super Lawyer.”

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    William L. Keville Jr.

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    Bill is a seasoned trial attorney with extensive trial experience and successful verdicts defending clients in construction, complex product liability, premises liability, dram shop, transportation and sports and recreation matters. He represents product manufacturers, contractors, shopping malls, restaurants, major real estate developers, property owners, condominium associations, resorts and ski areas.

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    Michael J. Mazurczak

    Member

    Maz has been at Melick & Porter his entire legal career. He began as a Law Clerk in the summer of 1988 and joined the firm as an Associate in the fall of 1989. Maz has extensive experience in complex civil litigation matters, representing clients in both federal and state courts for over 30 years. A significant portion of his practice involves employment law and includes providing major national corporations with oversight and defense of their employment litigation.

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    Carolyn M. Miller

    Partner

    Carolyn is a partner at Melick & Porter's Boston office. Carolyn joined the firm in 2014, after having worked at another Boston insurance defense firm for over five years. Carolyn has extensive experience in defending individual and corporate clients in a wide variety of complex multi-party construction-related matters, including personal injury, wrongful death and breach of contract claims in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts.
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    Marissa K. Palladini

    Associate

    Marissa is an Associate in Melick & Porter's Boston Office. Her practice focuses primarily on defense of civil matters involving general liability, premises liability, construction law, recreational liability, and transportation law.

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    Peter J. Riordan

    Partner

    Peter is a partner in Melick & Porter’s Boston office with nearly twenty years of legal experience. He is a graduate of Boston University, and Suffolk University Law School. Peter started his legal practice at Hale & Dorr, before joining a smaller insurance defense practice. Over the last several years he has devoted himself to working with insurance companies and their insureds in the defense of a variety of liability claims, including insurance coverage and bad faith litigation.

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    Mary Cate Rivera

    Associate

    Mary Cate is an Associate in Melick & Porter's Boston office. Her practice focuses on defense of civil matters including general liability, and construction law. Mary Cate graduated from Roger Williams University, cum laude, in 2013 with Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Dance and Performance Studies and Communications with a focus on Public Relations. After college she worked at Tufts Medical Center in Boston for over nine years in various patient related and non-patient related roles.

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    Kurt A. Rocha

    Partner

    Kurt is a Partner in the firm's Rhode Island office.  His practice encompasses premises liability, personal injury defense, and insurance law. He is admitted in three jurisdictions: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, as well as the United States District Courts for the District of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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    Lauren C. Roche

    Associate

    Lauren is an associate in the firm’s Boston office. Lauren’s practice focuses primarily on the defense of complex general liability, premises liability, liquor liability, sexual abuse litigation, personal injury, construction, and employment law matters.

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    Holly G. Rogers

    Partner

    Holly Rogers has earned a reputation as a zealous and effective advocate. She practices from our Connecticut Office, which she also manages. Holly has extensive experience in complex litigation matters. She devotes the majority of her practice to representation of clients in employment and professional liability matters. Holly represents clients in both federal and state courts in Connecticut and New York, as well as before federal and state agencies. Holly has arbitrated and mediated numerous claims before the American Arbitration Association and other dispute resolution entities. She has authored articles on a variety of legal topics and has spoken on topics of interest before client groups and legal peers.

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    Syd A. Saloman

    Partner

    Syd is a cum laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and a cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School. During law school, he was the recipient of the Goodwin Scholarship for Best Trial Advocacy. Syd previously practiced at Regan & Kiely LLP and Tucker, Heifetz & Saltzman in Boston.

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    Hogan K. Tomkunas

    Associate

    Hogan is an Associate in the firm’s Boston location.

    Hogan earned his Juris Doctor from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law in 2022, where he was VP of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society and Treasurer of the Health Law and Policy Society. He also graduated with a certificate in Health Law. Prior to law school, Hogan earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in History and Museum Studies from Springfield College, where he was History Club President.

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    Robert T. Treat

    Partner

    Rob concentrates his practice on premises liability, professional liability, explosion, construction injury and worker’s compensation matters. Rob’s most notable defense verdicts in civil jury trials include: a negligent product distribution claim by a waitress whose face was burned by flaming brandy flambé spilled on her by a chef performing a “Strawberry Flambe” on stage.

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