Brian G. Corgan

Brian G. Corgan

Brian Corgan is a partner in the firm's Construction & Infrastructure Projects Group where he concentrates his practice in construction contracts, litigation, and alternative disputes resolution. He is listed in the 2007 and 2008 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® for Construction Law.

Mr. Corgan lectures extensively throughout the United States on the subjects of avoiding litigation on large and complex construction projects, alternative disputes resolution procedures and processes, and effective construction litigation. His publications include: "Recent Developments," The Construction Lawyer; co-author: Manual, Practical Construction Project Documentation; "Building Constructor," Deposition Strategy, Law and Forms, Matthew Bender, 1985; "Taking Steps to Avoid Litigation," Builder and Contractor, April 1989; co-author "Do We Need Special ADR Rules for Complex Construction Cases?", The Construction Lawyer, August 1991; co-author: Wiley Construction Law Update, Wiley Publications; Construction Litigation: Practice Guide With Forms, Wiley Publications, 1994.

Selected Experience

· Mr. Corgan has handled construction disputes involving nuclear and coal-fired power plants, cement plants, international airport runway construction, prisons and correctional facilities, cogeneration (power, cement and lime) plants, international, off-shore oil production, storage, and offloading facilities, wastewater treatment plants, environmental remediation and closure projects, mining facilities, meat processing facilities, steel mills, oil refineries, hospitals, convention centers, and a variety of other commercial and industrial construction projects.

· Clients range from owners to engineering and materials testing firms, construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties, and design professionals.

· He has been involved in arbitrations, mediations, and state and federal court trials, and international adjudications. Since 1979, Mr. Corgan's practice has focused on the representation of owners, construction managers and contractors on large projects such as:

- A massive copper mining and electrowining facility;

- A $1.7 billion off-shore oil production, storage, and off loading facility in the South China Sea;

- The design and construction of a large cement/power/lime cogeneration facility;

- The design and construction of large cement plants;

- The construction of numerous nuclear and coal-fired power plants;

- Construction of large multi-use convention centers;

- Construction of oil refineries and related expansions;

- The design and construction of large, complex aquariums; and

- Numerous design-build and EPC projects including beef processing facilities, cogeneration and power plants, prisons and correctional facilities, convention centers, research facilities, and environmental remediation and closure projects.

Background

· J.D., summa cum laude, Tulane University, 1979.

· While in law school, he was Notes Editor of the Tulane Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

· Listed in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers for Construction Law.

· Listed in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

· Listed in the 2007 Georgia Super Lawyers.

· Member of the State Bar of Georgia and Louisiana.

· AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.