| Biography | Will is a Member in the Litigation Section and is Co-chair of the firm's Construction Law Practice Group. He represents clients in trials, arbitrations, and mediations on a variety of matters, including construction law, commercial and corporate litigation, and real estate law. Will has been named by Boston Magazine as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer each year since 2005, placing him in the top 5% of Massachusetts attorneys based on a survey of his peers. He is also listed in Who's Who in American Law as well as in The Best Lawyers in America for construction law and construction litigation. Will represents and counsels individuals, small businesses, financial institutions, nonprofit institutions, and publicly traded companies. With respect to construction counseling and dispute resolution, he represents owners, general contractors, and subcontractors across a variety of private and public sector projects. He is committed to finding efficient and practical solutions for clients in resolving disputes under difficult circumstances. His practice includes appearances before state and federal courts, the American Arbitration Association, and local boards and commissions. Will has been a leader in the construction bar for over a decade. He is a member and past chairman (1998-2000) of the Boston Bar Association's Committee on Construction Law. In April 2011, Will was elected to the governing committee of the 6,000-member Forum on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association, the largest organization of construction lawyers in the United States and abroad. For more than 10 years, he has spoken, published, and chaired programs for the forum. Will is also a member of Construction Industries of Massachusetts and the Association of General Contractors. Will has lectured and published on a variety of topics, including techniques for direct and cross-examination of expert witnesses, electronic discovery, mediation, and construction law. Will has written articles for such publications as the Construction Lawyer, Boston Business Journal, and the San Diego Transcript. In connection with his nonprofit and community work, Will has authored op-ed pieces and editorials in the Boston Globe and Outdoors Magazine specific to the environment and conservation. Will has been active in his community and in nonprofit organizations. In 2005, he was elected chairman of the board of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), an environmental and conservation organization of approximately 90,000 members. Will served on the board of the AMC for nine years, including three years as chair, and is currently a co-chair of the AMC's board of advisors. Will has served on his town's conservation commission for six years (two years as chairman), and has been active on various boards in his community. Will received his A.B., cum laude, in History, from Dartmouth College (1981) and his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law (1985). Recent Representative Matters · Representation of a national institutional owner of commercial and multifamily properties in litigation against a contractor, subcontractors, and an architect for defective design and construction of a 450-unit Texas project in state court. Successfully resolved in mediation. · Representation of a national syndicate of bondholders and bondholder representatives in successful resolution, workout, and sale of troubled privatized military housing construction projects located in Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, and Massachusetts. Combined project value: $1.3 billion. Representation included navigating mechanics' lien, performance and payment bond claims, and successful defense of attempted injunction barring sale. · Representation of a nonprofit owner of a 2,000-seat historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts, in successful resolution, by mediation, of state court litigation with a general contractor involving a $30-million renovation project. Speaking Engagements · Speaker, Construction Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them. Mintz Levin Real Estate Client Seminar, June 2010. · Speaker, Fundamentals of Construction Law: Learn the Basics from the Pros. American Bar Association Forum on Construction Industry, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2009. · Co-chair, Winds of Change? The Consensus DOCS. American Bar Association Forum on Construction Industry, Chicago, Illinois, September 2008 · Speaker, "Managing Construction Projects In Massachusetts." Lorman Education Services, March 28, 2006. · Speaker, "Discovery of Electronic Information: A Sword or a Shield?"American Council of Engineering Companies, Portland, Maine, September 2004. · Speaker, "Selecting, Attacking and Defending Expert Witnesses." American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry, Scottsdale, Arizona, May 2004. · Speaker, "The Impact of Delay in Construction Claims: Who's to Blame When Its Overdue or Over Budget?" Boston Bar Association, June 2002. · Speaker, "Construction Delays and Their Origin: Who's Responsible?" Construction Industries of Massachusetts, February 2002. · Moderator, "Crisis on the Project." Boston Bar Association, April 2000. · Speaker, "Advanced Project Delivery Systems." American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, Construction Contracts, Chicago, Illinois, October 1998. Publications · Co-author, "Pay-If-Paid Clauses: Freedom of Contract or Protecting the Subcontractor from Itself," Construction Lawyer, January 2011. · Co-author, "Don't Leave Insurance Decisions to the Last Minute," Boston Business Journal, February 2008. · Co-author, "Smart Insurance Planning for Owners and Contractors," San Diego Daily Transcript, August 2007. · Author, "Guard Against Distressed Contractors in Trying Times," Boston Business Journal, September 2005. · Co-author, "The Evolving Liabilities of Construction Managers," Construction Lawyer, January 1999. · Co-author, "Pay When Paid Provisions: Still a Conundrum," Construction Lawyer, April 1998. · Co-author, "Massachusetts Public Construction Projects: Procedures, Options, and Policies Behind Challenges to Public Bids," Boston Bar Journal, September/October 1998. |