Helps resolve construction-related disputes, enforcement actions, and litigation
A litigator with a construction engineering background, Briant Shumard focuses his practice on construction transactions and disputes as well as environmental enforcement actions and litigation. His construction experience ranges from health care, hospitality, and entertainment projects to manufacturing facilities and mixed-use developments.
Owners, developers, design professionals, contractors and subcontractors, and material suppliers rely on Briant to represent them in construction disputes involving issues related to contract interpretation, project delay, breach of contract, payment failure, and surety bond claims.
Briant has assisted in the representation of oil and gas companies, energy producers, mining companies, and manufacturers in high-profile environmental litigation and enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state agencies.
Prior to practicing law, Briant was a senior engineer for a national construction firm that is consistently ranked among the top contractors in the United States.