Construction Litigation and Dispute Resolution.
PKEC advises stakeholders throughout the construction industry from the onset of a project through the resolution of complex construction disputes.
About
Focused Legal Services
PKEC is a construction litigation boutique focused on partnering with clients to support their business goals and resolve disputes.
We formed PKEC to provide focused legal services to our clients in the areas of construction and engineering. We get involved when issues first arise so we can help minimize disputes and resolve them efficiently.
We also bring significant dispute resolution experience when it becomes necessary to litigate with unreasonable adverse parties. Our lawyers have tried to a jury verdict over twenty cases and obtained verdicts exceeding $30 million in two cases. We have also tried dozens of court trials and even more arbitration hearings.
One Industry Focus
Because we focus on one industry, our lawyers understand your business. We believe that resolving construction cases depends on understanding the nuts and bolts of the construction dispute. We provide both legal and practical advice to develop long term partnerships with clients so that we become an asset to the client’s business. We are trusted by several ENR ranked construction firms, both nationally and in California, some of whom have decades long relationships with our attorneys.
Expertise
Our partners all began their careers at larger firms and bring a wealth of experience that we now can provide at reasonable rates. We also take pride in being efficient with our time which translates into lower costs for our clients. Each of the founding partners have focused on construction litigation and dispute resolution nearly their entire legal careers. Our combined expertise and experience allow us to provide unique legal services to the construction industry.
In addition, our attorneys bring technical backgrounds to aid our legal analysis and problem-solving capabilities, including degrees in mechanical and civil engineering. Our combined legal, technical, and practical experience allows us to quickly comprehend the construction and engineering issues that are critical to resolving disputes.
We are confident that our experience, qualifications, analytical capabilities, judgment, pricing, and genuine passion for construction make us the perfect fit to handle your construction-related disputes.
Practice Areas
One Focus: Resolving construction issues strategically and efficiently and, when necessary, litigating construction disputes for our clients.
Our experience and capabilities span all aspects of construction, including:
Claim analysis
Delay claims
Disruption and productivity impact claims
Payment disputes
Prompt payment penalties
Change order disputes
Deficient plans and specifications
Lack of coordination in the design
Lack of coordination in the field
MEP Coordination and BIM
Procurement
Unforeseen conditions
Force majeure
Government code claims
Mechanic’s liens, lien releases, and release bonds
Stop payment notices and release bonds
Stop work notices
Payment and performance bond issues
False claims analysis, assertion, defense
Abandonment, total cost, and modified total cost claims
Termination for cause
Termination for convenience
Project suspension
Contractor licensing laws
Progress payments
Retention
Indemnity
Insurance
Engineer errors and omissions
Architect errors and omissions
Representative types of construction and industries include:
Public works
Private works
Design-Build
Design-Bid-Build
Public-Private Partnerships (P3)
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
Airports and Aviation
Buildings
Bridges
Civil
Colleges
Commercial
Correctional
Dams
Education
Healthcare
Highway
Hospitality
Hydro & Power
Industrial
Light and Heavy Rail
Military
Mixed Use & Retail
Modular
Office
Rail
Renovation & Historic Restoration
Residential
Roadways
Solar
Sports & Entertainment
Stadiums
Tenant Improvements
Transportation
Tunnels
Water & Wastewater
Attorneys
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Tyler J. Cesar
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Hector H. Espinosa
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Heather Frisch
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Natasha A. Kader
Associate
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Aren Kavcioglu
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Armenak Kavcioglu
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Artak Mamikonyan
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Wabel Moussly
Associate
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Thomas Newton
Counsel
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Timothy L. Pierce
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Kathlynn Smith
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Jennifer Tung
Partner
Contact
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Phone
(818) 728-4999
Address
Pierce Kavcioglu Espinosa & Cesar LLP
16055 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1200
Encino, California 91436