Kerry Christoph

Professional Overview

Kerry Christoph has concentrated his practice for the last twenty-five years on construction-related litigation and transactions. He represents property developers, general contractors, specialty contractors, and real estate brokers and agents in disputes arising from all aspects of commercial and residential construction — from pre-construction consulting and contracting, to disputes arising during the project, through post-completion disputes over delay, inefficiency, and defective work. Kerry also has extensive experience in construction indemnity claims, as well as wrongful death, bodily injury and paralysis, professional liability, business contract and tort, and premises liability claims.

Representative Matters

• Successfully represented an owner in a five-week arbitration concerning student housing adjacent to a private university, including a ruling finding that the structural steel subcontractor lacked proper licensure.
• Served as first chair for a design-build general contractor on a specialty airplane parts distribution facility, obtaining a complete defense of the property owner’s affirmative defect claims and vindication of the contractor’s claims for underpayment.
• Represented a general contractor in a three-month jury trial involving defect and fraudulent inducement claims arising out of a single-family residence, obtaining complete defense verdict in favor of contractor on the alleged construction deficiencies and an affirmative jury finding of fraudulent inducement in the sale of the residence, including an award of punitive damages.
• Represented a national general contractor in condominium defect litigation through a ten-week jury trial, resolving the action during jury deliberations for less than one third of the plaintiff homeowners association’s demand.