Construction

Representing an expansive and diverse client base throughout the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, Kemper Law is experienced in a wide variety of practice areas. We offer specialized and practical advice based upon 20 years of experience as in-house counsel to multiple national construction companies, as well as, countless individual and local contractors. Kemper Law can help navigate your business through the minefields associated with Contract Law, Mechanic Liens, Construction Defects, Payment Disputes and Appeals. We guide you through to the other side by capitalizing on the law and the facts of your individual matter and by providing you with options in order to maximize your opportunities.

Kemper Law construction clients include local and national Property Owners and Developers, General Contractors, Sub-Contractors, Material Suppliers and Design and Engineering Professionals. We provide transactional and litigation services to clients across the industry spectrum, including commercial, industrial and residential matters, and are equally adept at all. While based in Minnesota, we have handled matters located in Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Seattle, among others.

We understand the expense associated with hiring an attorney and are sympathetic to the concerns of our clients, but balance that with a cost-benefit analysis. It is always less expensive to talk with an attorney before you have a problem, rather than after a problem has developed. For example, a Pre-Lien Mechanic Lien notice for less than $100.00 can literally save your business thousands of dollars later on when a dispute arises. Why wouldn’t you take these inexpensive steps now in order to preserve and protect your rights later? For that reason, we advise our clients to contact us whenever they are starting a new project, have a new business partner or begin a new development. Every project has risk, but with proper planning and execution prior to starting the project, potential problems can be identified, addressed and eliminated.

The following is only a sampling of services we offer our transactional clients:

  • Business Start Ups
  • Business Entity Selection and Creation (Corporations, Partnerships, LLCs)
  • Secretary of State Filings
  • Shareholder, Partnership and Member Control Agreements
  • Buy-Sell Agreements
  • Corporate Dissolution and Wind-Downs
  • Business and Commercial Contracts
  • Mechanic Lien Training
  • Pre-Lien Notices
  • Notices of Intent to Lien
  • Contract Drafting, Negotiation and Review
  • Commercial Leases
  • Commercial Real Estate Purchases and Sales
  • Risk Management and Insurance Procurement

We recognize and firmly believe that careful negotiation and early intervention on the front end minimizes problems on the back end, but when problems do arise, we have the experience, expertise and knowledge necessary to navigate you through it.

It comes as no surprise that the complexity of the construction industry frequently leads to conflicts between Owners, Developers, Contractors, Sub-Contractors and other entities involved in the project. However, with money, materials, resources and scheduling at stake, your business needs a skilled and experienced legal expert to represent your interests. At Kemper Law, we do that every day.

The following is only a sampling of services we offer our litigation clients:

  • Mechanic Lien Statements
  • Mechanic Lien Foreclosures
  • Change Order and Scope Claims
  • Contract Defaults and Termination
  • Performance and Warranty Disputes
  • Payment Disputes and Issues
  • Commercial Collection Matters
  • Construction Defect Claims (Residential and Commercial)
  • Insurance Defense Claims
  • Defective Design Claims
  • Lien and Bond Claims
  • Differing Site Conditions and Soil Correction Matters
  • Shareholder, Partner and Member Disputes
  • Insurance Coverage Claims and Disputes
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Mediation)
  • Insurance Appraisals

Kemper Law provides a wide variety of services to its commercial and personal clients. If you do not see what you are looking for above, please reach out to us regardless. If we cannot help you, we will do our best to put you in contact with somebody who can.