Should I have An Attorney Review This General Contract?

By Fred Thomas | November 13, 2014

A typical homeowner question: “Should I have An Attorney Review This General Contract?”  The simple answer, yes.  Given the relative amount of money you may spend having an attorney review your contract with your contractor, could save you thousands down the line.  There are nuances in the law, particularity relating to construction contracts, that the…

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Translating Legal Jargon in Construction Contracts, Part 2

By Fred Thomas | March 13, 2014

By D. Jeffrey Craven This is part 2 of a two part article originally published in the October/November 2013 edition of Hardwood Floors Magazine. In the last issue we started defining some of the common “legalese” terms that show up in contracts despite the growing “plain English” movement in the legal profession. Legalese is the use…

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