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Construction Law
Government Contracts
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David C. Groff
Michael J. Murphy
Steven T. Parkinson
Marisa Bavand
Michael P. Grace
Jerry Everard
Bill Crittenden
Daniel C. Carmalt
Shelley Tolman
Kevin Reed
 
 
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Marisa Bavand provides litigation services and counsel to construction industry and government contract clients. She specializes in representing general contractors, engineers and public and private owners in complex construction disputes. Ms. Bavand has handled litigation and trials in State and Federal Courts, and participated in numerous arbitration hearings involving government contract disputes, the Miller Act, construction contract claims, bid protests, lien actions, subrogation and surety issues. In addition, she has extensive experience in successfully resolving disputes in a cost-effective manner utilizing ADR. A representative number of construction disputes in which Ms. Bavand has been involved include the Plutonium Finishing Plant and the Environmental Remediation Contract – Group Four Excavation Project at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the W Hotel in Seattle, the Cingular Wireless Data Center, the Seattle Light Rail System, the Seattle Fire Station 10 Project, the Hood Canal Floating Bridge Improvements, the Head of the Hylebos Environmental Remediation Project and various other complex construction disputes throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Education:
Southwestern University School of Law, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude (1996)

  • Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award in Constitutional Law and Remedies
  • Editor, Special Projects, Law Review (1994-1996)
University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., Dean's List (1993)

Admissions:

  • State and Federal Courts of Washington
  • State and Federal Courts of California
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Professional Associations/Recognition:
  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section, Forum on the Construction Industry
    • Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
    • Section of Public Contract Law
  • Washington State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
  • Washington State Bar Association, Construction Law Section
  • King County Bar Association
  • Los Angeles Bar Association
  • AGC of Washington
Selected Seminars:
  • The Federal False Claims Act (Seattle, 2009; Desert Bar Association, 2009)
  • Notice and Claim Compliance (Seattle, 2008)
  • Lien and Bond Claims (Seattle, 2009)
  • Project Financing Risk Management (Seattle, 2008)
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