KEY PRACTICE AREAS
Construction Law
Government Contracts
Complex Commercial Litigation
Outside General Counsel
206.628.9500 phone
206.910.6375 cell
206.628.9506 fax
dgroff@groffmurphy.com
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David Groff provides counsel and strategic advice to construction industry and government contracts clients throughout the western United States. His clients include general contractors, engineers, and public and private owners. Mr. Groff's practice philosophy is that effective representation requires that a lawyer be in touch with his clients' business objectives. Mr. Groff provides day-to-day counseling to numerous clients on a variety of business and contract issues. He acts as outside general counsel to many of his clients. He is an active industry participant and a frequent lecturer on construction law issues.
Mr. Groff has handled complex litigation and trials in state and federal courts, and participated in numerous arbitration hearings. He has been an industry leader in utilizing ADR to resolve complex, multi-party disputes, in a cost-effective manner. Some of the complex disputes that he has been involved in are: Seattle Downtown Public Library, Sound Transit Maintenance Facility, Cowlitz Falls Dam, Bellevue City Hall, Key Arena, Plutonium Finishing Plant at Hanford, Seattle Art Museum, ERDF Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility, Airway Heights Correction Center, Boeing Spar Assembly Building, Detroit People Mover, Dallas Fiber Optic Network, Port of Portland Jumbo Jet Maintenance Facility and the Sea-Tac International Airport Expansion.
Education:
University of Michigan School of Law, J.D., cum laude (1972)
- Editor - Law Review
- Order of the Coif
University of Michigan, B.A., with Distinction (1968)
Admissions:
- State and Federal Courts of Washington
Professional Associations/Recognition:
- Forum Committee on the Construction Industry (American Bar Association)
- AGC of Washington
- Design Build Institute of America- Founding Board Member NW Chapter
- Section of Public Contract Law (ABA)
- Advisory Board, American Rivers NW Regional Office
- Top 90 Business Lawyers in Seattle, Seattle Business Monthly
- Best Lawyers in America, BestLawyers.com
- Amazing Washington Attorney - Washington CEO Magazine
- Seattle’s “Top 155 Lawyers,” Seattle Magazine
- “Super Lawyer” — Washington Law & Politics
Selected Articles & Seminars:
- Contractor Selection for GC/CM Projects, (WSBA) Seattle (2006)
- CM At Risk - How to Survive in a Volatile Market - Construction Law Superconference, San Francisco (2005)
- Teaming Agreements - Construction Law Superconference, San Francisco (2004)
- Fundamentals of Construction Law, (ABA) (2003)
- Construction Disputes, Practical Training and Forms, (WSBA) (2002)
- Construction Issues in Washington, Seattle (2002)
- Settling Claims & Seeking Indemnity, Under Construction, (ABA) (2001)
- Contributor, Proving and Pricing Construction Claims, Aspen Publishers (1996)
- Mediation Theatre: When Things Start to Go Wrong, Construction Law Superconference, San Francisco (1997)
Representative Clients:
- Atkinson
- Bayley Construction
- Bechtel
- Big D
- Clark Construction Group
- General Construction Company
- GLY Construction
- Hoffman Construction Co.
- Howard S. Wright Construction Company
- Herrenknecht AG
- Kiewit
- Lease Crutcher Lewis
- Ledcor
- McCarthy
- Mortenson
- Nova Group
- PCL Construction Services
- Swinerton Builders
- URS Corporation
- Washington Group
- Wyoming Medical Center
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