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Construction Litigation
Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP has particular expertise in commercial and residential construction litigation, representing both builders and owners. We have experience in court trials, appeals and arbitrations. We have established relationships with the engineering, architecture, economic and accounting experts necessary to win your case. George Diaz-Arrastia has been a speaker at several construction law conferences sponsored by organizations such as Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston, the Houston Bar Association and the University of Houston, and is a former member of the governing board of the Houston Bar Association Construction Law Section. The firm is also an associate member of Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston.
Representative engagements include: - Representing a school district in South Texas in prosecuting claims for design and construction defects in connection with the building of a high school.
- Representing a regional construction company in litigation and appeals in Federal court arising from a contract to substantially remodel the Federal Building in Galveston, Texas. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) terminated the client’s contract for alleged defaults. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the GSA’s default determination and converted the termination of the contract to a termination for convenience.
- Defending a national home builder in class action litigation involving thousands of claims of misrepresentations in its marketing program. Class certification was successfully resisted. The litigation continued in both Texas and Federal trial courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. The client obtained a final judgment in its favor and paid nothing to the plaintiffs.
- Assisting Associated Builders and Contractors of Houston and Associated General Contractors of Houston in negotiating modifications to the contract used by the Houston Independent School District for school construction and remodeling.
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