BrigliaMcLaughlin, PLLC is a law firm dedicated to the aggressive and innovative representation of our construction industry clients.  Combining over 30 years of experience,  Shannon Briglia and Lauren McLaughlin are skilled and effective at representing developers, owners, contractors, construction managers, sureties, design professionals, and subcontractors in complex legal disputes.

We understand the construction business and appreciate which issues are most important to each client.  As a result, we are able to efficiently assess your needs and develop effective and creative strategies to meet them.

Risk Avoidance – Exactly When You Need it.

Leveraging our business and legal expertise, we founded the firm with the desire to produce positive, tangible results for every client.  With a thorough and determined approach, we navigate all phases of private and public construction litigation and dispute resolution, including:

• Drafting contracts with an emphasis on risk-mitigation
• Advising on effective bid preparation, solicitation, and negotiation
• Pursuing delay and disruption claims
• Resolving disputes over changes, labor inefficiencies, and other equitable adjustment claims
• Defending payment and performance bond claims
• Initiating, enforcing or defending mechanic's liens
• Mitigating project delays and/or or other risk avoidance measures
• Providing timely construction administration assistance
• Addressing defects in labor and materials and/or design defects in plans and specifications
• Representing clients in the courtroom, mediation, or arbitration forum

Whether it is deploying an effective trial strategy in the courtroom, risk avoidance in up-front negotiations, bargaining over change orders at the site or mediation table, BrigliaMcLaughlin provides experienced and skillful counsel focused on advancing your company’s goals.

Our attorneys are licensed to practice in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.  We have successfully tried cases throughout the metropolitan region and in Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, and New York.