Stephanie O'Rourke, a principal in our San Antonio office, was recently called upon to offer her expertise in the construction litigation realm on a case that the Houston Business Journal was covering. This article centered around unpaid wages for construction companies due to contract disputes. Specifically, a 2009 case between...
Cokinos | Young is honored to announce Best Lawyers® selected Patrick J. Wielinski as "Lawyer of the Year" in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in the field of Construction Litigation in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Patrick J. Wielinski Construction Law, Litigation-Construction 2019 Lawyer of the Year -...
Principal Stephanie O’Rourke was elected to be the 2018-2019 Secretary of the State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section by the section membership at the annual State Bar of Texas Convention. As a member of the Executive Committee of the Section, Mrs. O’Rourke will assume the position of Chair of the...
Senior Counsel Stephanie Cook and Woodward L. “Woody” Vogt, P.E., D.GE, [President of Paradigm Consultants, Inc.] led a discussion of “Contracting Issues in Concrete Construction” at the July meeting of the Houston Chapter of the American Concrete Institute. After presenting each of four examples of deficient contract documents that led to...
Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession, has named Gregory M. Cokinos as Lawyer of the Year in Construction Law in Houston. Only a single lawyer in each specialty and market is honored as "Lawyer of the Year". Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on...
Principal John Warren recently gave a presentation on “Contingent Payment (Pay-If-Paid) Clauses in Subcontracts” at the Houston MBDA Business Center Legal Lunchtime Forum. With help from Associate Ryan Cunningham, Mr. Warren discussed various tips and traps often faced by both General Contractors and Subcontractors in negotiating and enforcing pay-if-paid provisions....
On Monday, in what many commentators have described as the most monumental employment law decision in years – and what some are claiming may be “the last workers’ rights case” the Supreme Court will ever hear[1] – the United States Supreme Court definitively held that employers and employees have the...
Stephanie Cook and Woodward “Woody” Vogt presented legal concepts and case examples of meeting or breaching the architect’s or engineer’s professional standard of care in modern construction claims and disputes. The presentation covered the following topics: What is Tort Law? The Three Different Categories of Torts Negligence & How Negligence...
Cokinos | Young recently sponsored the 2018 Memorial Hermann Circle of Life “ Rise and Shine” Gala. Memorial Hermann is a wonderful client and we couldn’t be more honored to be a part of the $3.32 million that was raised to benefit their Trauma and Critical Care services. [gallery link="file"...