Travers practices primarily in the firm’s Construction Law area, representing subcontractors, general contractors, owners, suppliers, architects, sureties, construction managers and others. He joined Kegler Brown in 2005 from Katz & Stone, LLP, in Vienna, Virginia (suburb of Washington, D.C.).
Construction and Contract Law
Eric advises construction businesses and owners in all aspects of construction law, including resolution of payment disputes, contract drafting and negotiation, risk management strategies, and preserving, perfecting and enforcing/defending mechanic’s liens. He also assists clients in asserting, defending, negotiating and resolving payment and performance bond claims. Eric is experienced in change order issues (delay claims, changes, acceleration, damages, changed conditions, etc.), airport lease and sublease negotiations, and drafting, revising and negotiating appropriate release and settlement language for construction claims, progress payments, and final payments.
Litigation / Alternative Dispute Resolution
Experienced in state and federal court trial and appellate practice, Eric is also trained in and successfully helped numerous clients resolve disputes through alternative dispute resolution techniques, including mediation and arbitration. Eric specializes in helping clients develop cost-effective strategies to evaluate and manage risk at all stages of the contract, project, and litigation process, with an eye to limit and resolve disputes short of litigation. In those instances when litigation or arbitration cannot be avoided, Eric works with his clients to develop a trial strategy to achieve an outcome consistent with their goals and the law. Eric then takes the case from the initial pleadings to the final judgment and beyond, and presents each case in a manner designed to maximize his client’s opportunities to get and preserve a favorable judgment or award.
Travers practices primarily in the firm’s Construction Law area, representing subcontractors, general contractors, owners, suppliers, architects, sureties, construction managers and others. He joined Kegler Brown from Katz & Stone, LLP in Vienna, Virginia (suburb of Washington, D.C.).
Construction and Contract Law Eric advises construction businesses and owners in all aspects of construction law, including resolution of payment disputes, contract drafting and negotiation, risk management strategies, and preserving, perfecting and enforcing/defending mechanic’s liens. He also assists clients in asserting, defending, negotiating and resolving payment and performance bond claims. Eric is experienced in change order issues (delay claims, changes, acceleration, damages, changed conditions, etc.), airport lease and sublease negotiations, and drafting, revising and negotiating appropriate release and settlement language for construction claims, progress payments, and final payments.
Litigation / Alternative Dispute Resolution Experienced in state and federal court trial and appellate practice, Eric is also trained in and successfully helped numerous clients resolve disputes through alternative dispute resolution techniques, including mediation and arbitration. Eric specializes in helping clients develop cost-effective strategies to evaluate and manage risk at all stages of the contract, project, and litigation process, with an eye to limit and resolve disputes short of litigation. In those instances when litigation or arbitration cannot be avoided, Eric works with his clients to develop a trial strategy to achieve an outcome consistent with their goals and the law. Eric then takes the case from the initial pleadings to the final judgment and beyond, and presents each case in a manner designed to maximize his client’s opportunities to get and preserve a favorable judgment or award.
Career Highlights - Successfully represented school board in obtaining dismissal of lawsuit by general contractor on grounds of fraud or mistake. Ingle-Barr, Inc. v. Scioto Valley Local School District Board, 2009-Ohio-5345.
- Successfully represented client in winning preliminary dismissal of multi-million dollar contribution claim against client in Kohl’s Dept. Stores Inc. v. Target Stores Corp., 214 F.R.D. 406 (E.D. Va., 2003), a case arising out of major commercial construction of a shopping center complex.
- Successfully represented subcontractor client in winning more than $1.5 million from surety in R.W. Granger & Sons, Inc. v. J&S Insulation, Inc., 754 N.E. 2d 668 (Mass. 2001), a judgment unanimously affirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in a dispute arising out of a bond claim for work performed on Boston’s Logan International Airport.
- Successfully represented client in achieving preliminary dismissal of change order claim suit, affirmed by unanimous Virginia Supreme Court in Gelles & Sons General Contracting, Inc. v. Jeffrey Stack, Inc., 569 S.E. 2d 406 (Va., 2002).
Professional Memberships
- American Bar Association, Construction Litigation committee, member
- Columbus Bar Association, member
- Maryland and Virginia State Bar Associations, member
- Ohio State Bar Association, member
- Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, member
Publications & Presentations - National speaker affirmed by the Court of Appeals, Ohio, 4th Appellate District, and seminar lecturer on construction law topics to trade association and industry groups, including the American Subcontractors Association, National Electrical Contractors Association, Lorman Education Services and others.
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Published author of numerous construction law topics, including articles on mechanic's lien law, surety claims, contract negotiation, changes, defects, delay claims and contractual risk transfer for publications of the International Risk Management Institute, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Subcontractors Association, the Construction Management Association of America, NACM-Ohio, the Ohio Construction and Code Journal, and others.
Bar Admissions - Maryland, Ohio, Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Education - Juris Doctorate (1998)
The George Washington University Law School - Bachelor of Arts, English and Political Science (1995)
Lake Forest College
Cum laude