NEW YORK – Carol Sigmond (pictured) and Joshua Deal have joined the Infrastructure Group at Nossaman. They will serve as Partners in the Firm’s New York City office. Christopher T. Luehs also joins them in the New York office and will serve as an associate. Before joining Nossaman, the group had a litigation practice centered on construction and real estate at Greenspoon Marder LLP.
Sigmond (a regular Third Thursday contributor) has more than four decades of legal experience and focuses her practice on construction and real estate matters, including arbitration, appeals, bid protests, contract preparation, mediation, litigation, receivership and suretyship. She represents clients in construction litigation relating to issues that arise when adjacent owners develop their properties, as well as expediting a builder’s construction project by ensuring that the proper contracts are in place.
As a seasoned practitioner, Sigmond has a history of litigating construction disputes for public works and buildings in both the public and private sectors. She also has extensive knowledge of preparing contract documents, including design-build, construction management, guaranteed maximum price, and fixed-price contracts. Additionally, she is an experienced mediator and arbitrator handling construction and real estate cases for the New York County Supreme Court Commercial Division Roster of Volunteer Mediators and the American Arbitration Association’s Roster of Construction Industry Arbitrators.
Deal represents owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in litigation and transactional matters relating to construction. He is an experienced litigator in state and federal courts in New York and New Jersey and has extensive experience handling appeals. He represents construction industry clients on contract disputes, construction defect claims, delay claims, payment and performance bond claims, mechanic’s lien claims, and adjacent property damage claims. Joshua also drafts and negotiates construction agreements and license and access agreements, and counsels his clients on project management, risk management, insurance, and dispute resolution issues at all stages of projects.
David Graeler, Nossaman’s managing [artner, said: “This is an outstanding addition to our New York office, our Infrastructure Group, and the Firm. Carol and Joshua are highly regarded lawyers who are coming to us from a well-respected firm and we are excited that they have joined us.”
“Carol and Joshua are best-in-class litigators with extensive experience in the construction litigation field and deep relationships in the New York market and nationally. Their practice builds on the strength of the litigation arm of our Infrastructure Group further enhancing our ability to advise clients through all aspects of the construction project lifecycle, while adding a robust presence in New York,” added Elizabeth Cousins, chair of Nossaman’s Infrastructure Group.
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