Andrew W.
Stephenson practices in the areas of
construction, labor law and corporate compliance,
representing owners, architect-engineers, general
contractors, and subcontractors in virtually all
phases of both the private and public sectors of the
construction industry. Mr. Stephenson is the Practice
Group Leader of our firm-wide Construction Industry
Practice Group. In addition, Mr. Stephenson is the
Partner in charge of pro bono work undertaken by
Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C. office.
Mr. Stephenson’s
construction experience covers the drafting and
negotiation of construction contract documents for,
and counsel during the administration of, a wide-range
of both medium size and large, complex building and
infrastructure projects including $1 billion
design-build projects both domestically and
internationally. Mr. Stephenson has also been involved
in the construction of numerous power generation
facilities, including both nuclear and fossil fuel
power plants.
Mr. Stephenson’s
dispute resolution experience involves representation
of local and international public, quasi-public and
private owners, contractors and specialty trade
subcontractors in a wide variety of construction
claims. This representation has involved all forms of
alternative dispute resolution, including mediation,
project neutrals, arbitrations and dispute review
boards as well as traditional litigation before
juries, state and federal boards of contract appeals,
bench trials in the state and federal courts, the
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and
the National Labor Relations Board. This trial
experience covers hearings lasting from one to
seventy-two days.
In addition to this
extensive experience as an advocate in alternative
dispute resolution matters, Mr. Stephenson is
frequently asked to serve as a private arbitrator or
mediator in construction disputes, where he is known
to the parties and/or their counsel and his experience
and negotiation skills are sought as a way to
facilitate resolution of disputes.
Mr. Stephenson has
testified on behalf of the Associated General
Contractors of America "AGC" before joint
committees of the U.S. Congress on pending legislative
issues, including amendment of the Miller Act. He is a
member of the AGC's Contract Documents and Union
Contractors Committees.
Mr. Stephenson has been
an author/lecturer on construction and labor law in
the construction industry for Federal Publications,
Inc., George Washington University Government
Contracts Program on Construction Contracting, Johns
Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies, Allan
L. Berman Real Estate Institute, Engineering News
Record, Construction Education Management Corporation,
Mechanical Contractors Association, Metropolitan
Subcontractors Association, Sheet Metal and Air
Conditioning Contractors Association, American Society
of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Engineers, National Electrical Contractors
Association, Associated Builders and Contractors,
Louisiana State Bar Association, Virginia State Bar
Association, The Graduate School of Engineering of
George Washington University, The Construction
Superconference, the Design-Build Institute of
America, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America,
the National Leased Housing Association, the
Associated General Contractors of America, and The
University of Maryland Graduate School of Engineering
and School of Architecture.
Mr. Stephenson has also
lectured and has given seminars on Corporate
Compliance Programs and Training in house before a
number of clients; and for the Associated General
Contractors of America-National, the Society of
Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the National
Contract Management Association.
Mr. Stephenson served in
the United States Army Reserve from 1972 to 1978, and
as an officer with the 11th Special Forces Group from
1975 to 1978. Mr. Stephenson holds a current TS-SCI
security clearance.
