Scott D Cahalan

Scott D Cahalan

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP

Scott D Cahalan is a partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. He has substantial experience representing owners, developers, contractors, and others in the construction industry. Ms. Cahalan's practice primarily consists of drafting and negotiating construction contracts, providing advice during development, design, and construction, and representing clients in dispute resolution proceedings. He has been lead counsel on a large number of litigation, arbitration, and mediation matters involving claims for breach of contract and torts, including differing site conditions claims, delay, acceleration, and inefficiency claims, design, and construction defect claims, as well as payment, lien, and bond claims. Mr. Cahalan has also drafted and negotiated thousands of contracts using both specially drafted contract forms and standard industry forms. He has drafted general contracts, master agreements, subcontracts, design contracts, service contracts, design-build contracts, EPC and EPCM contracts, construction and program management contracts, joint-venture, teaming and partnering agreements, equipment installation contracts, purchase orders, operation and maintenance contracts, IPD contracts, and bonds for public and private jobs. Mr. Cahalan's contracts have been used on office, commercial, hospitality, residential, and mixed-use buildings, light and heavy manufacturing and warehouse facilities, arenas, stadiums and practice facilities, hospitals and medical office buildings, school and university buildings, and utility, nuclear, solar, and water reclamation projects. He routinely represents in-bound international clients in transactional and litigation matters, involving construction projects and manufacturing, industrial, and nuclear power plants. Mr. Cahalan has represented clients from Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom on projects ranging from the manufacture of automobiles, food, metals, natural gas, plastics, pipe, tires, wood, and power. He earned his B.S. degree in construction engineering from Iowa State University in 1984, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia. While in law school, Mr. Cahalan served as a summer law clerk to The Honorable Julie E. Carnes, Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division (retired, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit).

Scott D Cahalan's Courses

  • Construction Law: What Can Go Wrong

    Construction Law

    Credits Available
    Credit Status Total
    Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
    Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
    Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
    Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
    California CLE Approved 6 Total
    Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
    Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
    Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
    Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
    Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
    Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
    Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
    Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
    Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
    Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
    Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
    Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
    Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
    Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
    Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
    North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
    North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
    Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
    New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
    New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
    New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
    Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
    New York CLE Approved 7 Total
    Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
    Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
    Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
    South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
    Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
    Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
    Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
    Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
    Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
    Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
    Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
    West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
    Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
    North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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    6 Pennsylvania CLE