According to Robinson & Cole LLP, construction attorneys Dennis Cavanaugh, Gregory Faulkner, and Christopher Hug were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 (© 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). With their inclusion, the firm achieved the distinction of having the most attorneys listed in Construction Law in both Hartford and the state of Connecticut.
Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."
Dennis Cavanaugh, chair of the firm's Construction Law Practice Group, focuses on construction law and contract suretyship matters. He counsels building contractors and subcontractors, design professionals, public and private building owners, tenants, and lenders. Cavanaugh's capabilities span a period of over 25 years in his handling of complex transactions that often involve construction finance, contract procurement, and negotiation, as well as commercial-related litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Gregory Faulkner is a partner with the firm who has served as local, national, and international counsel in all aspects of construction law. He serves as chair of the firm's Education Practice and represents the interests of colleges, universities, and other institutions of learning with regard to their unique building and facilities program needs. Faulkner delivers a full-service approach to his practice, including selection of project delivery, contract drafting and negotiations, litigation in federal and state courts, and arbitration and mediation of all types of disputes. He has both prosecuted and defended claims with regard to breach of contract, foreclosure, indemnification, negligence, misrepresentation, bid protests and disputes, and numerous additional legal and equitable causes of action. Faulkner also represents the interests of creditors within and outside bankruptcy proceedings.
Christopher Hug is a partner focused on commercial construction disputes, whether in classic litigation or in arbitration and/or mediation contexts. Typically, these disputes are contract based but many also involve failure analysis or environmental issues. Hug often works with his colleagues in the firm's environmental and insurance practices to establish a strong team to address the client's multiple concerns. His more recent experiences include nuclear decommissioning disputes, laboratory construction disputes, school construction disputes, landfill closures, deep rock tunneling, and commercial housing construction disputes. Hug has also written and lectured on Connecticut's prejudgment remedy law, the law concerning backflow prevention in water systems; Connecticut's conservatorship law; and various areas of construction law.