SMTD Law’s Mike Timpane and Ed Stepans recently obtained a Final Award in favor of its general engineering contractor client who was pursuing direct claims and delay related damages on a $35M municipal composting facility. After six days of hearing, the arbitrator awarded SMTD Law’s client 201 days of compensable [...]
SMTD LAW LLP is seeking a senior attorney or partner level attorney with experience in handling complex litigation, especially in construction, surety and/or business litigation matters to join the team in our Irvine, California office. Our firm has grown into one of the most experienced and highly regarded group of [...]
Breaking News: Is the claim untimely? Maybe Not! On April 6, 2020, by order of the Judicial Council of California all statutes of limitations for civil actions are tolled until 90-days after the California Governor’s State of Emergency order concerning COVID-19 is lifted. For more information, please feel free to [...]
Ali Salamirad, SMTD Law LLP Founding and Managing Partner will be the guest speaker at the NAWIC OC General Meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 5:30PM. The general meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites in Anaheim, CA. Mr. Ali Salamirad will be discussing how to identify and [...]
Southern California attorney Jonathan J. Dunn of the law firm SMTD Law LLP has been selected as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America. Mr. Dunn is a senior partner at SMTD Law, which focuses on construction, surety and business law and related litigation and transactional law. Mr. [...]
SMTD Law LLP partners with Project Hope Alliance in its inaugural pilot holiday gift giving program to empower families with dignity, joy, and HOPE for the holidays! Costa Mesa, Calif. (November 01, 2019) — This holiday season, Project Hope Alliance (PHA) debuts a new spin on their annual “Hope for [...]
SMTD Law LLP is thrilled to announce the addition of Larry Liu as a senior attorney working in the Firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office. Larry has extensive experience working in construction, business and insurance law. Larry is a frequent speaker on issues related to the construction and insurance industries, and [...]
Today, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers publicly announce the Tenth Edition of the "Best Law Firms" rankings. We are pleased to announce that SMTD Law LLP is nationally ranked in 1 practice area and regionally ranked in 1 practice area. The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" [...]
DESIGN-BUILD PRESENTATION AT LACBA Marilyn Klinger, SMTD Law Partner, along with Ken Baker, HKA Global, Inc. Partner, gave an in-depth presentation on the design-build project delivery method in which the owner contracts directly with one entity to provide both the design and construction of the project. The presentation entitled "Design [...]
SMTD LAW LLP is growing and we are seeking associate to partner level attorneys with experience in handling complex construction, surety and/or business litigation matters to join the team in our Irvine, Los Angeles and Oakland offices. Our firm has grown into one of the most experienced and highly regarded [...]