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Senior Associate, specializing in complex construction litigation and project intervention (claims avoidance, preparation, and advancement, strategic consultation, and procedural review).. Claims experience includes advancing and/or defending claims (range: $1-50M) of breach of contract (scope interpretation, indemnity, abandonment, and termination), negligence, professional negligence (design, including extra cost and/or delay resulting from defective plans and specifications, owner-directed changes or scope-creep), scheduling delays, construction and design defects, water and mold infiltration, fraud, false claims, and prompt payment issues.. Project experience range includes a $100 million continuing care facility, a $40 million city hall replacement, a $30M military hotel, a $350M OSHPD hospital replacement, and various other small and large projects including football stadiums, process-piping facilities, hospital renovations and new construction, cast-in-place and retail/commercial construction.. Delivery and contracting methods experience includes design-build, design-bid-build, CM-at-risk, lump sum, fixed GMP, multi-prime, pure CM, and fast-track design & construction.. Core services include litigation preparation (all levels and California courts), discovery management, and pre-litigation and/or on-site issue consultation and claims development.. Specialties: Discovery management, factual investigation, and claim development utilizing advanmced discovery methods, including database management for the review of paper and digital records.  Certified Trainer: CT Summation

Catherine Chen currently focuses her practice on construction defect litigation where she defends contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers of construction materials in suits filed in Northern California.  Ms. Chen draws from her extensive knowledge and experience as a litigator, and is involved with all aspects of case development, including all phases of discovery and law & motion practice.. Ms. Chen’s background includes wide-ranging knowledge of other areas of law as she practiced in the Toxic Torts group with her prior employment with McKenna, Long & Aldridge, and during her employment with Fox, Shjeflo, Wohl & Hartley, she was involved with estate planning, real estate transactions, and corporation formation.