The Chapman Firm Pllc

The Chapman Firm is a law firm that serves the construction and business industries throughout Texas. We assist our clients in understanding, allocating, assessing, and controlling the many risks involved, both legally and financially, when running a construction project or operating a business. Our experience and focus on construction and commercial law allows us to understand and balance the competing business interests in any project or dispute. We represent municipalities, businesses and individuals looking to protect and defend their rights. The Chapman Firm has significant experience in alternative project delivery including Construction Manager at-Risk (CMAR) and Design-Build. Within this growing and specialized area of construction law, The Chapman Firm's attorneys provide project procurement facilitation packages, contract drafting and negotiation, and project performance consultation to provide statutory compliance, project efficiencies, and successful performance. In addition to transactional services on CMAR and related methods, the Chapman Firm provides all manners of transactional and consultation services with clients for project facilitation, assessment and allocation of risk, and project performance. A large portion of the work The Chapman Firm provides to its clients is in the dispute resolution realm. Our lawyers assist clients with the resolution of payment and performance disputes both during and post project-completion. We handle claims for nonpayment of contract balance and retainage as well as scope creep and performance disputes involving contractors and subcontractors of varying tiers. We are experienced in performance and payment bond claims, surety law, and mechanic's lien law.