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"Active in all aspects of dispute resolution tailored to the forum best suited to each individual case, our lawyers are as comfortable in the courtroom as they are in alternative forums."

Bentford E. Martin

Biography


  • Areas of Practice

    • Construction Law and Commercial Litigation

     

    • Advises and represents contractors, owners, developers, sureties and subcontractors regarding contracts, claims and dispute resolution.

     

    • Frequent Lecturer and author on construction-related topics, including constructive change clams, public contracting and dispute resolution. Co-author of Fundamentals of Construction Law and “Last Acts or Omissions that Trigger the Statute of Repose”, N.C. Bar Association Construction Law Section Newsletter, June (2003)

     

    • Litigates a variety of commercial disputes including construction, products liability, manufacturing, banking, insurance, real estate, sales and noncompetition agreements.

     

    • Extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, commercial and construction arbitration.

     

    • Admitted to practice in North Carolina, before the United States District Courts of the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. 

  • Education & Experience

    • J.D., with honors, University of North Carolina School of Law, (1978); Law Review

     

    • B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Wake Forest University, 1975

  • Past Representation

    • Represented contractors and designers in claims to N.C. State Construction Office.

     

     

    • Represented trade contractors in litigating multi-million dollar claims involving hospitals and other public projects.
    • Represented municipalities in claims involving infrastructure construction and assessments.

     

    • Represented owners and contractors in litigation and arbitrations involving multi-family, subdivision, hotel and other commercial construction projects.

     

    • Represented contractors and sureties in claims involving public schools and universities.

     

    • Reported cases include Gaston Grading v. Young, 116 N.C. App. 719, 449 S.E.2d 475 (1994) (lien law); Fieldcrest Cannon , Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., 124 N.C. App. 232, 477 S.E.2d 59; 127 N.C. App. 729, 493 S.E.2d. 658; 348 N.C. 497, 510 S.E.2d 383(1998); (Insurance Coverage); and Smith v. Selco Products, Inc., 96 N.C. App. 151, 385 S.E.2d 173 (1989)(products liability).

  • Awards & Honors

    • Named regularly from 2005-2011 to Business North Carolina “Legal Elite” Construction Lawyers, North Carolina “Super Lawyers” and “Best Construction Lawyers in America”



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  • Community Involvement

    • North Carolina State Bar

     

    • North Carolina Bar Association (Litigation, Construction and Business Law Sections)

     

    • Elected to N.C. Bar Association Construction Law Section Council, 2011-2014; Lien Legislation Committee

     

    • Legal Aid of North Carolina, volunteer lawyer and 4-CALL N.C

     

    • Mecklenburg County Bar Association

     

    • American Bar Association

     

    • Myers Park Baptist Church

     

    • Room in the Inn Volunteer

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