A founding member, Peter F. Lindborg leads Lindborg & Mazor's construction claims practice. Mr. Lindborg's practice focuses on litigation, arbitration and the resolution of claims arising from construction projects and, in particular, complex delay, disruption and acceleration claims. His practice also includes the counseling of clients with respect to contractual and legal rights and obligations during the course of construction. Mr. Lindborg has been lead counsel in several trials and arbitrations involving multi-million dollar claims. More...
As long as the time for serving stop payment notices has not expired (30 days from recordation of a Notice of Completion or 90 days from actual completion), you can serve a new/updated/amended stop payment noticeSee More...
The first step you should take is to send the property owner a 20-day Preliminary Notice so there is no question the owner knows you are performing the work. Then, the owner may be responsible on a lien claim depending upon several factors such as whether the owner posts and records a notice of non-responsibility and the terms of the lease or tenant improvement agreement between the tenant and ownerSee More...
Lien deadlines are controlled by completion of a project in California, not by the completion of any given scope of work. If your crane is still on site, it sounds like the project has NOT been completed, so you can probably record an amended lien updating the amount due See More...
Assuming you served a preliminary notice in proper form and manner, you are entitled to be served with a notice of completion. If you were not, then the notice does NOT have the effect of reducing the time to record a lien from 90 days to 30 daysSee More...
No. GCs do not have to send a 20-day prelim because the project owner knows who you are. As long as there is no lender, no need to send in a prelim. See More...