• Designer's
Dilemma: How does a professional lien work?
•So
You Want to Be a Developer: A Primer for the First Timer
•Subcontractors:
The Public Contract code can protect you from abuse-if you let it
•Getting
paid for changes before construction is over"
•Getting
paid for changes before construction is over Part 3
•Getting
paid for changes before construction is over Part 2
•Two
Conflicting Payment Laws-how do you deal with it?"
•Purchasing
an Existing Construction Company-is it a smart business move? Part 2"
•Purchasing
an Existing Construction Company-is it a smart business move?"
•Are
Public Entities Above the Law?"
•Verbal
Change Orders- Actions speak louder than words"
•Whose
side is the architect on?"
•Liquidated
Damages-who do they really protect?"
•20-day
preliminary notices - when is late "too" late?"
•Delay
claims-is time money?"
•The
Critical Path-just how critical is it?"
•Mechanics'
Liens-powerful, but not always efficient"
•Are
you a supplier or a licensed contractor? If you are wrong the penalties are
harsh"
•Contracts-knowledge
is Power"
•Where
there's Construction, there's Litigation-how to survive the battle"
•To
lien or not to lien that is the question"
•A
new year brings new laws for contractors"
•Feb.
2008 - "Litigation Survival Kit" - Natl. Society of Prof. Engineers
Info about : NSPE-Natl.
Society of Prof. Engineers
Awards
•December
17, 2009-Pam Scholefield Selected Finalist-Family-Owned & Closely-Held Business
Award 2009, San Diego Business Journal
•July
18, 2007-Pam Scholefield Selected Top Attorney 2007
• May
4, 2007-Pam Scholefield Semi-finalist Top Attorney 2007
Verdicts
•Jan.
04, 2008 $456k Commercial landlord/tenant dispute- L.A. Daily Journal
In the News
•January
23, 2009- San Diego Daily Transcript;"Legal Action May Follow Nonpayment of
Contractors on Infrastructure Projects"
•October
31, 2008- L.A. Daily Journal: "Billable Hour Likely to Face More Scrutiny in
a Lean Economy"
•October
20, 2008- Law 360-New York-The Newswire for Business Lawyers: "Billable-Hour
Under Scrutiny from Clients"
•August
4, 2008- San Diego Business Journal: "Sales Attorney Joins Downtown Construction
Law Firm"
•Feb.
27, 2008- Los Angeles Daily Journal: "Getting Paid to Schmooze: Law\'s Next
Big Thing"
•Feb.
27, 2008- "Print version- Getting Paid to Schmooze: Law\'s Next Big Thing"
•Feb.
27, 2008- San Diego Daily Transcript: "Local firms looks into selling the business
of Law"
•Nov.
6, 2007- San Diego Daily Transcript: "Scholefield to speak at construction re-building
workshop"
•Nov.
2, 2007- San Diego Daily Transcript: "Law firm offers contractors advice on
wildfire rebuilding process"
•Aug.
10, 2006- San Diego Daily Transcript:"Potential litigation create headaches
for construction industry"
Press Releases
October
14, 2008- Press Release: "Clients Hate Hourly Billing- Is Anyone Listening?"
July
16, 2008- Press Release: "Scholefield Law Firm Ushers in the Era of the 'Sales
Attorney '"
April 24, 2008- Scholefield to
be featured speaker at AIA contracts seminar
Feb. 19, 2008- Press Release:
"Law Firm Challenges Traditional Role for New Hires by Following Corporate Model"
Nov. 2, 2007- Press Release:
"Scholefield Associates to be a Featured Speaker at Workshop to Help Fire Victims"
Oct. 24, 2007- Press
Release: " Ten Steps: How Can Local Contractors Keep From Getting “Burned” by
the San Diego Wildfires?"
Sept. 19, 2007- Press
Release: " Construction Law Firm Scholefield Associates to Offer Contract Law
Class to Apprentices at No Charge"
Law Firm Marketing
Aug. 2008 - "Avoid
the Cost of Failing to Follow Up after Seminars" - Law Marketing Portal