Forty-Eighth Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071
United States
Candace L. Matson is a partner in Sheppard Mullin's Los Angeles office where she is a member of the Business Trials, Real Estate, and Finance & Bankruptcy Practice Groups and specializes in design and construction law, as well as title issues.
Advocacy, Advice & Transactional Services
Ms. Matson represents owners, lenders, investment funds, contractors, design professionals and others as an advocate in a wide range of private and public contexts relating to design and construction. The subject of such representation includes:
Preconstruction phase: assistance with requests for proposals and bid packages; prosecuting and defending against bid protests; negotiation, drafting and review of build-to-suit agreements, contracts for construction, architectural and engineering services, construction management, and procurement services; advice regarding construction loans, insurance (title and liability), surety issues and licensing.
Construction phase: advice regarding contract compliance, project documentation, and mechanics lien law; early dispute resolution.
Post-construction phase: mediation, arbitration and litigation of disputes, including extra and changed work claims; delay, disruption and acceleration claims; design professionals liens, mechanics liens and stop notice claims; construction defect claims (including water intrusion and mold issues); insurance and surety bond claims; assistance with title insurance issues, including obtaining defense, indemnity and clean title.
Areas of Practice | 1) Finance, 2) Litigation, 3) Construction & Infrastructure, 4) Real Estate, 5) Land Use and 6) and Environmental |
Law School | UCLA School of Law (J.D.,1989) |
Education | California Lutheran University (M.S., 1980);University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1977) |
Bar Member / Association | California State Bar Association |
Most recent firm | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
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