Carol Watson has 20 years experience in construction law with an expertise in prosecuting and defending contractor and owner-developer claims through litigation and arbitration or resolving them through mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Carol has represented a wide variety of clients, including developers, public-private infrastructure groups, marine contractors, general engineering contractors, design-build contractors, telecommunications contractors, electrical contractors, mechanical contractors and building material suppliers on private works, public works, and public-private works. She has pursued mechanic’s liens through a large bankruptcy proceeding and defended construction defect claims. In the public works arena, she has arbitrated numerous claims through JAMS (Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services), AAA (American Arbitration Association), and OAH (California’s Office of Administrative Hearings), and she has prosecuted and defended breach-of-contract and payment-bond actions in state and federal court. She is part of a team of attorneys representing an international infrastructure group in arbitration, litigation, and at the appellate level.
Carol’s practice also includes federal procurement law and federal government relations with a particular emphasis on the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”) and the Small Business Act (“SBA”). She serves on four committees for the Association of General Contractors of America (AGC of America) and is the chair of the AGC of America FAR committee for 2007–2010. She is a member of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
