Cotney Attorneys & Consultants
Cotney Construction Law Helps NRCA Launch ProCertification Program
In an effort to help the industry progress with advanced knowledge and professional certifications, CCL provided all of its time free of charge to NRCA. Cotney Construction Law (CCL) is pleased to announce that by collaborating with the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), they have assisted NRCA in creating and trademarking ...
Contract Provisions for Roofers
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Free e-Book from Cotney Construction Law provides important information about project contracts. Hilary Morgan, Partner at Cotney Construction Law, has authored a new e-book that details contract provisions that can make or break a roofing contractor’s business. Often contracts are long, boring and several pages long. ...
Make-A-Wish® Receives $125,000 Donation from RCASF to Grant Wishes to Children with Critical Illnesses
40th Annual Fishing Tournament Raises $125,000 to Grant 25 ‘Wishes’ for Make-A-Wish Foundation and also raises $20,000 for the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Junior Angler’s Educational Program. The roofing community is making a splash in South Florida with the largest non-corporate donation to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida as ...
Trent Cotney to Speak at this Year’s NRLRC 40th Anniversary Seminar
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Register today for National Roofing Legal Resource Center (NRLRC) 40th Anniversary Seminar in New York City, September 18-21, 2019. Legal issues are a fact of life in the roofing industry, and roofing contractors need to make the most of every resource available. Learning from construction ...
Cotney Construction Lobbying Advocates for the Construction Industry
Trent Cotney of Cotney Construction Law, the leading national law firm for construction, specialty trades and OSHA law, is pleased to announce the launch of a lobbying arm for the Construction Industry, Cotney Construction Lobbying. Employing professionals with backgrounds in law, business, politics and construction, Cotney Construction Lobbying will provide comprehensive ...
How OSHA is Trying to Reduce the Burden on Employers
By Cotney Construction Law for WSRCA. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is instituting a handful of new rules that took effect on July 15, 2019. The overarching goal of these updates is to streamline processes, decrease paperwork, and preserve funds. The final rule will lead to fourteen standards revisions related ...
Podcast: Non-Traditional Plan Helps Contractors Manage Legal Costs
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Taking a cue from the software industry, legal subscription model helps contractors leverage legal services that are necessary to protect their interests and businesses. I had the chance to speak with Ken Kelly, President of Kelly Roofing and RCS Influencer, at the AEC BuildTech conference held ...
June Was All About People and Projects and New Offerings
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Stories about people are always interesting to the readers here at RoofersCoffeeShop and that proved to be the case once again as we took a look at our most-read stories from the month of June. Coming in a ...
A Look at Arbitration Misconceptions
By Cotney Construction Law. Arbitrations are less costly than a litigation because arbitrators are not held to the same constraints of a court litigation. A construction arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process in which a non-affiliated third party, better known as an arbitrator, reviews a case between two or more ...
Ten Cotney Construction Law Attorneys Named 2019 Florida Super Lawyers
Cotney Construction Law (CCL) announced that ten attorneys have been selected to the 2019 Florida Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists. Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. Each year, no more than 5 percent of lawyers in the state are chosen as Super Lawyers ...
