Parker Poe

Pre-Construction and Construction Services

• Regularly draft standard subcontracts, subcontract addendums, supplier agreements, subhauler agreements, and master services agreements for developers, general contractors, and subcontractors in the commercial construction industry with a focus on mixed-use developments and manufacturing facilities in the private sector and design-build public projects in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
• Negotiated construction contracts for municipal and state-level construction projects involving the rehabilitation and construction of postal offices, parking facilities, courthouses, government buildings, and other public utilities and resources.
• Assisted a window manufacturer and distributor in creation of standard contracts for sale of windows and related construction projects in North Carolina.
• Represented an architecture firm in creation of standard design contracts for commercial and residential projects in North and South Carolina.
• Represented a heavy highway general contractor in creation of standard construction subcontractor, master services agreement with suppliers, and standard subhauler agreement.
• Represented a general contractor in dispute with staffing agency over employment of, and payment for, the recruitment of crew members referred by staffing agency.
• Regularly conduct best-practices workshops with construction clients regarding pre-litigation claims management, contract negotiation, claim identification, lien waivers, and other best practices to prevent against litigation and arbitration.
• Represented Charleston-based general contractor in restructuring to facilitate succession planning, distribution of business divisions, and expansion of contractor business into other sectors of industry including manufacturing, design, and other markets outside of the Carolinas.
• Represented a Charlotte-based retail supplier of equipment in defense against $10 million personal injury suit regarding alleged defective equipment and mediated resolution for nominal settlement amount.

Construction Dispute Resolution

• Drafted, recorded, and litigated mechanics’ lien disputes in North and South Carolina for several multimillion-dollar construction projects for sports facilities, distribution facilities, mixed-used developments, nursing homes, student housing projects, and office buildings.
• Represented a Georgia-based developer and contractor in dispute with 24 subcontractors regarding $3 million dollar payment dispute on student housing project in upstate South Carolina including multiple claims and counterclaims for breach of contract as well as claims stemming from South Carolina’s mechanic’s lien statute.
• Represented a general contractor before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals regarding claim for $8 million in additional compensation and 200 additional days of work on VA hospital construction project in North Carolina.
• Represented a pavement contractor in dispute with developer regarding non-payment of $250,000 of invoices and negotiated pre-litigation resolution of dispute resulting in full payment to contractor for materials.
• Represented an international developer and heavy highway general contractor in dispute with subcontractor regarding non-payment for defective work and counterclaim for breach of contract and $800,000 liquidated damages claim.
• Represented a subcontractor in $2 million dispute with a municipality, architect, engineer, and general contractor regarding construction defect in bridge that ultimately collapsed post-installation and insurance claims related to same.
• Represented a Delaware-based general contractor in dispute with a municipality regarding non-payment on multiple city-housing construction contracts for the upfit and renovation of eight city-housing projects. Negotiated full payment on outstanding invoices for client.
• Represented multiple contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers in mechanic’s lien disputes in North Carolina and South Carolina from recording liens through litigation and negotiated numerous settlements to resolve lien and breach of contract disputes between construction professionals.
• Represented a bridge subcontractor in dispute with general contractor on payment dispute related to rehabilitation of bridge in Charleston, South Carolina and reached resolution through mediation.

Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights

• Represented a bank in adversary proceeding and related Chapter 11 in Middle District of North Carolina related to $1 million in claims against bank for alleged improper lending practices. Client dismissed from adversary proceeding after successful briefing and argument on client’s motion to dismiss.
• Represented a Tennessee-based lender with focus on equipment financing in multiple Chapter 11 proceedings and state (claim and delivery (replevin) actions to recover from debtors/borrowers under notes tied to construction equipment. Equipment recovered in many instances and frequently obtained judgments and deficiency judgments against debtors/borrowers.
• Represented a national distributor of construction materials and asphalt in collections action(s) against subcontractors for non-payment of material invoices by subcontractors in state and federal court in North Carolina and South Carolina.
• Represented a Georgia-based general contractor in former subcontractor’s Chapter 11 proceeding with filing for amounts owed for backcharges, defective work, and abandonment of job by subcontractor.
• Represented a North Carolina general contractor in dispute with surety and third-party general contractor regarding dispute under payment bond and related Chapter 11 of third-party general contractor. Negotiated settlement for client resulting in significant reduction in client’s payment to surety under payment bond and resolution of claims against third-party general contractor for indemnification through bankruptcy.
• Represented a general contractor in dispute with second-tier subcontractor over non-payment by first-tier subcontractor/debtor on construction project and successfully negotiated resolution of the second-tier subcontractor’s claim against general contractor for 20% of claim value.
• Served as local counsel for corporate creditor in multimillion-dollar Chapter 11 in Western District of North Carolina involving asbestos liability of debtor and related creation of trust for potential claimants.

• The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" in Construction and Construction Litigation, 2023-2025; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2025
• Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute, Class of 2023
• Business North Carolina magazine’s "Legal Elite" in Construction Law, 2023-2024; Young Guns, 2022-2023
• North Carolina Lawyers Weekly's Icons and Phenoms, 2023