Stagg Wabnik Law Group Hires Brian P. Craig to Join the Firm’s Construction Law Practice

June 1, 2022 Stagg Wabnik Law Group, Garden City, N.Y., is pleased to announce that Brian P. Craig, Esq. has joined the firm’s Construction Law practice.  Brian has over thirty years of experience practicing construction law at New York City and Long Island law firms.  His practice includes litigation, arbitration and mediation of construction disputes, mechanic’s liens, bid protests, design professional’s liability and contractor’s claims in both the private and public sectors.  He has handled trials in the New York Court of Claims, negotiated settlements with the Claims Unit of the Attorney General’s Office, negotiated and drafted contracts, and provided counseling during the course of construction and dispute resolution after project closeout.  Brian has represented sureties, owners, prime contractors, subcontractors, architects and vendors, and was previously appointed Special Construction Litigation Counsel for the Nassau County Aquatic Center. Brian is admitted in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Claims, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York and is admitted to the New York State Bar.  He graduated cum laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review.  He received his undergraduate degree from Daemen College. Brian has lectured on various topics, including “The Fundamentals of Mechanic’s’ Liens,” and authored “New York Legislative Update,” September 2013, Subcontractor News; “Getting Paid: Have Your Mechanic’s Lien Rights Expired? You May Still Have ‘Bullets in the Clip,’” Subcontractor News, March 2013; “Before Commencing Work On A Project Get The Essentials And Take Advantage Of Your ‘Honeymoon Period’,” Subcontractor News, March 2012; “An Architect’s or General Contractor’s Duty to Investigate for Asbestos,” American Bar Association Public Contracts Newsletter, Fall 1993. Managing Partner Thomas Stagg said, “We are very excited to have Brian join our practice.  His extraordinary experience will be a benefit to the firm and our clients.”  Partner Brian Lacoff added, “Brian’s wide-ranging experience in the industry will undoubtably bolster our growing construction law practice.”

About Stagg Wabnik Law Group Stagg Wabnik Law Group practices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The firm has achieved the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which rates legal ability and ethical standards.  Certain of our attorneys are Super Lawyers^®, which is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  Our practice areas include commercial and general liability litigation, banking and consumer litigation, labor and employment, trust management and litigation, securities law, municipal law, construction and real estate law, land use, environmental law, and corporate transactions. The firm’s clients include several of the largest companies in the world, who turn to us for our expertise, experience and value, and because we take an original and fresh approach to resolving matters for our clients. We are equally adept at representing small companies, municipalities and individuals, many of whom turn to us for quality representation at a reasonable cost. By truly listening to the needs of our clients and looking for ways to resolve conflicts in nontraditional ways, we have established long-standing relationships with our clients, many of whom we have represented for decades. We are proud of the trust and loyalty that all of our clients, both large and small, have placed in the Stagg Wabnik Law Group. We have successfully tried many cases, yet have also been successful employing alternative dispute resolution techniques and negotiations on behalf of our clients. Clients turn to us because we listen to their needs and always put their interests first.

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