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Will Stout provides legal counsel to owners and developers on commercial construction and real estate development projects. Drawing on his engineering background, he gains practical insight into real estate and construction challenges and encourages collaboration among project stakeholders, including owners, developers, municipalities, counties, general contractors, architects, designers, engineers, and subcontractors. This approach ensures timely identification and proactive resolution of potential issues.

Will's experience spans a wide range of construction issues such as the Prompt Payment Act, Tennessee's mechanics' and materialmen's lien law, change orders, interference, design defects, breach of contract, breach of warranty, negligence, and delay and impact claims. He regularly advises real estate developers on entitlement processes, zoning requirements, land use regulations, road and infrastructure issues, utility issues, and development agreements. Will especially likes working with city and county attorneys to find solutions that work for the benefit of his clients and the public. He is a firm believer that proper real estate development benefits all.

He is also involved in negotiating and drafting construction contracts, including AIA contracts, for commercial construction and real estate development projects in the healthcare, heavy highway, mixed-use, and other industries.

Prior to private practice, Will served as an Assistant Attorney General in Tennessee, gaining valuable litigation experience and insight into government processes. He also served as a clerk for the Honorable Corey Maze in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Will is a member of the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel, the Tennessee Bar Association and NAIOP's Developing Leaders. 

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Represented a private equity investor in a Nashville construction project valued at over $800 million.
  • Represented heavy highway contractor in a dispute with a government entity over delay and disruption claims.
  • Successfully appealed a $600,000 fine for a contractor in a dispute over alleged disturbance of a wetland on a construction project.

Education

  • Vanderbilt Law School
    • J.D., 2019
  • Auburn University
    • B.E., 2016

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2019
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee
  • U.S. Tax Court

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