Will Stout provides legal counsel to owners and developers on commercial construction projects. Drawing on his engineering background, he gains practical insight into construction challenges and encourages collaboration among project stakeholders, including general contractors, suppliers, 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 is also involved in negotiating and drafting construction contracts, including AIA contracts, for commercial construction projects in the healthcare, heavy highway, 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.

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.