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Knoxville Office
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rated Education Bar Admission Practice Area Loy Waldrop has represented contractors, design professionals, developers, owners, sureties, and material suppliers in a wide range of construction industry matters for almost 30 years. He has over 25 years experience in defending major lawsuits against designers with single suit claims as high as 250 million dollars. He has represented contractors in the prosecution and defense of claims ranging from payment issues to complex differing site conditions and scheduling claims. He has participated in hundreds of court cases and arbitration proceedings and personally has tried dozens of jury and bench trials and arbitration hearings to verdict. He has obtained summary or voluntary dismissals of numerous suits against designers. He also regularly assists his contractor and designer clients in contract review and negotiation. His present practice is devoted almost exclusively to the construction industry. In the first ten years of his career, he obtained extensive trial experience in automobile accident and product liability cases. Mr. Waldrop chairs Lewis King’s Construction Law Practice Division with ten lawyers in the firm’s Knoxville and Nashville offices. Mr. Waldrop was recognized in 2007, 2008, and 2009 as one of Knoxville’s top construction lawyers in peer voted polls of the Knoxville Bar conducted by Knoxville’s City View magazine. He was also named to “Mid-South Super Lawyers” in 2008 and 2009 and to “Best Lawyers in America” in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Representative Experience:
Loy Waldrop is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Clemson University where he obtained a Mechanical Engineering degree. He served in the U. S. Army Security Agency from 1966-68, reaching the rank of Captain, and also worked as an engineer for Olin Corporation for approximately three years. Mr. Waldrop graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Law where he was executive editor of the Law Review. Mr. Waldrop has served as president of the local chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute and on the Board of Directors of an American Subcontractors Association chapter. He has also served the local chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors as a board member and serves as chapter attorney. He serves as an arbitrator in construction cases and as a mediator for construction disputes. He served on the first Board of Directors of the Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel. He is also served on the Tennessee Bar Association committee responsible for drafting Tennessee’s new construction lien statutes. Mr. Waldrop has been presenting seminars for the construction industry for over 20 years to local and regional audiences. His recent construction industry seminar engagements include the following: Speaker, “Legal Issues for Tennessee Design Professionals” – HalfMoon Seminars, Knoxville, 2009. Speaker, “Sinkholes and Wetlands: What to do When Bad “Stuff” Happens” - Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel Seminar, Nashville, 2008. Speaker, “Tennessee Construction Law for Architects, Engineers, and Contractors” - HalfMoon Seminars, Knoxville, 2008. Speaker, “The Fundamentals of Construction Contracts: Understanding the Issues” - Lorman Education Services, Inc., Knoxville, 2008. Speaker, “Integrated Project Delivery” - AIA Tennessee Convention, Nashville, 2008. Speaker, “Tennessee’s New Construction Lien Law” - HalfMoon Seminars, Knoxville, 2007. Speaker, “Legal Issues for Design Professionals” – HalfMoon Seminars, Knoxville, 2006. Speaker, “Solving Water Intrusion and Mold Problems in Tennessee” – Lorman Education Services, Inc., Knoxville, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Speaker, “The Fundamentals of Construction Contracts in Tennessee: Understanding the Issues” - Lorman Education Services, Inc., Knoxville, 2003 and 2004. |
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