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Orange County
20 Pacifica
Suite 260
Irvine, CA 92618
tel. +1
949.608.3100
fax +1
949.608.3103
rpierce@pecklaw.com
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Ronald
B.
Pierce
is a
partner
in
Peckar
&
Abramson’s
Orange
County,
California
office.
A
native
Californian,
he
has
practiced
law
for
over
27
years,
nearly
25
years
in
Orange
County.
He
is
licensed
to
practice
before
all
state
and
federal
courts
in
the
State
of
California.
Throughout
his
career,
Mr.
Pierce’s
primary
focus
has
been
to
resolve
those
legal
disputes
that
could
ruin
a
contractor’s
year
or
career.
Through
counsel,
drafting,
negotiation,
litigation,
mediation,
and
arbitration,
he
has
represented
contractors
or
their
sureties
in
contract
review
and
revision;
bid
protest;
bonding
and
indemnity;
licensing
challenge;
subcontractor
listing;
prevailing
wage;
change
order
and
other
contract
administration;
default
and
termination
claim;
delay,
disruption,
and
inefficiency
claim;
liquidated
damage
claim;
mechanic’s
lien
and
bond
right;
False
Claims
Act
claim;
and
subcontractor
and
supplier
claim
issues.
Mr.
Pierce
has
represented
contractors
or
their
sureties
in
many
prominent
construction
projects
and
disputes,
for
example:
delay,
disruption,
and
inefficiency
claims,
alleged
cost
overruns,
defective
work,
and
delays
on
remodeling
project
at
the
Tom
Bradley
International
Terminal
at
LAX/LAWA;
alleged
False
Claims
Act
violating
set-aside
requirements
and
Miller
Act
claims
arising
out
of
Enlisted
Personnel
Housing
project,
USMC
Camp
Pendleton;
alleged
failure
to
meet
performance
criteria
specifications
for
automated
water
distribution
system
for
Los
Angeles
Metropolitan
Water
District;
contract
and
change
order
administration
claims,
disputed
termination
for
default,
on
private
medical
clinic
and
birthing
center
in
Costa
Mesa;
alleged
cost
overruns
and
failure
to
meet
specifications
for
design-build,
modular,
relocatable
high
school
in
Irvine;
bankruptcy
of
owner
during
construction
of
high-rise
Marriott
Suites
Hotel;
and
multiple
disputes
over
numerous
CalTrans
highway
improvement
projects
throughout
California.
Amounts
in
controversy
have
ranged
from
several
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
tens
of
millions,
with
recoveries
and
claims
resolved
in
the
multiple
millions.
Mr.
Pierce
also
represents
a
variety
of
businesses
concerning
employment,
real
estate,
and
creditor
rights/bankruptcy
issues,
providing
general
counsel
to
small
businesses.
Mr.
Pierce
is
an
active
member
of
the
Legal
Advisory
Committee
for
the
Associated
General
Contractors,
California
and
its
Orange
County
Division.
For
over
20
years,
he
has
been
rated
an
“AV”
lawyer,
the
highest
standard
published
in
the
peer
review
ratings
published
by
LexisNexis
Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr.
Pierce
graduated
from
the
University
of
California
at
Berkeley,
with
great
distinction
in
general
scholarship
and
an
A.B.
degree
in
political
science,
where
he
also
was
elected
to
the
Phi
Beta
Kappa
honor
society.
He
earned
his
J.D.
degree
from
UCLA
School
of
Law,
completing
the
Moot
Court
Honors
Program.
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