Matthew Hicks

MATTHEW HICKS has extensive experience in a wide range of construction and business matters. He has handled numerous trials, arbitrations, mediations, and pre-litigation dispute resolution negotiations on behalf of private companies, individuals and public entities. Mr. Hicks has represented owners, general contractors, subcontractors and sureties on both public and private works projects involving contracts, disputes and projects ranging from tens of millions of dollars down to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In his construction law practice, Mr. Hicks has prosecuted and defended a myriad of claims including but not limited to time-related claims (e.g., delay/impact), extra work and change order claims, differing site condition claims, inadequate design and construction defect claims, indemnity claims, statutory penalty claims and attorney's fee litigation. Mr. Hicks also provides legal advice and counsel regarding the contracting process (e.g., bid and contract disputes/performance bond claims), payment enforcement/defense (e.g. payment bonds/mechanic's liens/stop notices/insurance claims), administrative issues, and general advice and counsel relative to contract preparation and negotiation. Mr. Hicks also advises clients on related construction and business issues, including preventative risk analysis, wage issues, the False Claims Act, and construction defects.

In his non-construction law practice, Mr. Hicks has extensive litigation, dispute resolution, and trial experience in a vast array of business matters, defending public entity and private sectors employers in wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination and PAGA cases, and representing public entity school districts in Americans with Disabilities (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act cases involving allegations of a failure to provide facilities access, allegations of a failure to properly integrate into a general education setting (unlawful segregation claims), allegations of a failure too provide effective communication, allegations of a failure to accommodate, and allegations of a failure to properly assess special needs students.