Ned Nicholas has more than 20 years of construction and commercial litigation experience. His construction practice focuses on design professional defense. His extensive commercial litigation practice extends to all commercial-related matters. Ned’s clients have included design professionals, accountants, real estate professionals and insurers. He has lectured about construction industry and insurance issues and has authored or co-authored several articles exploring issues arising out of plaintiffs’ efforts to use tort law to redress contract grievances.

PRACTICE AREAS
• Construction
• Business and Commercial
• Insurance Litigation
• Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
• Professional Liability

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
• The Collision of Tort and Contract in the Construction Industry, Lloyd’s Int’l Construction L. Rev. 5 (1988) (with Murray H. Wright).
• Professional Negligence Claims and Constructive Fraud Principles Do Not Mix, 10 (Va. Ass’n Def. Att’ys) J. Civil Litig. 3 (1998) (with David E. Boelzner).
• The Economic Loss Rule in Virginia, 12 (Va. Ass’n Def. Att’ys) J. of Civil Litig. 391 (2000).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• Virginia State Bar

EDUCATION
• J.D., University of Virginia, 1981
• B.A., University of Virginia, 1977

LICENSURE AND ADMISSIONS
• Virginia State Bar
• All United States District Courts in Virginia
• United States Courts Of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Circuits