Mr. Richard J Tyler

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Jones Walker LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Counsel for owner with respect to contractor delay
  disruption claims arising out of structural
  mechanical erection work for a 2M MTPY hot-briquetted iron plant in Texas (ICC arbitration).
  Lead Counsel for subcontractor with respect to cost overrun, delay,
  rework claims arising out of mechanical erection work on a greenfield ammonium nitrate plant in Iowa (ICC arbitration
  litigation).
  Counsel for subcontractor in termination dispute with contractor in Louisiana (litigation).
  Counsel for subcontractor with respect to contractor
  sub-subcontractor disputes arising out of power plant work at water treatment facility (not in litigation).
  Lead Counsel for subcontractor in termination dispute with a sub-subcontractor on a tank construction project for refinery in Texas (litigation).
  Counsel for demolition contractor in multiple lawsuits arising from deconstruction
  repurposing of the original Interstate 10 Twin Spans bridge across Lake Pontchartrain (litigation).
  Lead counsel for contractor with respect to multiple claims arising out of a project to replace a 23 km offshore section of a 28 gas pipeline running between Indonesia
  Singapore ( ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration).
  Lead Counsel for contractor with respect to cost overrun, delay,
  rework claims arising out of project to relocate an ammonium nitrate facility (litigation).
  Counsel for FEMA contractor in lawsuit alleging that sitework for Katrina group housing caused damage to l
  owner's property (litigation).
  Counsel for contractor with respect to class
  individual actions arising out failure of the New Orleans area hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina (litigation).
  Counsel for FEMA contractor in lawsuit alleging that sitework for Katrina group housing caused damage to l
  owner's property (litigation).
  Appeal Counsel for industrial contractor in the appeal of adverse trial court judgment in a household exposure mesothelioma case.
  Represented airport program manager in multiple suits arising out of termination of general contractor.

  Transactions

  Agreement for turnkey construction of 48,000 horsepower gas handling facility; Master Service Agreement for the construction, repair, maintenance or inspection of oil storage facilities; Program Manager Agreement for $278M road construction project; Design-Build Agreement for construction of $56M heavy manufacturing plant; Design and construction agreements for new administrative offices and production facility.