Christopher Solop Email & Phone Number

Christopher Solop leads the firm’s Construction Litigation and Government Contracts sections. Chris has extensive experience representing clients in all areas of construction and government contracts, including pre- and post award protests, equitable adjustment and claim preparation, and litigation. Chris’s practice also includes arbitration and mediation of complex construction claims.Chris's experience in construction law and litigation spans more than thirty (30) years. He has pursued successful bid protests before federal, state, and local authorities. His construction claim and litigation experience includes residential projects; gas line installation/construction and horizontal directional drilling; levee construction and rehabilitation; dock construction; dredging; military family housing construction; highway and infrastructure construction. Claims issues have involved defective plans and specifications; insurance coverage and defense; scheduling, acceleration, and delays; constructive changes; variations in estimated quantities; site access and differing site conditions; terminations for default and convenience; and productivity and loss of efficiency claims. Chris has also litigated payment and performance bond claims. His experience includes negotiating tender and takeover agreements with sureties and defending against surety claims under the general indemnity agreement. Chris’s public procurement experience extends to services contracts with federal, state, and local governments, including: contracts for military food service, Randolph Sheppard Act vendor litigation and arbitration, and military family housing maintenance and representing clients on various U.S. Small Business Administration business assistance programs.Chris is an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and a certified mediator and arbitrator on the Mississippi State Bar's List. He is also General Counsel for the Associated General Contractors of Mississippi.

Listed skills include Construction Law, Civil Litigation, Litigation, Product Liability, and 14 others.