Over the past 23 years Jerry Melchiode has honed his legal skills enabling him to balance his clients’ economic concerns with proactive dispute resolution in the areas of construction, insurance, transportation, marine, product liability, professional liability, property, commercial litigation, and environmental/toxic tort liability. Jerry is licensed to practice in Louisiana and Texas, as well as the United States Court of Federal Claims. His diverse construction law experience includes representation of owners, contractors and design professionals in all aspects of construction, both public and private, from bidding, contract drafting, and delay claims to construction defect litigation. His experience includes complex issues involving roof failures, soil subsidence, foundation failures, plumbing and HVAC problems.His insurance experience goes beyond the construction arena and he represents standard and surplus lines insurers in a broad array of product lines. He handles both coverage and defense matters, and represents insurers in bad faith litigation.
Listed skills include Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, Construction Law, and 14 others.
