Adrian A. D’Arcy

Adrian D’Arcy’s primary practice areas include commercial litigation, surety litigation, construction litigation which he litigates in federal and state courts, and in arbitrations. Adrian is a proponent of resolving matters early in mediation and through alternative dispute resolution if possible so clients can focus on their companies and not on litigation. Additionally, Adrian crafts and reviews construction contracts so that clients are protected on the front end of projects. Adrian has over 19 years of litigation experience.

Adrian graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School and now teaches a Construction Law and Surety Law class there as an adjunct professor. Adrian has also presented numerous lectures on construction and surety issues over the last 19 years and he continues to speak on these subjects on a regular basis.

 

 

 

Bar Admissions

• All Louisiana State courts
• United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and Southern Districts of Texas and New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits
• United States Court of Federal Claims

Education

• Loyola University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
• University College Dublin, Ireland (B.A. [Economics] Honors)

Associations

• American Bar Association (Fidelity and Surety Committee of TIPS Section; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Divisions 7 & 10)
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• New Orleans Bar Association (Construction Committee (Former Chair))
• Ancient Order of Hibernians
• U.C.D. Alumni Association
• Associated Builders & Contractors, Bayou Chapter
• Louisiana Associated General Contractors
• Irish Legal 100
• Surety Claims Institute
• Pearlman Association

Seminars Presented

• Understanding AIA Document A312 Bond Forms, Lorman Education Services Live Webinar (September 2024)
• Important Recent Louisiana Cases on Construction Issues, New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators Program, New Orleans, (Dec 2023)
• Legislative/Case Update, The  Blueprint Conference, New Orleans (October 2023)
• Shaping the Skyline: Real Estate Development in Greater New Orleans, Tulane Business Forum, New Orleans (September 2023)
• Breach vs. Default—Triggers Under the Performance Bond, Pearlman, Seattle (September 2023)
• Conditional Clause Defenses, American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Spring Conference, Lake Tahoe (May 2023)
• Construction Case & Legislative Update, The Blueprint Conference, New Orleans (October 2022)
• AIA Contract Document Workshop, HalfMoon Education, Live Webinar (October 2022)
• Educational Session: Construction Legal Panel, Associated Builders and Contractors of Louisiana, State Convention, Gulf Shores (Jul 2022)
• Contractor Licensing – Who has to be Licensed? And, the Dangers of not being Licensed, New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators Program, New Orleans, (December 2021)
• Construction Legal Update, Associated Builders and Contractors (New Orleans/Bayou Chapter), Gulf Shores (July 2021)
• Job Order Contracting Fundamentals, Lorman Education Services, Live Webinar (May 2021)
• Construction Payment Remedies, Lorman Education Services, Live Webinar (April 2021)
• Construction and Surety Law Issues Due to COVID-19, HalfMoon Education , Live Webinar (May 2020)
• Construction Industry Issues Caused by Coronavirus, Lorman Education Services, Live Webinar (April 2020)
• Contractors and Coronavirus: Contract and Other Issues in the Current Environment, Associated Builders and Contractors (New Orleans/Bayou Chapter), Live Webinar (March 2020)
• Contractors and Coronavirus: Contract and Other Issues in the Current Environment, LAGC, live webinar (March, 2020)
• Construction Law: Advanced Issues and Answers, National Business Institute, New Orleans and Baton Rouge (December, 2019)
• How to Build Your “A” Team, Women in Construction, Washington DC (October, 2019)
• Change is on the Horizon: Everything Contractors Must Know About Upcoming Lien Laws, Associated Builders and Contractors (New Orleans/Bayou Chapter), Metairie (October 2019)
• Recent Amendments to the Louisiana Private Works Act, New Orleans Bar Association, New Orleans (September 2019)
• Financing the Principal – Protecting the Surety, Pearlman 2019, Seattle (September 2019)
• E-Discovery, LAGC’s Headquarters Quarterly Report Meeting, Baton Rouge, (Feb 2019)
• Sustainable Construction and the Law, New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators Program, New Orleans, (Dec 2018)
• Handle Construction Project Legal Issues With Confidence, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, National Business Institute, (Dec 2018)
• Wild Wild West of Louisiana Lien Law, Southeast Construction Defect and Dispute Conference, New Orleans, (Oct 2018)
• AIA Contract Document Workshop, HalfMoon Education, New Orleans, (Apr 2018)
• Legal Issues That Arise With Sustainable Construction and the AIA Sustainable Exhibit, National Association of Women in Construction, New Orleans, (Mar 2018)
• Construction Law: Advanced Issues and Answers, National Business Institute, New Orleans, (Mar 2018)
• Lien Law under Louisiana’s Public Works and Private Works Acts, New Orleans Bar Association, (Dec 2017)
• Construction Defect Litigation: from A to Z, National Business Institute, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, (Dec 2017)
• 2017 Changes to the AIA Contract Documents, (Sep 2017)
• The Rules of Evidence: A Practical Toolkit, National Business Institute, (May 2017)
• How to Get Your Social Media, E-Mail and Text Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out), National Business Institute, (Mar 2017)
• Written Discovery in Construction Litigation, New Orleans Bar Association, (Dec 2016)
• Troubleshooting Construction Project Legal Issues, National Business Institute, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, (Dec 2016)
• Applying the Rules of Civil Procedure in Louisiana, National Business Institute, New Orleans, (Nov 2016)
• Understanding AIA Document A312 Bond Forms, Lorman Education Services, nationwide webinar, (Oct 2016)
• Green Building 101: What Attorneys Need to Know and Why, New Orleans Bar Association, (Apr 2016)
• Construction Law, What do you do When..? National Business Institute, (Dec 2015)
• Construction Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, (Jun 2013, Jun 2014, Dec 2014)
• Green Building: What is it? And what does it mean for Sureties? HCC in-house presentation, (Jun 2013)
• Green Building: What’s Next? A discussion of the International Green Construction Code, New Orleans Bar Association, (Jun 2011)
• Construction Lien Law, New Orleans Bar Association, (Dec 2011)
• Green Building: What’s it all about and What Does it Mean for Lawyers?, New Orleans Bar Association, (Dec 2010)
• Façade Inspections, Energy Conservation and Bedbugs in New York City, Emerald Guild Society, (Nov 2010)
• Ten Things You Need to Know About Being a Construction Professional in Louisiana, CFMA, (Aug 2010)
• Louisiana Lien Law and Bankruptcy: How the Two Interplay When as Owner Enters into Bankruptcy, New Orleans Bar Association, (Jun 2009)
• Resolving Problems and Disputes on Construction Projects, National Business Institute, (Dec 2008)
• Current Issues in Lien Law, National Business Institute, (Nov 2009, Mar 2010)
• Written Discovery in Construction Litigation, New Orleans Bar Association, (Dec 2009)
• Construction Lien Law in Louisiana, Lorman Educational Services, (2008 – 2014)
• Construction Law for Non-Lawyers, Urban League, (Dec 2009)

Publications

• L & A Contracting Co. v. Southern Concrete Services, Inc.: Breach vs. Default—Triggers Under the Performance Bond, Pearlman (Fall 2023)
• The Electronic Payment Bond Deskbook (Louisiana Chapter), ABA Fidelity & Surety Law Committee (FSLC) of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (Spring 2023)
• “Houston, We Have a Problem: Could Legal Codes, Land Use Regulations, and Zoning Requirements Blunted Harvey’s Devastation?” “2 x 4 x 10”, ABA Forum on Construction Law, Division 10 (Winter 2017)
• Project Owners and the AIA’s Sustainable Project Contract Documents” (Journal of ABA Forum on Construction Law, Vol 37, No. 1 (Winter 2017)