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Construction Law
Attorneys at D’Arcy Vicknair bring years of experience handling the legal, contractual, regulatory, transactional issues and litigations for construction industry clients.
Ashley Robinson Co-Authored: Understanding Sureties: Why Do They Do What They Do?, for the ABA’s Construction Lawyer Fall 2025 Magazine, “Managing Expectations”
D’Arcy Vicknair special counsel, Ashley Robinson, co-authored an article in the American Bar Association’s Constrution Lawyer Fall 2025 Magazine, “Managing Expectations”: “Understanding Sureties: Why Do They Do What They Do?”
Ashley, along with Douglass Wynne Jr., detail how to learn about the risks sureties face when financing principals, their rights to contract funds, and how they can assert defenses related to the obligee’s actions and project specifications.
Click on the image below to log into the American Bar Association’s website to access the article.
Happy Thanksgiving from D’Arcy Vicknair
Adrian D’Arcy and Ashley Robinson Speaking at 2025 Procrastinators Program


Join them Tuesday, December 18 for what should be an informative and entertaining hour of CLE.
For more information on the presentation and on the procrastinators program, click here.
Contracting Chaos? How Mid-America v. US Department of Transportation is Upending DBE Certifications, by Andrew Vicknair
D’Arcy Vicknair founding partner, Andrew Vicknair, recently authored a blog for the American Bar Association and posted on The Dispute Resolver: Contracting Chaos? How Mid-America v. US Department of Transportation is Upending DBE Certifications.
D’Arcy Vicknair LLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2026

Firms included in the 2026 Best Law Firms® list are recognized for professional excellence with impressive ratings from clients and peers.
All of us at D’Arcy Vicknair are grateful for the support of both our clients and our peers to help achieve this great award.
Ashley Robinson Participates in 2025 Annual Women in Construction Conference in Washington D.C.
Representing D’Arcy Vicknair, Ashley Robinson participated in this year’s 2025 Annual Women in Construction Conference, held in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C., last week. The Women in Construction Conference is the East Coast’s premiere forum for education, professional development and networking for women in the build industry. The organization empowers women to continue to grow and achieve success in the community with a “By Women, for Women” motto.
This year, Ashley served as a Breakout Session Co-Chair, and she helped to coordinate the seven breakout sessions, topics of which included: “Seizing Opportunities in a Booming Construction Market,” “Speak, Connect, Build: Storytelling for Women in Construction,” and more.
Ashley Robinson Selected as 2025 Leadership in Law Honoree

Started in 2005, Leadership in Law recognizes legal professionals in four categories: firm associated, court associated, in-house counsel and educators. Honorees were selected based on their professional and community involvement and achievements that have set the pace for the overall community.
Honorees were celebrated at an in-person event at the New Orleans Museum of Art on October 6. Congratulations to Ashley for this honor!
D’Arcy Vicknair Welcomes Jasmine Bandy to the Team

Having worked as an Assistant City attorney for the City of New Orleans, having clerked for a state court judge, and having worked for the Louisiana Supreme Court while in law school, Jasmine brings substantial experience to the firm, where her primary practice areas are construction litigation and surety litigation.
Welcome aboard Jasmine!
Lauren Marquette Joins the D’Arcy Vicknair Team as Special Counsel

D’Arcy Vicknair is excited to have Lauren join the team and put her litigation experience to work.
The D’Arcy Vicknair Professors are Back at Loyola Law School
As the new school year begins, two of D’Arcy Vicknair’s attorneys, adjunct Loyola Professors of Law, Adrian D’Arcy and Norman Mott, find themselves again imparting their expertise in their respective practices to help mold the young legal minds at Loyola College of Law.
Adrian is again teaching a class in Construction and Surety law and Norman is teaching Labor law, a class he has taught for 20 years.
D’Arcy Vicknair Attorneys Selected as Best Lawyers for 2026
D’Arcy Vicknair is proud to announce that its founding partners, Adrian D’Arcy and Andrew Vicknair, and Special Counsel Ashely Robinson, have been recognized as “Best Lawyers” in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
This is is the 9th consecutive year Adrian has been selected as a Best Lawyer, Andrew has been selected every year since 2019, and 2026 is the second year Ashley has been selected. Congratulations to all for this honor!







