R. Harper Heckman

Harper Heckman practices in the areas of lien, bond, construction law and civil litigation.  He has tried cases in both state and federal courts and has argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the North Carolina Supreme Court, and the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Mr. Heckman has lectured on a variety of construction-related topics and has authored or co-authored the following publications:  

• Drafting the Perfect One-Year Warranty, The Construction Lawyer, Summer 2007
  

• State-by-State Analysis of Legal Issues Affecting Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Others, Aspen, 2005

• Time Is Money: Recovery of Liquidated Damages by the Owner, The Construction Lawyer, Fall 2004

• Contingent Payment Clauses, The Construction Business Handbook, Aspen, 2004

• State-By-State Guide to Architect, Engineer and Contractor Licensing (Co-Author), Aspen, 1999

• State-by-State Survey of Economic Loss Doctrine in Construction Litigation, American Bar Association Litigation Section, 1996

• Best Lawyers in America, Construction Law
• "Legal Elite" in Construction Law - Business North Carolina (2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008)
• North Carolina "Super Lawyer" for Construction Law (2006, 2007, and 2008)
• University of North Carolina School of Law - Adjunct Professor of Construction Law (2004 - Present)
• North Carolina Bar Association - Construction Law Section (Past Section Chair, Lien Law Rewrite Committee,Co-Chair Specialization Committee)
• American Bar Association - Forum on the Construction Industry (Chair of the Contract Documents Division)
• Triad Business Journal's "40 Leaders Under Forty"
• Past editor of The Change Order, the newsletter of the North Carolina Bar Association's Construction Section

Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Ind-Com Electric Company, 139 F.3d 419 (4th Cir. 1998)

City of New Bern v. Carteret-Craven EMC, 356 N.C. 123, 567 S.E.2d 131

Energy Investors Fund, L.P. v. Metric Constructors, Inc., 133 N.C. App. 522, 516 S.E.2d 399

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