California construction and real estate attorney Meredith Jones-McKeown is an experienced trial attorney who has also negotiated and structured numerous contracts for complex construction projects. Her multifaceted practice focuses on construction, environmental, government contracts and real estate litigation and transactions. Meredith has successfully tried cases in state and federal court as well as private arbitration.
Ranked by Chambers USA, which recognized her tenacity and command in complex matters, Meredith has extensive experience in litigation on all aspects of construction projects, both private and public, including delay and disruption, mechanic’s liens, stop notice and payment remedies and construction defect. Her clients include property owners, universities, hospitals and healthcare facilities, energy providers, contractors, private developers, design professionals and subcontractors.
When working with clients on sophisticated construction contracts, Meredith drafts and negotiates a range of agreements, including EPC contracts, design-build contracts, professional/consultant contracts and modified AIA documents. Her project experience includes solar-generation and other energy facilities, large-scale commercial projects, mixed-use housing developments, medical facilities, university developments, condominium projects and public-bond funded construction.
Meredith has received several accolades, including recently being named one of the “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business” by the San Francisco Business Times. She has been designated a “Rising Star” by Northern California Super Lawyers every year since 2011, ranked by Chambers USA as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” as an “Up and Coming” Lawyer in Construction Law and was described as a “very solid construction lawyer with experience beyond her years” by the Legal 500.
Ranked by Chambers & Best Lawyers
Construction Law
Professional Recognition
- Listed in Chambers USA as "America's Leading Lawyers" for Construction Law, 2021 – 2023
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Construction Law, 2020 – 2024
- Fellow, Construction Lawyers Society of America
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Named Lawyer of the Year in Construction Law, San Francisco by Best Lawyers in America, 2021
- Recognized as a “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business,” San Francisco Business Times, 2017
- Recognized in Construction Law by Legal 500, 2012, 2014, 2016
- Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Northern California Rising Star," 2011 – 2017, "Northern California Super Lawyer," 2020 – 2023
- Named Up and Coming Lawyer in Construction Law by Chambers USA
Related Employment
- Sheppard Mullin, San Francisco, Partner
- Judicial Extern to the Honorable Susan Illston, United States District Court, Northern District of California