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Bradley E.
Sands

Position
Associate
Office
Atlanta

Bradley Sands is an associate on the Construction Team. He focuses on construction litigation and contract drafting, review, and negotiation.


Brad has successfully represented owners, general contractors, and major subcontractors alike in a wide range of projects within the construction industry. Brad provides legal advice to clients throughout the entire life cycle of a project, from initial contract drafting to final arbitration award. Brad has maintained his professional engineering license and draws from his diverse construction experience when providing legal counsel.

Prior to law school, Brad worked as a civil engineer in the railroad industry. Brad had integral leadership roles as a project manager and engineer-of-record for many large-scale intermodal and oil and gas facilities. His engineering and construction work extended from Florida to New York, and he was an active member of various committees for American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

While in law school, Brad served as articles editor for the Colorado Technology Law Journal; worked for a Tier 1 internet service provider and a venture capital firm; and interned with the Denver office of the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Noteworthy

  • Best Lawyers®, "Ones to Watch," Construction Law (2023, 2024 and 2026)

Publications

  • "'It's My Retainage and I Want It Now' – Fundamentals to Requirements and Entitlement for Retainage," ConsensusDocs, July 10, 2025
  • "Untangling Unique Legal Issues In Modern Modular Construction," Construction Executive, July 24, 2024
  • "Nailing Down the Details: The UCC's Impact on Construction Contracts," ConsensusDocs, July 11, 2024
  • "Betterment and First Costs – Entitlement to Damages from Defects, Deviations, and Deficiencies Doesn't Come with a Blank Check," ConsensusDocs, July 10, 2023
  • "Trends and Developments," Chambers Global Practice Guide, Construction Law – USA Chapter, 2023
  • "Overtime! – When the Statute of Limitations Isn't Game Over For Your Claim," ConsensusDocs, July 11, 2022
  • "Trends and Developments," Chambers Global Practice Guide, Construction Law – USA Chapter, 2022
  • "Ready, Fire, Aim: The Importance of Targeting Your Delay Notices," ConsensusDocs, October 2021
  • "Pass-Through Subcontractor Claims, Liquidating Agreements, and Avoiding a Two-Front War," ConsensusDocs, April 8, 2021
  • "Southeast Region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia," Construction Law Update, Wolters Kluwer, 2020–2023
  • "Southwest Region: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas," Construction Law Update, Wolters Kluwer, 2020–2023
  • "Build Your Construction Contract on Solid Ground: Know the Documents You Incorporated by Reference!" ConsensusDocs, April 22, 2020
  • "Shop Drawings: The Design’s Last Mile," The Associated General Contractors of America’s Law in Brief, April 2019

Presentations

  • "Delays, Dollars, and Disasters! How to Prevent and Deal with Them," 2023 Construction Law Update Seminar, Houston, Texas, May 18, 2023
Atlanta
Suite 1400
3455 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
D: 404.870.7529
F: 404.870.7577
Emailbsands@joneswalker.com

Education

  • University of Colorado Law School
    JD, 2016
    Colorado Technology Law Journal, Articles Editor
  • Vanderbilt University
    BE, Civil Engineering, 2007

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado
  • Georgia

Related Practices

  • Construction
  • Litigation

Related Industries

  • Construction Industry
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