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Kirk Sosebee practices in the firm’s Construction Industry and Business Litigation sections. In his construction practice, Kirk represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers with issues relating to both road building and vertical construction projects, including construction contract negotiations and preparation, payment disputes, mechanic’s liens, construction defects, delay claims, and OSHA matters. Kirk also has extensive experience representing design and engineering firms, including in several multi-million dollar disputes relating to alleged design defects, geotechnical engineering, and construction materials observation, testing, and inspections. Kirk is licensed to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia.

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  • Why I love being a lawyer...

    I truly enjoy helping clients solve problems. Attorneys can do a lot of good by using creative problem-solving to help our clients avoid litigation, when possible. If we do get to litigation, my competitive side really comes, and I work hard to help our clients win.

  • If I wasn’t practicing law...

    I would do something sports-related. I would enjoy coaching football or baseball, or being a sports commentator. I love the teamwork and competition in sports – similar to the things I enjoy about being a lawyer.

  • Which of the six states you lived in was your favorite?

    As an Air Force family, we got to see some interesting places. I'd have to say that Georgia and Virginia are my favorites. I really love living life out in the country. Southwest Virginia is a great place to raise kids, and we’re very happy and blessed to be living near family.

Education

  • Patrick Henry College, B.A.
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.

Experience

  • Represented owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in contract preparation and negotiation
  • Represented clients in responding to and litigating OSHA citations
  • Represented owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in negotiation, arbitration, and litigation relating to disputes over payment
  • Represented general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in preparing and filing mechanic’s liens, and in litigating mechanic’s liens
  • Represented owners and general contractors in bonding off, defending against, and litigating mechanic’s liens
  • Represented owners, general contractors, and subcontractors in negotiations, arbitration, and litigation relating to disputes over construction defects
  • Represented design and engineering firms relating to alleged design defects
  • Represented design and engineering firms relating to litigation over geotechnical engineering issues
  • Represented design and engineering firms relating to litigation over the provision of construction materials observation, testing, and inspection services
  • Represented both defendants and relators in False Claims Act cases valued over $100M
  • Worked on a Supreme Court amicus brief at the petition for certiorari stage
  • Pro bono projects, including Section 1983 prisoner civil rights cases

Affiliations

  • President, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Virginia Chapter (2022-2023)
  • President-Elect, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Virginia Chapter (2021-2022)
  • Vice President, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Virginia Chapter (2020-2021)
  • Secretary, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Virginia Chapter (2017-2020)
  • Associate, Ted Dalton American Inn of Court (2017-2019)
  • Member, Virginia Bar Association’s Construction and Public Contracts Law Section Council (2024)
  • Member, Associated General Contractors of Virginia (2016-Present)
  • Member, The Virginia Bar Association (2016-Present)
  • Member, Roanoke Bar Association (2016-Present)
  • Member, American Bar Association (2015-Present)

Awards

  • Named to Best Lawyers in America’s “Ones to Watch” List for Commercial Litigation (2021-2025) and Construction Law (2022-2025)

Published Work

  • Co-Author, Design-Builders’ Amending AIA A141-2014: Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Design-Builder, Alternative Clauses to Standard Construction Contracts, Fifth Edition (2019)
  • Co-author, Show Me the Money, VBA Journal, Volume XLVI, No. 1 (Spring 2019).
  • Co-author, The False Claims Act: Past, Present, and Future; The Federal Lawyer, a publication of the Federal Bar Association (December 2016).
Kirk Sosebee, Gentry Locke Construction Law attorney

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