Garret David Murai

Garret is a partner at Nomos LLP in Oakland, California where he specializes in construction, real estate and related business disputes.

The son of an architect, Garret grew up around blueprints and drafting tables. And, while he didn’t follow in his father’s footsteps he didn’t stray far either. He worked as a lobbyist in Sacramento and later Washington, D.C. where he represented the design profession and construction industry before the California state legislature, Congress and executive bodies including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Since then, Garret’s practice has focused almost exclusively on construction, real estate and related business disputes. He has represented owners, developers, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and sureties from contract negotiations through trial on numerous public and private projects from state-of-the-art solar projects to the most iconic landmarks in the state including the Golden Gate Bridge.

Recognized as a Rising Star in the area of construction litigation in Thompson Reuter’s annual list of Northern California Super Lawyers, Garret has written and spoken before many of the leading construction organizations in the state and is a contributing author on topics related to construction law for the Continuing Education of the Bar sponsored by the State Bar of California and published by the University of California.

Garret is also the author of the California Construction Law Blog () which provides an informative yet wry look at legal issues affecting the California construction industry.