Matthew DeVries

Attorney at Burr & Forman, LLP
Mr. DeVries is a Shareholder at Burr & Forman, LLP, where his practice focuses on construction and transportation law, contractor and professional licensing and complex commercial litigation. He is also the founder and author of www.bestpracticesconstructionlaw.com, a nationally-recognized, construction-related blog that focuses on project management, claims, technology and legal trends. Mr. DeVries has received the JD Supra Reader’s Choice award for five years in a row (2016-2020) for his blogging in the construction arena. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2013-2019 and was named as a 2011 Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers in the “Construction Law” category. In 2011, he also received the ENR South Central magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40” award for leadership in the construction industry. Mr. DeVries practices in the areas of construction law and complex commercial litigation with a considerable emphasis on construction litigation, contractor and professional licensing compliance, construction contracts and finance, mechanic’s lien enforcement and green building. His industry experience includes highways and bridges; power plants; waste water treatment facilities; offshore oil drilling pipelines; educational, medical and commercial buildings; and multi-family and single family residential development.