Honors & Activities

Top Lawyer in Construction Litigation (dbusiness Publication)

Super Lawyer in Michigan for Construction Litigation (Super Lawyers Publication), 2019-2024

Rising Star in Michigan (Super Lawyers Publication), 2010-2018

Fellow, Construction Lawyers Society of America

Construction Law Seminar speaker, Making Changes and Resolving Disputes during the Construction Process; Reviewing Bidding Documents; Best Practices for Negotiating Indemnification Provisions; Distinguishing Between Construction Defects & Failures; Contract Law Primer for Engineers; Best Practices for Claim Submissions and Legal Aspects to Consider; Understanding Construction Contract Essentials; Contract Issues on Sustainable Design and Construction Projects; and Managing Construction with AIA Document A201: General Conditions.

Mason Contractors’ Association speaker, The Contract Change Clause, Types of Changes: Ordered and Constructive

Detroit Ceramic Tile Contractors Association speaker, Documenting and Perfecting Changes and Claims

Michigan Mason Contractors’ Association speaker, “Tracking Your Money,” The Contract Change Clause

Associated General Contractors of Michigan speaker, Documenting and Perfecting Changes and Claims

Construction Association of Michigan speaker, Contract Clauses to COVID-Proof Your Project

Author, The Pay-If-Paid Clause and Chinks in its Armor, Cross-Section Magazine of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association

Author, The Pay-If-Paid Clause and Defenses to its Enforcement, Construction Association of Michigan (CAM) Magazine

Contributor, Construction Liens in Michigan, Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Liaison to American Institute of Architects for the 2017 Revisions to the A201 and B101 Documents

Illustrative Results

• Zero dollars awarded in arbitration against a client general contractor on a multimillion-dollar claim by a subcontractor for extra work and loss of productivity during an automotive production facility construction project.
• Nearly million-dollar settlement in favor of the client owner against the architect and construction manager stemming from the design and construction services provided for a new apartment complex.
• Recoupment of payments and attorneys’ fees for a client owner against a general contractor that had misappropriated project payments and abandoned a contract to construct an industrial building.
• Nearly two-million-dollar settlement in favor of a client contractor of claims related to substantial project delays and owner caused inefficiencies on a large multi-year public works project.
• Multimillion-dollar jury verdict in favor of client builder against a developer and its principal for fraud related to the development of an upscale subdivision.
• Over a million-dollar settlement in favor of client owner against an architect related to the deficient construction of a sanitary sewer system.
• Several hundred thousand dollars awarded in arbitration to client general contractor, including an award of attorney fees, against an owner for construction delays and a change in site conditions.
• One hundred-thousand-dollar settlement in favor of client owner of a claim for fraudulent billing against a nearly one-million-dollar construction lien and claim for breach of contract by a general contractor.
• Contract balance awarded in arbitration to client piling subcontractor and zero dollars awarded to defendant general contractor for damages arising from allegedly deficient performance in connection with two MDOT construction projects.
• Contract balance and attorney fees as a prevailing party awarded in arbitration to client earth and utilities subcontractor after client was wrongfully terminated from a large mixed-used project stemming from a dispute over the interpretation of its subcontract and its performance.
• Contract balance jury verdict to client steel contractor and zero dollars awarded to defendant owner for damages arising from allegedly deficient performance.
• Zero dollars awarded in arbitration against client owner on a claim by a contractor for change orders exceeding one million dollars related to alleged additional work, EIFS coating, additional equipment, and extended general conditions on a forty-story building.
• Zero dollars awarded in arbitration against clients general contractor and its surety on a claim by a public entity for damages of several hundred thousand dollars related to allegedly deficient construction.
• Zero dollars awarded in arbitration against client owner on a claim by a general contractor for breach of contract.  The client owner received an award of attorney fees for prevailing in the arbitration.
• Judgment in favor of client supplier against prospective purchaser for discovery violations that included deletion and manipulation of electronic evidence.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Michigan Bar Association, Member

American Bar Association, Litigation and Contract Documents, Dispute Resolution, and Insurance, Surety and Liens Divisions of the Construction Industry Forum, Member

American Arbitration Association (AAA), Arbitrator Panel Member

Past Experience

Federal District Court Judge, Intern

Oakland County Circuit Court Judge, Intern

Free Legal Aid Clinic, Student Attorney

Education

Ryan Jezdimir graduated cum laude from Wayne State University Law School in 2004.  He served as a member of the Moot Court Outside Competition Team and received a Top Oralist award while also serving as a member of the Journal of Law in Society.  Ryan obtained his undergraduate degree from Alma College in 2000 with dual majors in Economics and Political Science.