Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that partner John I. Spangler III has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL). He will be among the 12 new Fellows inducted at the 2025 ACCL Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida from February 13-16, 2025.
The ACCL is a national organization of lawyers who have demonstrated skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct and who are dedicated to excellence in the practice of construction law.
“John has an incredible depth of knowledge of the construction industry and has provided strategic counsel regarding construction contracts, negotiations and disputes for more than 35 years,” said Bradley Partner and Construction Practice Group Leader David W. Owen. “We are proud of John for this well-deserved achievement recognizing his contributions to the industry as a whole.”
A partner in the firm’s Atlanta office, Mr. Spangler concentrates his practice on representing owners, contractors and design professionals in construction disputes, including jury trials, arbitrations and mediations. He regularly defends and prosecutes all types of construction-related claims, including delay, interference and acceleration claims, extended overhead claims, and claims of defective construction and defective design. He has also handled bid and procurement protests and government contracting disputes. Mr. Spangler has extensive experience with teaming agreements, joint venture agreements, design-build, general contractor and construction management contracts, architectural and engineering agreements, program managements and project management agreements.
Mr. Spangler joined Bradley in June 2023, helping grow the firm’s Atlanta office and expand the reach of its nationally recognized Construction Practice Group. He has been ranked in Chambers USA as a leading construction attorney in Georgia since 2003 and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2004. He is a founding member of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Construction Law Section and is active in the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry.
Bradley’s Construction Practice Group has been recognized by Best Law Firms® as the nation’s “Law Firm of the Year” for Litigation – Construction in 2023 and for Construction Law in 2022, 2020, and 2018, a designation only given to one law firm in the country per legal practice area each year. The firm’s construction attorneys counsel clients on projects in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as more than 35 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and South America.
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For more than 150 years, Bradley has combined skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With 13 offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s more than 650 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.
