Overview
Ciaran focuses his practice on construction law and related litigation. He has experience in all areas of litigation for construction and real estate cases from handling complaints and depositions to settlements and trials. He is skilled in contract drafting, review, and negotiation, project management, and claims analysis and management.
From complex litigation to advising subcontractors as they expand their businesses, Ciaran provides clients exceptional counsel on a diverse array of matters.
Representative Experience
- Actively working on a multi-million-dollar complex litigation matter regarding joint ventures associated with several heavy/highway projects in Ohio.
- Successfully negotiated and secured favorable settlements in various matters representing contractors, sureties, and subcontractors.
- Successfully negotiated and secured a favorable settlement in an arbitration against a Fortune 100 company.
- Assisted with a complex litigation matter for a $150 million mixed-use new construction project.
- Actively working on a $15 million arbitration relating to the new construction of a recycling facility.
- Successfully adjudicated payment bond claims for subcontractors.
- Actively representing a contractor in a $350,000 litigation over the owner’s nonpayment.
- Actively working on a $600,000 arbitration against a Fortune 100 company.
Education & Admissions
Education
- Cleveland State University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2022
- CALI Award – Pretrial Justice (2022)
- Award of Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law (2021)
- CALI Award – Family Law (2021)
- CALI Award – Innovation Law Seminar (2021)
- CALI Award – Civil Procedure (2020)
- The Ohio State University, B.S., cum laude, 2017
Bar and Court Admissions
- State of Ohio
- Northern District of Ohio
- Ohio Court of Claims
Involvement
Professional Affiliations
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Member – Council of Delegates (2024 – Present)
- Member – Screening Committee of the Council of Delegates (2025 – Present)
- American Bar Association
- Member – Forum on Construction Law (2024 – Present)
- Ohio Contractors Association
- Future Leaders Forum Class of 2025 – 2026
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
Publications
- “Expanding Equity with DBE Program Updates,” Properties Magazine (July 2024)
- “Stick to Supervision: Best Practices for General Contractors To Avoid Liability Under The ‘Doctrine of Active Participation’,” Frantz Ward On the Level (February 2024)
Representative Experience
- Actively working on a multi-million-dollar complex litigation matter regarding joint ventures associated with several heavy/highway projects in Ohio.
- Successfully negotiated and secured favorable settlements in various matters representing contractors, sureties, and subcontractors.
- Successfully negotiated and secured a favorable settlement in an arbitration against a Fortune 100 company.
- Assisted with a complex litigation matter for a $150 million mixed-use new construction project.
- Actively working on a $15 million arbitration relating to the new construction of a recycling facility.
- Successfully adjudicated payment bond claims for subcontractors.
- Actively representing a contractor in a $350,000 litigation over the owner’s nonpayment.
- Actively working on a $600,000 arbitration against a Fortune 100 company.
Education & Admissions
Education
- Cleveland State University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2022
- CALI Award – Pretrial Justice (2022)
- Award of Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law (2021)
- CALI Award – Family Law (2021)
- CALI Award – Innovation Law Seminar (2021)
- CALI Award – Civil Procedure (2020)
- The Ohio State University, B.S., cum laude, 2017
Bar and Court Admissions
- State of Ohio
- Northern District of Ohio
- Ohio Court of Claims
Involvement
Professional Affiliations
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Member – Council of Delegates (2024 – Present)
- Member – Screening Committee of the Council of Delegates (2025 – Present)
- American Bar Association
- Member – Forum on Construction Law (2024 – Present)
- Ohio Contractors Association
- Future Leaders Forum Class of 2025 – 2026
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
Publications
- “Expanding Equity with DBE Program Updates,” Properties Magazine (July 2024)
- “Stick to Supervision: Best Practices for General Contractors To Avoid Liability Under The ‘Doctrine of Active Participation’,” Frantz Ward On the Level (February 2024)
