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Craig R. Mariger leads Jones Waldo’s Construction Law practice group. His practice is focused on representing participants in the construction industry with respect to construction planning, contracting, claim resolution and litigation. He has represented owners and design professionals in many notable construction claims, including:
The Olympic Speed Skating Oval (structural collapse)
The Annapolis Mall (structural collapse)
The Snowbird Pavilion I (structural collapse)
Fingerhut Distribution Center (structural collapse)
Sterling Village Apartments (alleged design and construction deficiencies)
Ogden City Mall Parking Structure (alleged design and construction deficiencies)
Aspenwood Condominiums (alleged design and construction deficiencies)
Hotel Utah Remodel (temporary shoring failure)
BYU Cougar Stadium (personal injury)
Cove Fort Geothermal Well Blowout (alleged design and construction error)
Primary Children's Medical Center (delay claims)
Smith-Morehouse Dam (changed condition claim)
Sorenson Research Building (alleged design and construction deficiencies)
Salt Lake International Airport (failure of external wall panels and concrete runway failures)
Block 57 Parking Structure (cost allocations and overruns) and
Salt Lake Convention Center (delay and inefficiency claims).
Craig has been an active advocate of alternative dispute resolution. He has developed and successfully utilized the "Joint Expert Meeting/Mediation" form of alternative dispute resolution in the settlement of complex construction disputes. He has received an AV rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory, the highest rating given. He was also named one of Utah’s Legal Elite by Utah Business Magazine in 2006-2008 and listed in Super Lawyers 2007.
Craig joined Jones Waldo upon his graduation from law school. He was made a shareholder in 1982, and has served Jones Waldo’s Board of Directors, Compensation Committee and Ethics and Conflicts Committee. He currently Chairs its Ethics and Conflicts Committee and acts as its Loss Prevention Counsel.
Craig was born in Provo, Utah on January 7, 1952. His family moved to Seattle, Washington, where he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1974. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Scholastic Honorary Fraternity, and in 1974 was awarded the President's Metal by the University of Washington for the best scholastic record of his graduating class. He received a Juris Doctorate with distinction from Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina in 1977. He was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1977, and is currently admitted to practice before the Utah Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Utah and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is member of the Utah State Bar Litigation and Construction Law Sections and the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry and Litigation Section. He served as a member of the Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee from July, 1992 to June, 2007, and served as Chair of the Committee from July, 2004 to June, 2007. Craig was a commissioner of the Salt Lake City Planning Commission from July, 1997 to June, 2001. He chaired the Construction Law Section of the Utah State Bar from July, 1996 to June, 1997. He served as a member of the Utah A.I.A. Legislation Task Force responsible for redrafting Utah's construction statute of repose. He also served as Chair of the Utah State Bar Subcommittee responsible for preparing jury instruction forms for claims of architectural and engineering negligence. | 