- About Chris
- Education & Credentials
- Professional and Community Involvement
- Honors & Awards
- Presentations & Presentations
Chris Nyenhuis is a highly experienced commercial business and construction lawyer. For over 15 years, Chris has served various large and mid-sized clients in the construction, manufacturing, finance, and technology industries. He has handled a wide variety of business disputes in state and federal courts as well as private arbitrations. Before joining Hilger Hammond, Chris worked for a large, Grand Rapids-based firm and a national firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
With in-depth knowledge of the residential and commercial construction industry, Chris consults clients and business owners regarding construction issues, disputes, and negotiations. He also drafts and reviews construction contracts for owners, developers, contractors, architects, engineers, builders, and construction managers.
Chris is an adept commercial litigator. He has broad experience resolving disputes before litigation, obtaining favorable settlements during litigation, winning motions, and at trial. Chris takes a pragmatic approach to resolving disputes that balance the client’s goals, the cost to achieve them, and a shared understanding of a successful outcome.
Education
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Iowa
College of Law
J.D.
Iowa City, IA
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Bar Admissions
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Michigan
- Grand Rapids Bar Association
- Wisconsin Bar Association
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2017-2019)
- Iowa Law Review, Member
- “Non-Competition Agreements: Protect Your Company from the Effects of the Great Resignation” – Hilger Hammond Construction Law Blog, January 2022
- “Current Issues Involving Construction Contract Language” – Construction Financial Management Association
- “Can a Contractor Recover from a Landlord When the Tenant Fails to Pay?” – Hilger Hammond Construction Law Blog, June 2021
- “Don’t Lose Your Rights When You Return to Do Warranty Work” – Hilger Hammond Construction Law Blog, March 2021
- “Designation of Critical Infrastructure Workers Under the Governor’s COVID-19 Executive Order” – Hilger Hammond Construction Law Blog, March 2020
- “Reversing 25 Years of Precedent, Supreme Court Holds that Internet Sales are Subject to State Sales Tax” – Hilger Hammond Construction Law Blog, June 2018
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