Andrew G Giacomini

Practice Areas

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Construction

Real Estate

Cannabis Law

Career

Andrew served as Hanson Bridgett’s Managing Partner for nearly 20 years. Under his leadership, the firm grew to be in the top 10 firms in Northern California and expanded operations to Sacramento, Los Angeles, and the East Bay. Andrew was a key driver of the firm's nationally recognized DEIJ initiatives and as a thoughtful leader in sustainable business practices.

Andrew is a market-leading, Chambers-listed trial lawyer, with particular expertise in construction and real estate. He has acted as lead trial counsel on many large, complex matters. He also assists clients with significant strategic engagements, including those that have important political or reputational components.

Andrew is a part of the firm's Construction, Land Use, and Government Relations practices and has personal relationships with local, state, and federal elected officials at the highest levels.

Professional Memberships

Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Board of Directors

UC Law San Francisco, Board of Directors

Bar Association of San Francisco

Marin County Bar Association

Marin Community Foundation, Past Buck Family Fund Board of Trustees

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Past Board of Directors

Legal Aid of Marin, Past President

Bay Area Council: Executive Committee, Past Government Relations Committee and China Committee Member

North Bay Leadership Council, Past Executive Committee

Publications

"Guidelines for Contractors Responding to COVID-19," co-author, Construction Law Alert (April 2020)

"Risk Management Advisory: Considerations for Engineers in Responding to COVID-19," co-author, Construction Law Alert (March 2020)

Education

Awards

Work Highlights

McWhinney. Obtained a jury verdict of $156 million in a fraud case in federal court for McWhinney relating to a real estate partnership dispute.

Deacon Builders. Obtained $19 million arbitration award for Deacon Builders and defeated all owner's claims for a 300-unit apartment building in Silicon Valley.

Millennium Tower. Represented geotechnical engineer in the Millennium Tower litigation.

Terra Insurance. Acts as outside general counsel for Terra Insurance.

America’s Cup Event Authority. Represented the America’s Cup Event Authority as outside general counsel in matters relating to the implementation of the America's Cup event in San Francisco.

Prologis. Advised Prologis as outside litigation counsel with nationwide responsibility for overseeing its construction, real estate, and environmental litigation projects, including a $90 million affirmative claim for infrastructure reimbursement under a development and owner participation agreement.

Prologis. Defeated a $300 million claim by Cisco System against Prologis in a four-month arbitration involving claims for the proposed development of the A’s Stadium in Fremont.

Kiewit. Represented Kiewit in a successful two-month, eight-figure arbitration against the City of Redding regarding differing site conditions encountered during the construction of a bridge across the Sacramento River.

Prologis. Defended an eight-week, eight-figure claim adjudicated at court in San Bernardino against Prologis involving disputed water rights.

Intercontinental Hotel. Prosecuted a $90 million construction claim on behalf of the Intercontinental Hotel in a jury trial in San Francisco. The case settled to the client’s extreme satisfaction after two weeks in trial.

Municipality. Represented a major municipality in a series of construction and constitutional claims seeking in excess of $81 million in damages, including a three-week jury trial in federal court.

Irrigation district. Representation of a regional irrigation district with defective construction of a water treatment plant requiring in excess of $30 million in corrective work.

Music conservatory. Counseled a world-class music conservatory in connection with contractor claims for additional costs relating to the construction of its new education and performance facility.

University. Advised a major university against a contractor’s claim for additional costs arising from MEP conflicts at a research and teaching facility.

Real estate developer. Represented national real estate developer in connection with the remediation of defective infrastructure improvements in San Francisco.

Developer. Represented a west coast developer of residential towers on the first LEED® Certified condominium project in San Francisco in connection with claims for contractor delays and insurance coverage.

University. Provided counsel to major university in connection with construction of a world-class hospital and research facility in San Francisco.

Defense contractor. Lead representation for international defense contractor in connection with claims relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan war efforts and the federal government project to remediate waste and debris in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina.