Gary Ransone is the founder and managing member of The Contractor’s Legal Kit, LLC. He is licensed in California as an attorney, general contractor and real estate broker and has been involved with various aspects of construction and building since 1980. Gary worked for many years both “in the trenches” and around the construction business, first as a laborer starting in 1980, then carpenter, remodeler, general building contractor and developer. He has been a licensed contractor since 1992 and a licensed attorney since 1989 focused on construction related matters.
His approach to creating the construction agreements and forms in The Contractor’s Legal Kit has always been heavily tempered by a strong dose of job site reality that came from working both as a builder and an attorney for decades. He also litigated construction related cases for decades before numerous courts in California and also worked as a mediator and arbitrator in construction related cases, but his focus has always been working with builders to create countless construction agreements for real world projects.
His publications and speaking engagements have included: author of The Contractor’s Legal Kit, 2023 Digital Edition; author of The Contractor’s Legal Kit, 344 pages, Builderburg Group (1996) and Second Edition (2003); author of numerous articles on construction contracts, construction law and contract administration published in numerous different national builder’s magazines, author of numerous contracts for The Reader’s Digest Guide to Home Improvement with template contracts for owners & contractors; edited Mechanic’s Liens book (1998) by Nolo Press. He’s been a speaker on the topic of construction agreements at numerous national and regional builder’s conferences from San Francisco to the East Coast.
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