People: C. Walker (Chip) Ingraham, Partner
Biography
Mr. Ingraham is a partner in the Atlanta Office and is Chair of that office's litigation department and Co-chair of the firm's national construction practice. For more than 30 years, his practice has focused on construction law and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Ingraham represents owners, contractors, design professionals and sureties in a wide variety of construction-related matters. He has served as lead counsel in the litigation or arbitration of construction, surety and environmental remediation disputes throughout the United States, including trying approximately one hundred cases to verdict or arbitration award. Mr. Ingraham’s work also includes drafting contracts, negotiating contract amendments and modifications and advising clients on contracting and claims avoidance issues.
Mr. Ingraham serves as an arbitrator in construction industry disputes before the American Arbitration Association, serves as a mediator and is a frequent lecturer on legal issues facing the construction industry.
Mr. Ingraham has litigated and arbitrated a wide array of complex commercial disputes. These cases have included defending insurance carriers and third party administrators in contested life insurance matters, pursuing and defending claims against directors and officers for breach of fiduciary duty, and defending a claim for breach of a literary contract. Mr. Ingraham also has handled numerous claims for breach of sales contracts, the enforcement of financial guarantees, and the confirmation of real estate foreclosure deficiencies.
A friend and supporter of the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger, Mr. Ingraham was recently elected to the organization's Board of Trustees. The Foundation is the only research entity of its kind focused exclusively in the areas of senior hunger and senior nutrition in the United States.
Mr. Ingraham is a partner in the Atlanta Office and is Chair of that office's litigation department and Co-chair of the firm's national construction practice. For more than 30 years, his practice has focused on construction law and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Ingraham represents owners, contractors, design professionals and sureties in a wide variety of construction-related matters. He has served as lead counsel in the litigation or arbitration of construction, surety and environmental remediation disputes throughout the United States, including trying approximately one hundred cases to verdict or arbitration award. Mr. Ingraham’s work also includes drafting contracts, negotiating contract amendments and modifications and advising clients on contracting and claims avoidance issues.
Mr. Ingraham serves as an arbitrator in construction industry disputes before the American Arbitration Association, serves as a mediator and is a frequent lecturer on legal issues facing the construction industry.
Mr. Ingraham has litigated and arbitrated a wide array of complex commercial disputes. These cases have included defending insurance carriers and third party administrators in contested life insurance matters, pursuing and defending claims against directors and officers for breach of fiduciary duty, and defending a claim for breach of a literary contract. Mr. Ingraham also has handled numerous claims for breach of sales contracts, the enforcement of financial guarantees, and the confirmation of real estate foreclosure deficiencies.
A friend and supporter of the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger, Mr. Ingraham was recently elected to the organization's Board of Trustees. The Foundation is the only research entity of its kind focused exclusively in the areas of senior hunger and senior nutrition in the United States.
Education
- J.D., Emory University School of Law (1980)
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B.S.E.S., Vanderbilt University (1977)
School of Engineering -
Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Admissions
- Georgia
Courts
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims









