Overview
An attorney with Smith Anderson’s Real Estate Development team, Braden Rose manages a large volume of construction-related cases, representing industry clients in multi-million-dollar construction defect, delay, professional negligence and breach of contract claims.
Braden’s experience includes major projects such as health care facilities, hotels, apartment complexes and infrastructure, including NCDOT interstate highways, gas utilities and municipal wastewater systems. He also has handled construction-related wrongful death claims, first-chaired court hearings on dispositive motions, played a key role in securing verdicts and conducted on-site investigations.
Before joining Smith Anderson, Braden was an attorney with a boutique construction law firm in Charlotte. Braden is proficient in French, and an avid traveler who has visited many countries including France, Japan, Poland and Nicaragua. In his free time, he enjoys reading science fiction and is a fire spinner and flow artist.
Areas of Focus
Credentials
Education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 2021
- Lead Articles Editor, German Law Journal
- Community Legal Practice Center pro bono Student Attorney
- ABA Negotiations Competition
- BLSA Mock Trial Competition
- North Carolina State University, B.A., 2018
- President, Political Science Club
- Mock Trial Team
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Experience
- Assisted lead attorney in securing a defense verdict on $2,000,000 trial on behalf of geotechnical engineer in design of municipal wastewater system.
- Represented civil engineering firm in roadway construction contribution claim and successfully negotiated settlement from over $5,000,000 down to $675,000.
- Represented architectural firm in historic hotel renovation water intrusion claim and successfully negotiated $1,900,000 settlement.
