Mari K. Perczak

 

Mari Perczak has thirty years of experience as a Colorado trial lawyer. She has successfully handled many large construction defect cases for Colorado homeowners and homeowner associations.  Recently, Ms. Perczak was lead trial counsel in a four-week jury trial in Glenwood Springs involving twenty severely damaged homes where she obtained a verdict in excess of 6 million dollars for her clients.  In 2012, Ms. Perczak and her co-counsel obtained the largest reported residential construction defect verdict in Colorado of 17 million dollars.   Known for her hard work and tenacity, Mari has brought many favorable verdicts, arbitration awards, and settlements for her clients.

Ms. Perczak has obtained many successful awards for her clients, including:

• $26.4 Million settlement on behalf of an 82-unit association involving foundation distress, water intrusion, and shear wall defects;
• $24.3 Million settlement on behalf of a 320-unit homeowners’ association involving foundation distress, water intrusion and drainage defects;
• $19.5 Million settlement for a 56-unit southwest Denver homeowners association involving water intrusion through a poorly constructed building envelope and stucco facade;
• $18.2 Million recovery involving drainage and building envelope defects;
• $17.5 Million recovery following a jury verdict award 17 Million;
• $17+ Million recovery for large multi-family community with drainage, building envelope and fire protection defects;
• $14+ Million recovery for 52 residential buildings with structural framing, drainage, roof and building envelope defects;
• $12.5 Million settlement on the third day of trial for a homeowners’ association involving 282 units with stone veneer, siding, window, and drainage defects;
• $10.8 Million recovery for foundation damage to 20 single family homes on collapsible soils;
• $8.5 Million recovery following settlement with general contractor and 8.1 Million Dollar jury verdict against developer;
• $8.3 Million recovery against national builder and window manufacturer for siding and window defects;
• $7.35 Million settlement on behalf of a downtown Denver homeowner association with 57 commercial and residential units involving defective courtyard podium slabs, leaking windows, and stucco defects;
• $5.3 Million for downtown condominiums with stucco defects;
• $4 Million settlement on behalf of a mixed-use downtown property development with moisture intrusion, mold, and EIFS defects; and
• $2.5 Million judgment following a jury verdict against a siding repair contractor.