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Christopher L. Noble
Direct Dial: 617-491-9814
Chris Noble specializes in design and construction law.
Chris has over thirty years of experience advising design clients on all aspects of their practice. He drafts and negotiates design and construction contracts for projects throughout the world, including major university and hospital buildings, public schools and correctional facilities, museums and aquariums, and the tallest office towers in the world. Many of these projects employ design/build or other advanced project delivery systems.
Chris also serves as general counsel for numerous design firms, negotiates resolution of design and construction disputes, supports trial counsel in contested proceedings, and provides advice on the legal, financial, management, and interpersonal issues involved in ownership transition of design firms.
He was a partner with the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow, which he joined in 1973, until he left to found Noble & Wickersham LLP with Jay Wickersham in January of 2003.
He is a founding fellow and current Chair of the Contract Documents Committee of the American College of Construction Lawyers. He is a past chair of the Contract Documents Division of the American Bar Association Construction Industry Forum, and is an honorary member of the Boston Society of Architects."
He has written and co-written numerous publications, including Massachusetts Construction Law (annual editions, 1982-2002). He has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Chris graduated from Yale College in 1968 and from Yale Law School in 1973.
Prior Professional Experience
Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA (1973 – 2002). Practiced design, construction, corporate, and real estate law as chair of the firm’s Construction Law Practice Group.
Academic Appointments
Visiting Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture (1989).
Guest Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Real Estate (2002-2003).
Professional Registrations, Activities, and Memberships
Admitted to bar, Massachusetts.
Founding Fellow, Chair of Contract Documents Committee, American College of Construction Lawyers.
Member, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry. Chair, Contract Documents Division (2000-2002).
Honorary Member, Boston Society of Architects.
Education
Yale Law School. J.D. 1973.
Yale University. B.A. 1968.
Banaras Hindu University, 1964 – 65.
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