Alexandra C. "Allie" Apple

With experience in construction and real estate law, Allie focuses her practice on the representation of owners, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders in all aspects of complex construction transactions, including issues related to contract interpretation, project delay, breach of contract, payment failure, surety bond claims, and lien claims. Her construction practice also involves the negotiation and drafting of construction contracts and associated documents, as well as advising clients on best practices to avoid or mitigate project disputes. Representing clients on different sides of transactions allows Allie to ensure her clients and their interests are protected throughout every step of the contract drafting process.

Allie also advises clients on various matters, including acquisition, leasing, and development of commercial land and buildings involving a wide variety of uses, including retail, restaurant, apartment, and energy and utility projects. She has represented national project development owners in negotiating multimillion-dollar construction projects.

In addition, Allie has experience representing clients in complex civil litigation and in many facets of pretrial litigation, including working with expert witnesses, writing briefs in support of dispositive motions, dealing with discovery issues, and drafting and responding to pleadings and discovery.

In her pro bono work, Allie assists low-income cancer patients, veterans and others with the preparation of wills, financial powers of attorney and nominations of guardians for minor children. She also represents low-income individuals being wrongly evicted from their homes. Further, through Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, Allie provides legal assistance and education to artists and art organizations of Georgia.

• Advising a national electric utility company in the drafting, negotiation and enforcement of various real estate and fiber network development-related transactions.
• Counseled residential property owners both in defending a lien claim asserted by a general contractor and in bringing a claim for damages against the general contractor.
• Defended a utility company against a lien claim asserted by a general contractor in regard to the construction of improvements to a coal-fired power plant.
• Assisted in defending a utility in connection with numerous lien claims by contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers on coal-fired power plant improvement projects.
• Represented a national construction firm in a suit to foreclose a lien of more than $1 million, and successfully defended against appeal of the judgment in the Georgia Court of Appeals.
• Counseled an international defense company in a suit for millions of dollars in damages arising from the breach of a contract to construct multiple structures.
• Assisted in defending two major national retail chains against alleged violations of restrictive real property covenants in federal district court.
• Advised a Georgia county in the drafting of an EPC contract for a $190 million expansion of an advanced water treatment facility.
• Assisted in representing an international retailer in construction claims, including complex development matters.
• Assisted in representing a leading developer in litigation and mediation involving more than $50 million in claims related to the design and construction of a modular apartment tower.
• Assisted in representing a major U.S. producer of sodium bicarbonate products in an arbitration involving more than $15 million in claims related to a multimillion-dollar expansion of a processing facility.
• Represented a national rent-to-own retailer in defending against a class action arising out of the Georgia Lease-Purchase Agreement Act.
• Assisted in representing a corporate client in parallel government investigations of an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in the client’s industry.
• Assisted in representing a medical device manufacturer in multidistrict litigation involving thousands of lawsuits.

• Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation (2021-2026), Construction Law (2025-2026), Litigation – Construction (2026), Real Estate Law (2021-2026)