About Megan Shapiro
I Teach Contracts With One Question in Mind: What Happens When Things Go Wrong?
For more than 15 years, I’ve worked with construction leaders dealing with the real-world consequences of contract decisions, long after the ink is dry and the job is underway.
How That Experience Shapes My Work
When I teach contracts, I’m not focused on academic explanations or ideal-world drafting.
I focus on:
- how provisions get interpreted when things go sideways
- how risk quietly shifts during contract review
- how early decisions show up later as scope fights, payment issues, and strained relationships
- how leaders are expected to make smart calls under time pressure, imperfect information, and competing priorities
That’s why my work is framework-led, example-driven, and grounded in how construction actually operates.
We don’t just talk about what a clause says. We talk about how it gets used.
Why I Work With Construction Leaders
I work with construction leaders because contract risk doesn’t live in isolation.
It touches operations, project management, finance, and relationships with trade partners and owners. And ultimately, it rolls up to leadership.
Whether I’m training an in-house team, working with an industry association, or speaking on a conference stage, my goal is the same: to help leaders approach contracts strategically, consistently, and with a clearer understanding of downstream consequences.
That clarity is what reduces surprises, protects margin, and makes contract issues easier to manage when the pressure is on.
What You Can Expect in the Room
I’m comfortable leading rooms where people ask practical, sometimes uncomfortable questions because that’s how construction actually works.
My style is direct, collaborative, and grounded in experience. I see patterns quickly, cut through noise, and help teams focus on the contract issues that make the biggest difference over the life of a project.
No fluff.
No theory for theory’s sake.
Just clear thinking and practical judgment leaders can apply long after the session ends.
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