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Tony Ciccone: One of Fewer Than 30 Board-Certified Construction Lawyers in Austin

Construction law is one of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s narrower certifications — the firm’s own materials note that fewer than 30 attorneys in Austin hold it. Tony Ciccone is one of them, and he leads Bollier Ciccone Stinson’s civil law practice group covering construction, real estate, and business litigation — a specific, verifiable rarity rather than a generic “experienced” claim.

Mixed-Representation Disclosure

Tony Ciccone represents a broad range of parties on both sides of construction and business disputes. His professional biography states he represents “property owners, developers, investors, landlords, contractors, subcontractors, and architectural and engineering” clients — meaning he appears on different sides of the same type of dispute depending on who retains him. Awesome Attorneys discloses this explicitly, consistent with its standard practice for every Business & Corporate Litigation profile.

Origin and Background

Tony Ciccone attended the University of Texas School of Law and Hamline University School of Law and has been licensed for 22 years. He is board certified in Construction Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating. He is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, an honor the firm’s materials describe as extended to only the top one-third of one percent of Texas attorneys annually. He has been selected to Texas Super Lawyers and has maintained an Avvo “Superb” rating since 2014. He is a U.S. Army veteran and a 2012 graduate of Leadership Austin, a community leadership development program. Bollier Ciccone Stinson LLP, founded in 1990, has served thousands of clients across 35 years in Central Texas.

Practice Concentration

Ciccone’s practice covers construction law (contracts, project counseling, risk management, and litigation covering payment and performance disputes, delay claims, design and construction defects, and bond and lien claims), real estate law, and business litigation, spanning both transactional work (company buy-outs, real estate purchases and sales) and dispute resolution across negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation in state and federal court. That combination of deep construction-law specialization alongside broader business and real estate litigation is a specific niche most general commercial litigation firms in this Business & Corporate Litigation directory don’t match.

Notable Work / Track Record

As is typical for construction and business litigation matters, many disputes resolve through negotiation, mediation, or arbitration with confidential terms, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify a published table of verdict or settlement figures for this attorney. Awesome Attorneys is disclosing that gap rather than substituting marketing language for it. What is independently verifiable is a rare, specific credential: board certification in a specialty area with fewer than 30 certified practitioners in the entire Austin market, maintained alongside 22 years of practice and continuous AV Preeminent peer-review status.

Client Voice

Ciccone’s Martindale-Hubbell peer reviews are notably candid about his effectiveness specifically as opposing counsel — a distinct form of professional credibility. One peer wrote: “I’ve been opposite Tony several times. He’s professional, knowledgeable, and secured good results for his clients.” Another simply noted he is “a worthy adversary in many of my cases” and “does a good job for his clients.” Awesome Attorneys notes these are attorney peer reviews rather than client reviews, which Martindale-Hubbell’s platform is specifically structured around; the firm’s broader review base (Google, Avvo) reflects positively as well, though Awesome Attorneys did not locate a large independent consumer review sample specific to Ciccone individually.

Beyond the Courtroom

Ciccone was invited to serve in the Austin Business Journal Leadership Trust and participated in the Austin Essentials Leadership program, in addition to Leadership Austin — a sustained pattern of civic and business-community leadership involvement beyond his legal practice. Bollier Ciccone Stinson has been certified as a Great Place to Work, with 91% of employees rating it positively compared to 57% at a typical U.S. company, a specific, third-party-verified workplace credential distinct from client-facing marketing.

Recognition for This Austin Business Litigation Attorney

Peer-reviewed and third-party credentials: board certification in Construction Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, held by fewer than 30 Austin attorneys; Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating; Fellow status with the Texas Bar Foundation; recognition as a Best Lawyer in Construction Law; and Best Law Firms recognition for the firm. Awesome Attorneys notes the Avvo “Superb” rating and Austin Business Journal Leadership Trust invitation as separate, additional distinctions from the TBLS certification above.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Residential construction disputes in Texas — a component of Ciccone’s practice — are governed by the Residential Construction Liability Act (RCLA), which requires a homeowner to provide 60 days’ written notice of alleged defects before filing suit, giving the builder 35 days to inspect and an opportunity to offer repairs or settlement; failing to follow this notice-and-cure process can bar recovery in court entirely. Commercial construction disputes, another practice area, are typically governed by contract provisions and common law rather than RCLA, often requiring notice-and-cure, mediation, or arbitration steps specified in the underlying construction contract before litigation can proceed. None of this is legal advice; a specific construction dispute should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual contract terms and facts involved, given how strict RCLA’s procedural requirements are.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Ciccone’s clearest, most specific differentiator is genuinely rare board certification in Construction Law — a credential held by a small fraction of Austin attorneys — combined with 22 years of practice, continuous AV Preeminent peer recognition, and a top-0.33%-of-Texas-attorneys Bar Foundation fellowship. The honest trade-off is that Awesome Attorneys did not locate a large independent consumer review sample specific to Ciccone individually beyond the peer-attorney reviews on Martindale-Hubbell, which speaks to his reputation among fellow lawyers more than day-to-day client experience. For a genuinely complex construction dispute — payment, defect, delay, or lien claims specifically — that rare specialty certification is a strong, differentiated basis for a shortlist. For a general commercial dispute without a construction dimension, a broader commercial litigation generalist may be equally suitable.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Bollier Ciccone Stinson LLP’s official website (bclawtx.com), Tony Ciccone’s Martindale-Hubbell, Lawyers.com, Avvo, and Super Lawyers attorney profiles, the firm’s Best Law Firms profile, and its Great Place to Work certification page. Peer-review quotes are reproduced from publicly posted, attributed Martindale-Hubbell reviews.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Tony Ciccone or Bollier Ciccone Stinson LLP prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.