Parties are entitled to recover attorney’s fees in Louisiana when provided by for contract or authorized by statute. There are a number of statutes that provide for recovery of attorney’s fees in connection with construction disputes: La. R.S. 38:2191; La. R.S. 48:251.5; La. R.S. 38:2246; La. R.S. 48:256.11; La. R.S. 9:278.4; La. R.S. 9:4856; La R.S. 38:2220.4. In arbitration, the Construction Industry Rules of the American Arbitration Association provides broad authority for the arbitrator to award fees and costs when requested. (See our article THE AWARD OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES UNDER THE AAA RULES: Troegel v. Performance Energy Servs., LLC published in the LAGC Newsletter v6.2 in the spring of 2023).