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Adrian L. Bastianelli III

Peckar & Abramson, P.C.
  • Recognized Since:
    2003
  • Recognized in:
    Arbitration
    Litigation - Construction...
  • Website:
    http://www.pecklaw.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (202) 293.8815
  • Location:
    2055 L Street, NW, Suite 750
    Washington, DC 20036
Adrian L. Bastianelli, III is a partner at Peckar & Abramson. His practice focuses on construction claims and litigation, with an emphasis on government construction claims. He represents all sectors of the construction industry, including general contractors, subcontractors, owners, design professionals and sureties. Mr. Bastianelli also has an active alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice. He has served as an arbitrator and a mediator on hundreds of construction disputes. He has served on numerous DRBs.

Mr. Bastianelli is a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and has served on its Board of Governors, as the editor of its law review, and as the chair of its ADR Committee. He is also past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on the Construction Industry and past President of the Washington Building Congress. He received the prestigious Cornerstone Award from the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. He is active in the Associated General Contractors, having written several amicus briefs on its behalf, and spoken at its national convention and for its local chapter and served on its Federal Regulations Committee.

Prior to joining Peckar & Abramson, Mr. Bastianelli was a founding partner at Bastianelli Brown & Kelley, Chtd., which merged with Peckar & Abramson. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk for the United States Court of Federal Claims, where he worked on cases involving federal contract claims. He also worked as a civil engineer for the Corps of Engineers and obtained his professional engineers license (now inactive).

Mr. Bastianelli has written and spoken extensively on construction topics. He took the lead role in developing and editing the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry’s book Federal Government Construction Contracts, which is the standard in the industry on that subject. For seven years, he served as the associate editor or editor of The Construction Lawyer, the law journal of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. Mr. Bastianelli is on the Construction Advisory Council for Thomson/West.

Mr. Bastianelli is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Fourth Circuits and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He received his bachelor of science from Purdue University and his law degree from the University of Louisville.
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Adrian L. Bastianelli, III is a partner at Peckar & Abramson. His practice focuses on construction claims and litigation, with an emphasis on government construction claims. He represents all sectors of the construction industry, including general contractors, subcontractors, owners, design professionals and sureties. Mr. Bastianelli also has an active alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice. He has served as an arbitrator and a mediator on hundreds of construction disputes. He has served on numerous DRBs.

Mr. Bastianelli is a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and has served on its Board of Governors, as the editor of its law review, and as the chair of its ADR Committee. He is also past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on the Construction Industry and past President of the Washington Building Congress. He received the prestigious Cornerstone Award from the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. He is active in the Associated General Contractors, having written several amicus briefs on its behalf, and spoken at its national convention and for its local chapter and served on its Federal Regulations Committee.

Prior to joining Peckar & Abramson, Mr. Bastianelli was a founding partner at Bastianelli Brown & Kelley, Chtd., which merged with Peckar & Abramson. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk for the United States Court of Federal Claims, where he worked on cases involving federal contract claims. He also worked as a civil engineer for the Corps of Engineers and obtained his professional engineers license (now inactive).

Mr. Bastianelli has written and spoken extensively on construction topics. He took the lead role in developing and editing the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry’s book Federal Government Construction Contracts, which is the standard in the industry on that subject. For seven years, he served as the associate editor or editor of The Construction Lawyer, the law journal of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. Mr. Bastianelli is on the Construction Advisory Council for Thomson/West.

Mr. Bastianelli is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Fourth Circuits and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He received his bachelor of science from Purdue University and his law degree from the University of Louisville.
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Bar Admissions:

  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
 

Court Admissions:

  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Federal Claims
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Affiliations:

  • Washington Building Congress - Past President
  • American College of Construction Lawyers - Fellow
  • ABA Forum on the Construction Industry - Chair

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Litigation - Construction, Washington, D.C. (2021)
  • Construction Law, Washington DC (2010)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Arbitration
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Mediation
 

Awards:

  • Recipient of the Cornerstone Award from the ABA Forum of the Construction Industry
  • Best Lawyers in America, “Lawyer of the Year” in 2012 for Construction Law in Washington, D.C.
  • Chambers USA in Construction
  • The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers
  • The International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediation
  • Best Lawyers in America in Construction
  • Washington D.C. Super Lawyer in Construction/Surety; Top 100 Washington DC Super Lawyer, 2013, 2014
  • Recipient of Cornerstone Award from the ABA Forum of the Construction Industry

Federal Clerkships:

  • United States Court of Federal Claims

Special Focus:

  • Arbitration
  • Construction Disputes
  • Government Contracts
  • Mediation
 

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