Charles F. Kenny

Charles F. Kenny is a Partner in the New Jersey office of Peckar & Abramson PC, based in River Edge, New Jersey. His practice focuses on Construction Law and Litigation - Construction, with an emphasis on construction contracts and legislation affecting the construction industry.

Charles serves as Counsel to the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey and previously served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has authored and published numerous articles addressing the New Jersey Construction Lien Law and other construction-related legal issues. Charles is also the author of the chapter entitled “Construction and Development” in Commercial Real Estate Transactions in New Jersey, published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He is a frequent lecturer for that organization and regularly presents programs for the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey.

Significant published decisions involving Charles include: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation v. Dick Corporation, 293 F. Supp. 2d 336 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); Craft v. Stevenson Lumber Yard, Inc., 179 N.J. 56 (2004); Labov Mechanical Inc. v. East Coast Power, L.L.C., 377 N.J. Super. 240 (App. Div. 2005); Williams Scotsman, Inc. v. The Garfield Board of Education, 379 N.J. Super. 51 (App. Div. 2005); Benmore Construction Group v. Herod Rutherford Developers, LLC, 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2874 (App. Div. 2009); L&H Construction Company, Inc. v. Circle Redmont, Inc., 55 So. 3d 630 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011); and Brockwell & Carrington Contractors, Inc. v. Dobco, Inc., 2013 WL 6800074 (N.J. App. Div. 2013).

Charles is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York, as well as before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, and an active member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and its Construction Law Section, where he served as chair for several years. Charles earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University and his Juris Doctor from Fordham Law School.