Peckar & Abramson PC

44 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Construction Law Litigation - Construction

Biography

Robert Drucker is a Co-Managing Partner at Peckar & Abramson. He is a structural design engineer and has had substantial hands-on experience in both the construction industry and in the curtain wall industry before becoming a construction lawyer. His technical background, and his ability to read and understand design drawings and specifications, coupled with over 30 years of handling construction disputes at Peckar & Abramson, has provided him with the ability to analyze the highly technical aspects of matters and to develop solutions for clients from both technical and legal standpoints.

Rob’s practice involves a full spectrum of services to the construction industry, including the formation and negotiation of construction contracts, bid protests, and extensive counseling to clients during the performance of the project and the resolution of claims, including complex claims pertaining to extra work, defective work claims, delays, suspension of work and loss of productivity claims, lien claims, subcontractor claims, safety issues and all aspects of OSHA compliance and litigation, insurance coverage, surety claims and other related issues. Rob represents clients on all types of public and private projects (heavy civil, power, pipelines, transportation (highway, rail, bridge and marine), commercial office buildings, residential communities, hospitals and schools in a variety of forums, including federal and state courts, and appellate courts, and in mediations, arbitrations, dispute resolution boards and administrative boards all over the country.

Rob is the developer of ProjectNotice®, a new software risk management tool for the construction industry. The program is designed to provide instant access to notices mandated by a contract for any notice-triggering event that may occur on a specific project, providing contractual, regulatory and statutory compliance. Rob gives presentations to construction clients throughout the country.

Peckar & Abramson PC

44 Best Lawyers awards

Peckar & Abramson PC logo

Overview

  • English

  • New York Law School, J.D., graduated 1980
  • Syracuse University, BS

  • New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
  • New York, New York State Bar Association

  • Construction and Public Contract Sections of the New Jersey State Bar Association - Member
  • Municipal and Environmental Sections of the New York State Bar Association - Member

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States Court of Federal Claims
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey
  • English
  • New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • Construction and Public Contract Sections of the New Jersey State Bar Association - Member
  • Municipal and Environmental Sections of the New York State Bar Association - Member
  • New York Law School, J.D., graduated 1980
  • Syracuse University, BS
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States Court of Federal Claims
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey

Client Testimonials

Robert Drucker is a very good lawyer.

Robert Drucker is an excellent Construction Law litigator.

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Construction Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Litigation - Construction
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Construction Law, Hackensack (2019)
  • Litigation - Construction, Hackensack (2016)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers, 2010-2025

  • Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year” in Construction Law - Hackensack region, 2019

  • Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation - Construction - Hackensack region, 2016

  • New York-Metro Super Lawyers, 2006-2024

  • New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2007-2023

  • Bergen Magazine, Top Lawyer - Construction, 2020-2024

  • ALM & Martindale-Hubbell “New York Top-Rated Lawyers”, 2020

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