Best Lawyers in New Jersey, United States for Litigation - Construction
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Michael S. Zicherman is an accomplished construction lawyer and complex commercial litigator with more than 30 years of experience. He is a creative thinker and problem solver, possessing outstanding oral and written advocacy skills, and is particularly adept at distilling complex facts and issues. He has a history of achieving economical and successful results for clients in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s national roste...
Armen Shahinian practices in the areas of commercial litigation, construction litigation, fidelity and surety law, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. He joined the firm in 1977 and today leads the firm’s nationally recognized Fidelity and Surety Group, one of the largest in the country. Armen served as a member and chairman of the New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee for West Essex County from 1989 to 1993. He is a member of the American Bar Association Tort Trial &am...
Sean T. O'Meara is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Construction. Sean T., who practices law in Voorhees, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sean T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Paul H. Schneider is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Land Use and Zoning and Litigation - Real Estate. Paul H., who practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Paul H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic an...
Adam Friedman’s practice is concentrated in the fields of fidelity and related insurance, surety, construction, and other complex commercial matters throughout New York and New Jersey. Adam advises and represents fidelity insurers on all aspects of matters relating to financial institution bonds, commercial crime policies and other types of fidelity insurance involving both standard and proprietary forms. He counsels and represents sureties on all aspects of performance and payment bond...
Charles F. Kenny is a Partner in Peckar & Abramson’s New Jersey office. His background is in construction contracts and legislation affecting the construction industry. Charles serves as Counsel to the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey and served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has published articles on the New Jersey Construction Lien Law and other construction issues, and is the autho...
Denis Serkin is a Partner in Peckar & Abramson’s New York and New Jersey offices and focuses his practice on construction law and construction dispute resolution. He provides guidance on a wide variety of construction project types through construction, and, if necessary, in the resolution of disputes through litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He is chair of the firm’s International Practice. Denis advises clients working on a variety of construction projects, including p...
Gerard J. Onorata has been with Peckar & Abramson since 1992 in the construction practice. He concentrates primarily on representing general contractors. He has authored a number of articles related to ERISA preemption of the New York Lien Law, the New Jersey Bond Act and the New Jersey Construction Lien Law for the Construction and Public Contracts Law Section Newsletter of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Gerard has worked on an array of cases arising out of projects being construc...
Robert J. MacPherson is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and former Chair of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. He has extensive experience in construction matters, focusing his practice on drafting and negotiating all manner of contracts relating to construction projects and the resolution, through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation in State and Federal Courts of construction disputes. Mr. MacPherson also acts as a mediator and arbitrator and ...
Stuart M. Lederman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation - Construction and Litigation - Real Estate. Stuart M., who practices law in Madison, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stuart M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jonathan Bondy’s practice is concentrated in the field of commercial litigation, with a focus on construction, surety and contract issues in New York and New Jersey. As a member of the firm, Jon represents and advises sureties with respect to performance and payment bond claims, the defense of prevailing wage claims, affirmative surety claims, loss recovery, bankruptcy issues and contractor workouts. He represents developers, contractors and building material suppliers in litigation mat...
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