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Tony
Berman
is a
well-known
and
respected
leader
of
the
national
construction
bar,
who
has
litigated
significant
cases
throughout
the
United
States,
including
in
New
York,
New
Jersey,
California,
Montana,
and
Hawaii.
He
was,
until
its
merger
with
Peckar
&
Abramson,
P.C.,
a
senior
member
of
the
firm
of
Berman,
Paley,
Goldstein
&
Berman,
which
represented
some
of
the
most
respected
contracting
firms,
architects,
engineers
and
others
in
the
building
industry
for
more
than
75
years.
He
has
tried,
arbitrated
and
mediated
numerous
complex
commercial
and
construction
cases.
Mr.
Berman
is a
member
of
the
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
First
and
Second
Circuits,
handles
many
cases
in
those
courts,
and
has
appeared
in
other
U.S.
Circuits
on
motion.
He
has
appeared
in
the
New
York
Court
of
Appeals
on
number
of
significant
and
precedent
setting
cases,
as
well
as
in
each
of
the
Appellate
Divisions
of
the
State.
He
was
lead
counsel
in
Corinno
Civetta,
et
al
v.
City
of
New
York,
a
case
that
remains
of
substantial
importance
to
the
construction
industry.
In
that
case,
the
Court
modified
a
prior
decision
and
recognized
several
exceptions
to a
no-damage-for-delay
clause.
That,
of
course,
has
been
of
great
significance
to
any
contracting
entity
with
a
dispute
with
a
public
agency
or
authority.
Mr.
Berman
has
represented
many
of
the
leading
contracting
firms
in
high
profile
cases.
He
has
represented
US
Steel
in
matters
throughout
the
United
States,
including
as
lead
counsel
in a
case
brought
in
Hawaii,
by
the
State
of
Hawaii,
which
was
the
subject
of
articles
in
the
American
Lawyer
and
the
National
Law
Journal.
The
State
claimed
that
US
Steel
had
misrepresented
and
violated
several
statutes
in
the
sale
of
“weathering
steel”
for
the
construction
of
the
Aloha
Stadium
in
Oahu,
Hawaii.
The
State
claimed
$300
million
in
damages.
After
a
trial
of
four
months,
the
jury
shocked
the
State
by
returning
a
unanimous
verdict
completely
in
favor
of
US
Steel.
The
State
then
changed
its
counsel
and
the
case
was
settled
for
less
than
three
percent
of
the
State’s
demand.
The
National
Law
Journal
called
the
resulting
decision
one
of
the
four
most
significant
that
year.
Mr.
Berman
has
authored
several
chapters
of
construction
law
books.
He
was
an
associate
editor
of
the
New
York
University
Law
Review
and
graduated
with
a
doctorate
cum
laude
from
that
school.
He
has
long
held
Martindale-Hubbell’s
highest
peer
review
rating,
and
is
listed
in
Who’s
Who
in
American
Law.
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