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New Jersey
70 Grand Avenue
River Edge, NJ 07661
tel. +1 201.343.3434
fax +1 201.343.6306
rmarkowitz@pecklaw.com
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Roger
S.
Markowitz
has
over
40
years
of
experience
in
construction
and
public
contracting
law,
and
has
successfully
represented
heavy
and
highway
contractors,
engineers
and
owners
in
literally
hundreds
of
disputes
arising
from
major
heavy
and
highway
and
other
infrastructure
construction
projects.
He
has
represented
some
of
the
nation’s
leading
heavy
and
highway
contractors
in
prosecuting
significant
construction
contract
claims
arising
out
of
highway
and
bridge
projects,
subway
projects,
waste
water
treatment
plants,
tunnel
projects
and
light
rail
infrastructure
improvements.
He
also
has
defended
his
clients
against
claims
by
owners
and
subcontractors.
Those
claims
have
included
claims
against
the
New
York
City
Transit
Authority
on
the
Second
Avenue
Subway
Project;
claims
against
federal
and
state
transportation
agencies
involving
highway,
bridge
and
tunnel
projects,
claims
against
the
Port
Authority
of
New
York
and
New
Jersey
involving
the
re-building
of
the
World
Trade
Center
and
airport
light
rail
systems
at
JFK
Airport;
and
claims
against
the
New
York
Metropolitan
Transportation
Agency
and
other
regional
transportation
agencies
involving
major
subway
construction
programs.
In
addition,
Mr.
Markowitz
has
had
significant
dealings
with
local,
state
and
federal
highway
departments
and
local,
state
and
federal
environmental
agencies
in
resolving
disputes
on
major
projects
administered
by
these
agencies.
Mr.
Markowitz
has
successfully
handled
several
major
AAA
Construction
Industry
Arbitrations,
including
some
which
involved
construction
projects
located
abroad
in
places
such
as
Singapore
and
Sri
Lanka.
He
has
represented
an
owner
of a
major
project
in
New
York
in
successfully
defeating
a
$15M
contractor
claim
and
recovering
nearly
$3M
in
delay
damages
caused
by
the
contractor’s
defaults.
He
was
involved
in
the
representation
of a
major
international
engineering
and
construction
firm
which
succeeded
in
recovering
a
substantial
award
in
an
AAA
Construction
Industry
Arbitration
against
an
international
pharmaceutical
company.
He
has
represented
EPC
contractors
on
delay
and
extra
work
claims
on
several
power
plant
projects;
he
successfully
resolved
a
major
claim
against
the
City
of
New
York
involving
construction
of
New
York’s
third
water
tunnel;
and
he
obtained
an
award
in
favor
of a
contractor
for
the
full
amount
claimed
against
an
owner
in
an
AAA
Construction
Industry
Arbitration,
arising
out
of
the
construction
of
an
addition
to
the
Jackson
Memorial
Hospital
in
Miami,
Florida.
Mr.
Markowitz
has
earned
a
reputation
as
an
aggressive,
highly
skilled
construction
litigator
and
as a
practical
and
creative
advocate
able
to
achieve
favorable
results
in
complex
construction
contract
disputes
arising
out
of
infrastructure
projects,
whether
the
forum
for
dispute
resolution
has
been
state
or
federal
courts
throughout
the
country,
AAA
Construction
Industry
Arbitrations
or
Dispute
Review
Boards.
Prior
to
joining
Peckar
&
Abramson,
P.C.,
he
was
a
partner
with
Berman,
Paley,
Goldstein,
&
Kannry,
a
New
York
City
law
firm
specializing
in
heavy
and
highway
construction
law.
Before
that,
he
served
as a
Captain
in
the
United
States
Army
Judge
Advocate
General’s
Corps
and
prosecuted
and
defended
hundreds
of
court
martials
in
South
Korea
and
Germany.
Mr.
Markowitz
is
admitted
to
practice
before
the
United
States
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Second
Circuit,
the
United
States
District
Court
for
the
Eastern,
Southern
and
Northern
Districts
of
New
York
as
well
as
the
courts
of
the
State
of
New
York.
Mr.
Markowitz
is a
member
of
the
New
York
State
and
American
Bar
Associations
(Construction
and
Surety
Law
Division;
Litigation
and
Public
Contract
Section;
and
Forum
on
Construction
Industry).
He
is a
graduate
of
Bucknell
University
and
New
York
University
School
of
Law.
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