Paul F. Williamson
Paul focuses his practice on construction, government contracts law, and complex commercial litigation. He is Senior Counsel in Peckar & Abramson’s Washington, D.C. office, and has successfully represented general contractors, subcontractors, and owners in litigation in federal and state courts in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, New York, and California, as well as before various boards of contract appeals. Paul leverages his trial and alternative dispute resolution experience to help clients develop risk management strategies to allow them to focus on their businesses.
Paul F. Williamson
Senior Counsel
Washington D.C.
P +1 202.293.8815
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“At P&A, we deliver preventive risk management that saves our clients time and money, so they can focus on what they do best.”
Bio
Paul represents general contractors, subcontractors, owners, and developers in all aspects of construction-related disputes on both private and public projects, including, but not limited to trial, alternative trial dispute resolution, deposition, appeals, and employment of pre-litigation and risk mitigation strategies. He also has experience representing multinational and domestic corporations and municipal entities in complex commercial litigation, civil antitrust litigation, government investigations, labor and employment, arbitrations, and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to entering private practice, Paul was a judicial intern for The Honorable Mae A. D’Agostino and The Honorable Lawrence E. Kahn in the Northern District of New York. He also worked in the defense industry for several years, focusing on FAR compliance, contract pricing, financial risk analysis, and preparation of proposals as part of Northrop Grumman’s New Business Acquisition unit. He earned his B.A. from Dickinson College and J.D. from Albany Law School, where he was the Executive Editor for Business of the Albany Law Review. Paul has been named as “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers for 2025 and 2026, and to the Super Lawyers Washington, DC Rising Stars list for 2024 and 2025.
Highlights
Admissions
• Commonwealth of Virginia
• District of Columbia
• State of Maryland
• State of New York
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Memberships
• Associated Builders and Contractors
• Associated General Contractors of America
• American Subcontractors Association Metro Washington (Frontrunners Committee)
• Washington Building Congress (Board of Directors)
Education & Courses
• Albany Law School, J.D.
• Dickinson College, B.A.
Awards & Recognitions
• Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," 2025 - 2027
• Washington, DC Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2024 - 2026
Publications & Presentations
• Maryland Construction Law Deskbook, Third Edition (Contributing Author)
• “Introduction to Construction Litigation,” Washington Building Congress Hammerheads Committee Webinar, April 2024 (Speaker)
• “Construction’s Growing Emphasis on Collaboration,” Building Washington Magazine by ABC Metro Washington, October 2023 (Author)
• “Deescalating Hyper Escalation,” Construction Executive, June 2023 (Author)
• “Pay-if-Paid in 2023: A Sea Change in Virginia”, Bulletin by Washington Building Congress, January 30, 2023 (Co-Author)
• “The Current State of Pay-if-Paid in the Washington Metropolitan Area (DMV)”, Building Washington by Associated Builders and Contractors Metro Washington, January 11, 2023 (Co-Author)
• “The Current Landscape of Covid-19 Force Majeure Litigation,” Construction Today by General Building Contractors Association, March 29, 2021, at 26-27 (Co-Author)
• “The Uncertain Future of the TCPA in the Trump Era,” Bloomberg BNA, May 8, 2017 (Co-Author)
News & Events
• Peckar & Abramson Again Tops Construction Law Rankings in Best Lawyers 2027
• Six Peckar & Abramson Attorneys Selected to 2026 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists; Michael Branca Again Among Top 100
• P&A Attorney Paul F. Williamson Elected to the Washington Building Congress Board of Directors
• Peckar & Abramson Has Largest Number of Construction Law and Litigation Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers 2026
