National construction law firm Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that the 2020 South Florida Legal Guide has named P&A a Top Law Firm in South Florida and has honored P&A Vice Chairman, Stephen H. Reisman, as a Top Lawyer, and Partner Warren E. Friedman, and Senior Associate Freddy X. Muñoz, as […]

New York, NY – October 1, 2019 – National construction law firm Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that eight attorneys have been named 2019 WWL Thought Leaders – Construction by Who’s Who Legal. Each attorney is being recognized as one of the top construction lawyers globally, with many having been listed […]

NEW YORK, NY. – January 2, 2020 – Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that Levi Barrett, Denis Ducran, and Christopher Kinzel have been promoted to Partner. P&A also announces the promotion of David Bennet and Tracey Williams to Senior Counsel and Navid Ansari, Shannon Azzaro, Justin Holzheauser, Dorthy Koncur, Jackson Mabry, […]

Peckar & Abramson Newsletter, Volume XXVII, Winter 2017

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Thanks to the newly minted “New York City Public Works Investment Act,” seven NYC agencies have been granted the authority to use a Design-Build Contract model when putting their construction projects up for bid. This approach, in which one contract outlines both design and construction requirements, is meant to cut project costs and reduce timetables […]

January 1, 2020 welcomes a new decade and ushers Assembly Bill No. 5 (“AB5”) into law in California, potentially impacting general construction contractors and subcontractors’ use of independent owner-operator truckers. Background On September 18, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom approved and signed into law AB5, which will take effect on January 1, 2020.  The California Legislature […]

Kevin J. O’Connor, a Partner in Peckar & Abramson’s New Jersey office, will participate in a panel on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) during the Spring 2020 Employment Practices Liability Insurance ExecuSummit. The panel, “Darling Don’t Fall Prey to the FLSA,” will discuss compliance with the FLSA amidst changing legislation surrounding it, and will […]

George Baldwin, a Partner in P&A’s Austin, Texas office, will give a presentation entitled “Proving Delay” at the 2020 Construction Law Conference. The presentation will focus on proving and presenting delay and disruption-related entitlement and damages issues and will take place on March 5, 2020 at 3:45 pm at the La Cantera Resort and Spa […]

Kevin J. O’Connor, a Partner in Peckar & Abramson’s New Jersey office, will present at the 2020 CLM Workers Compensation and Retail, Restaurant, and Hospitality Conference. His presentation, “Whose Employee is it? Borrowed Servant Agency and Vicarious Liability Dangers,” will discuss the importance of investigating the existence of an employer/employee relationship at the outset of […]