Curtis W. Martin, Co-Managing Partner of the firm's Texas offices, participated for the 15th year in the BP Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 150. The annual 170-mile bicycle ride from Houston to Austin, Texas took place on April 28-29, 2018. Martin, who has raised more than $17,500 so far this year for MS, has ridden the event since 2001. The ride has [...] Read More

Just in time for the firm’s Drones in Construction webinar on May 17, 2018, attorneys Mark R. Berry and Freddy X. Munoz co-authored an article entitled ‘Don't Be Clueless, Careless or Criminal: How to Legally Operate a Construction Zone Drone’ which published May 14, 2018 in the Daily Business Review. The article summarized FAA regulations, flight rules for operators, challenges [...] Read More

Peckar & Abramson (P&A) is pleased to announce that the firm has once again been recognized by Chambers & Partners USA in the category of Construction Law at the coveted Band 1 level Nationwide – no other firm has the distinction of having been awarded that honor every year for 15 consecutive years since Chambers began this recognition in 1990. [...] Read More

Christopher Ruhman, Senior Counsel in the firm's Houston office, authored an expert analysis in the inaugural edition of Law360's Construction section entitled "HUD's Increased Use Of Split-Wage Decisions Is Troubling", published May 7, 2018.  The article describes how HUD’s Office of Davis-Bacon and Labor Standards (ODBLS) has recently begun applying split-wage rate decisions to multifamily projects of four stories or [...] Read More

Peckar & Abramson is pleased to announce that Angela Connor has been elected to the Houston Bar Association Construction Law Section Governing Council.  The Council position is for a one year term and during that term the Council has general supervision and control of the affairs of the Construction Law Section.  The Houston Bar Association (HBA) was established in 1870, [...] Read More