John S. Wojak, Jr. practices in the area of construction law. Mr. Wojak has over 20 years of experience in construction litigation, dispute resolution and avoidance, and counseling. He has litigated or arbitrated cases involving contract formation, breach of contract, defective or failed materials and structural systems, extra work, delays, acceleration, inefficiency, changed conditions, incomplete design, defective design, abandonment, payment and performance bonds, lien foreclosure and priority, utility interferences, joint ventures, public bidding, tortious interference with existing or prospective contract, and prevailing wages as well as a broad range of other types of claims encountered in today's complex construction industry. Mr. Wojak has handled these types of claims in both the public and private sector, as prosecution and defense, and from the varying vantage points of owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals and sureties. His active litigation experience involves numerous trials, both jury and non-jury, complex arbitration proceedings, extensive motion practice, and briefing and arguing appeals in both state and federal courts. His experience has included close work with engineering, architectural and scheduling consultants on matters including material failures, structural failures and delay analysis. In addition, he has devoted considerable time to contract negotiation and to general business counseling.
Mr. Wojak is a 1986 graduate of Fordham Law School and a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Areas of Practice
ˇ Construction Law
Experience
ˇ Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2008-present
ˇ Thelen LLP
- Partner
ˇ Ross & Cohen LLP
- Partner
Honors and Awards
ˇ AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Selected Publications
ˇ Co-author, "Termination for Convenience of Construction Contracts," New York Law Journal, February 15, 2011
ˇ Co-author, "New York Amends Public Authorities Law for Subcontractors Filing Liens on NYC School Construction Authority Projects," Duane Morris Alert, September 27, 2010