Lawrence P. Powers

Lawrence P. Powers

Experience

Lawrence P. Powers is co-chair of the Construction Litigation Department. Larry's practice is focused on handling complex, multi-party construction related professional liability claims. He has tried numerous complex construction cases to a jury verdict. Admitted in 1984, he has over twenty years of experience in litigating, arbitrating and mediating construction disputes, regularly handling difficult loss prevention and risk management assignments for all of the major professional liability insurers. Larry serves as general counsel to AIA-New Jersey, the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers and ASLA-New Jersey. He regularly represents design professionals in disciplinary matters before the New Jersey State Board of Architects and Landscape Architects and the New Jersey State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors. Mr. Powers has achieved a peer review rating of "AV", the highest mark given by other members of the legal profession. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New Jersey.

A 1980 graduate of Villanova University, Larry was employed in the general and mechanical contracting construction industries and the heavy and specialized transportation industry before receiving his law degree as a night student from the Seton Hall University School of Law. He has been an invited lecturer on professional liability and land development issues at the Princeton University Graduate School of Architecture, the Pratt Institute School of Architecture and is a regular featured speaker at the Annual Conventions of AIA-New Jersey, ASLA-New Jersey, the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers and the New Jersey Builders Association. His lectures have been certified as continuing education courses by the New Jersey State Boards of Architects and Landscape Architects and Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Larry also has a significant land use practice, representing developers before Planning Boards and Boards of Adjustment throughout the State of New Jersey. Larry was formerly counsel to the Borough of Garwood Planning Board and the Hopewell Borough Planning Board.

Affiliations

· Counsel, AIA-New Jersey, the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers and ASLA-New Jersey

· Former counsel, Garwood Planning Board and the Hopewell Borough Planning Board

Awards

· The Best Lawyers in America, 2009, 2010 (Construction Law)

· New Jersey Super Lawyer, 2006-2009

Articles

· Court Ruling on Including Hard Copy of Prevailing Wage Determination in Bid Specifications

· Ownership of Documents 101 by Lawrence Powers, Esq.

· New Jersey Society Emphasizes PE Role in Site Remediation

· An Introduction to the New AIA Contract Documents

· THE BAMBI THEORY OF LIABILITY

Speaking Engagements

· New Jersey Society of Architects Awards Dinner (01.12.08)

· 47th Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys (06.05.08)

· The New 2007 AIA Contract Documents Seminar (04.11.08)

· Richard Gaeckle and Lawrence Power to Present at the 2009 New Jersey ASLA Meeting (08.18.08)

· Partners in the Construction Law Department Present on the New 2007 AIA Contract Documents (04.29.09)

· Lawrence Powers and Richard Gaeckle Present to the New York Institute of Design Professionals on Green Building and Sustainable Design (10.08.09)

· Hoagland Longo Sponsors the Architect of the Year Award at the AIA-NJ Awards Ceremony (01.10.09)

· Hoagland Longo Sponsors NJIT Design Showcase (04.17.08)

· The New AIA Contract Documents Seminar (04.29.08)

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