Roger S. Markowitz has over 40 years of experience in construction and public contracting law, and has successfully represented heavy and highway contractors, engineers and owners in literally hundreds of disputes arising from major heavy and highway and other infrastructure construction projects. He has represented some of the nation's leading heavy and highway contractors in prosecuting significant construction contract claims arising out of highway and bridge projects, subway projects, waste water treatment plants, tunnel projects and light rail infrastructure improvements. He also has defended his clients against claims by owners and subcontractors. Those claims have included claims against the New York City Transit Authority on the Second Avenue Subway Project; claims against federal and state transportation agencies involving highway, bridge and tunnel projects, claims against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey involving the re-building of the World Trade Center and airport light rail systems at JFK Airport; and claims against the New York Metropolitan Transportation Agency and other regional transportation agencies involving major subway construction programs. In addition, Mr. Markowitz has had significant dealings with local, state and federal highway departments and local, state and federal environmental agencies in resolving disputes on major projects administered by these agencies. Mr. Markowitz has successfully handled several major AAA Construction Industry Arbitrations, including some which involved construction projects located abroad in places such as Singapore and Sri Lanka. He has represented an owner of a major project in New York in successfully defeating a $15M contractor claim and recovering nearly $3M in delay damages caused by the contractor's defaults. He was involved in the representation of a major international engineering and construction firm which succeeded in recovering a substantial award in an AAA Construction Industry Arbitration against an international pharmaceutical company. He has represented EPC contractors on delay and extra work claims on several power plant projects; he successfully resolved a major claim against the City of New York involving construction of New York's third water tunnel; and he obtained an award in favor of a contractor for the full amount claimed against an owner in an AAA Construction Industry Arbitration, arising out of the construction of an addition to the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Mr. Markowitz has earned a reputation as an aggressive, highly skilled construction litigator and as a practical and creative advocate able to achieve favorable results in complex construction contract disputes arising out of infrastructure projects, whether the forum for dispute resolution has been state or federal courts throughout the country, AAA Construction Industry Arbitrations or Dispute Review Boards. Prior to joining Peckar & Abramson, P.C., he was a partner with Berman, Paley, Goldstein, & Kannry, a New York City law firm specializing in heavy and highway construction law. Before that, he served as a Captain in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps and prosecuted and defended hundreds of court martials in South Korea and Germany. Mr. Markowitz is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York as well as the courts of the State of New York. Mr. Markowitz is a member of the New York State and American Bar Associations (Construction and Surety Law Division; Litigation and Public Contract Section; and Forum on Construction Industry). He is a graduate of Bucknell University and New York University School of Law. |