Levi Barrett

Practice Areas

Construction & Infrastructure

Contracts, Project Documentation and Risk Management

Government Contracts

Career

Levi W. Barrett is a partner in Peckar & Abramson’s New Jersey and New York offices. He serves as co-managing partner of the New Jersey office and chair of the firm’s Contracts, Project Documentation and Risk Management practice. Levi focuses his practice on construction law and counsels clients on all aspects of public and private construction contracts.

Levi leads a team of 18 lawyers who are responsible for the preparation, negotiation and review of more than 500 construction contracts each year. This team counsels clients across the United States on issues related to risk mitigation planning and risk assessment, in connection with both public infrastructure and private construction projects.

Levi works with general contractors, construction managers, owners and developers to structure and negotiate contract documents for construction projects across the United States. He also has extensive experience representing general contractors and subcontractors in complex disputes involving construction inefficiencies, delays, differing site conditions, constructive changes, extra work, and default claims. He also counsels clients regarding dispute resolution and dispute avoidance strategies.

Levi has written extensively on changes to the AIA documents and conducted presentations across the country on the 2017 changes. He is also a frequent speaker and author on contract negotiations, emerging issues relative to emerging project delivery methods, design-build, and delegated design.

Levi is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from San Francisco State University, and his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law.

Professional Memberships

New York City Bar (Construction Law Committee)

Associated General Contractors of America (Construction Leadership Council Steering Committee Member, 2019-2021)

Publications

•"New York Revises Retainage Requirements for Private Construction Contracts: Overview of the “5% Retainage Law”,” P&A Client Alert, January 2024 (Co-Author)

•“The Enforceability of “Pay-if-Paid” Provisions Affirmed in New Jersey,” P&A Client Alert, December 2022 (Co-Author)

• “Project Delivery Methods: A Bird’s Eye View,” ConsensusDocs, October 2021 (Co-Author)

• “Selecting the Right Delivery Method for the Job,” Construction Dive, August 2021 (Co-Author)

• “How Will Today’s Pandemic Impact Tomorrow’s Construction Contracts?,” ConsensusDocs Newsletter, October 2020 (co-author)

• "Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Guidance For Contractors," P&A Client Alert, March 2020 (Author)

• “Last Call… On October 31 the AIA Retires the A201-2007 General Conditions – What Does This Mean to You?” – Associated General Contractors of America’s Law in Brief, Volume 4, Issue 4, July 2018 (Author)

• “More Sticks and Bricks – A Practical Guide to Construction Systems and Technology”– American Bar Association Construction Law, July 2018 (Co-Editor)

• “Consent Agreements: A Trap for the Unwary” – Associated General Contractors of America’s Law in Brief, Volume 3, Issue 5, October 2017 (Author

• “Old Dog, New Tricks: What You Need to Know About the 2017 AIA A201 General Conditions” – Associated General Contractors of America’s ConsensusDocs Construction Law Newsletter, Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2017 (Co-Author)

• The 2017 AIA A201 Deskbook, Chapter 3 – ABA Publishing – October 2017 (Co-Author)

Education

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