Patrick J Greene Jr

Practice Areas

Construction & Infrastructure

Government Contracts

Construction Dispute Resolution

International Construction and Infrastructure

Corporate Compliance & Integrity Counsel

Public-Private Partnerships

Power & Industrial Facilities/EPC

Career

Patrick Greene is a senior partner in the firm’s Construction and Infrastructure Practices and co-chair of Peckar & Abramson’s Government Contracting & Infrastructure Practice, leading the firm’s state and local government contracting efforts. In nearly 40 years of practice, Pat has advised some of the nation’s largest construction contractors, construction managers and design/builders regarding performance and compliance issues in contracting in the public and private sectors, including, especially, state and federal government contracting.

Pat has helped guide performance on large, complex domestic and international construction projects, including coal, gas and solar powerplants, interstate roadways, bridges and vertical construction. He has also prepared numerous complex claims and orchestrated the resolutions of complex extra work, delay and impact claims running into hundreds of millions of dollars. Pat has appeared as lead counsel in multiple venues including state and federal courts and domestic and international arbitration tribunals. He has also defended against subcontractor claims and against defective work and delay claims asserted by owners and others.

Notably, Pat has successfully presented the seminal Construction Lien Law case before the New Jersey Supreme Court, and tried one of the largest, most complex cases in the history of the United States General Services Board of Contract Appeals (GSBCA). As a result of representing numerous federal contractors, he is especially knowledgeable regarding the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

An important consideration in defense against defective construction work claims is the availability and application of insurance coverage under commercial general liability, professional malpractice and subcontractor default insurance policies. Pat and his team are well versed in the complexities of obtaining coverage for occurrences involving construction defects under standard and nonstandard insurance provisions. They also advise regarding the establishment and maintenance of insurance programs, including issues of cost recovery and disclosure under pertinent contract provisions and regulations, such as the FAR cost principles and regulations associated with project funded by federal, state and local governments.

Pat has been recognized as a leading construction lawyer by Best Lawyers in America, The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers, and New Jersey and New York Super Lawyers. He is a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America and has been an active participant and leader among organizations such as the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Public Contract Law Section and ABA Construction Litigation Committee. Most recently, he has served as co-chair of P&A’s Covid-19 Task Force and has published articles and presented programs focusing on the construction industry’s response to the crisis.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Construction Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section, past co-chairman and past publications editor

NJ State Bar Association Construction and Public Contract Law Section, past co-chairman

Publications

“Going Back to Work – Starting or Restarting a Construction Project During the Pandemic,” Peckar & Abramson Client Alert, May 2020 (co-author)

"COVID-19 Damage and Time Recovery: Contract Checklist and Analysis," Peckar & Abramson Client Alert, April 2020

“Representations and Certifications: Implementing Processes to Protect Executives and the Company,” Construction Executive, July 2020.

"You've Been Suspended - Were You Ready?" Peckar & Abramson Client Alert, March 2020 (co-author)

Awards

Education