Richard Paciaroni

Practice Areas

For the past 36 years, Richard Paciaroni has concentrated his law practice in the area of commercial litigation with emphasis on engineering and construction law and international commercial transactions. He has extensive experience with construction disputes worldwide with a particular focus on projects in South America and the Middle East. In the construction field, his practice includes representation of owners, engineers, general contractors and specialty subcontractors in matters involving the offshore oil & gas, petrochemical, steel, heavy & highway, pulp and paper, power generation and general building construction industries on matters ranging from $1 million to $6 billion. Richard's experience includes both private and public works projects, bonding and insurance claims, mechanic’s liens and Miller Act claims, government contracting and the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts.

Professional Memberships

Selected for inclusion in the 2013 - 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Litigation-Construction.

Selected “Pennsylvania SuperLawyer” for Construction by Philadelphia Magazine (2004, 2008, 2009, 2013 - 2019)

Member of Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Bar Association (Construction Litigation Section, Civil Litigation Section, Federal Practice Section)

Allegheny County Bar Association (former Chair, Construction Law Section)

American Bar Association (Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Tort and Insurance Practice Section)

Member of AAA National Panel of Arbitrators since 1991

Publications

Author, “Pennsylvania Construction Amid COVID-19,” Construction Alert, April 2020.

Co-author, “United States EPC Construction Contracting in the Wake of COVID-19,” Construction Alert, April 2020.

Author, “Middle East Arbitration Centers – Qatar Joins the Fray,” K&L Gates Arbitration World, March 2013.

Author, “International Arbitration in Chile – 2004 and Beyond,” K&L Gates Arbitration World, September 2012.

Author, “Unsolved Mystery: Colombia’s International Arbitration Law,” K&L Gates Arbitration World, June 2012.

Author, “International Commercial Arbitration in Brazil – A Primer,” K&L Gates Arbitration World, August 2011.

Co-author, “Anti-Indemnity Statutes: A Threat to Limitation of Liability Clauses?,” by Richard F. Paciaroni and Janet M. Serafin.

Co-author, “Construction Law,” Forensic Science and Law, 2006.

"Understanding the Issues Prior to Construction," presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Dealing With Mold Claims, 29 January 2003.

"Plaintiff's Perspective on Toxic Mold," presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Dealing With Mold Claims, 29 January 2003.

Solving Water Intrusion and Mold Problems in Pennsylvania - Prepared for Solving Water Intrusion and Mold Problems, 14 May 2002.

"Pennsylvania Construction Payment Remedies," prepared for one-day K&L Gates Seminar, 3 October 2001.

Education