Profile: Patrick J Greene Jr

Construction

Biography: Construction

Patrick J Greene is a partner at Peckar & Abramson, heading its government practice group in New York and New Jersey.

Over 25 years of practice, Mr Greene has advised some of the nation's largest construction contractors regarding performance and compliance issues in contracting in the public and private sectors, including, especially, federal government contracting. He has prepared, litigated and resolved multiple-complex extra work, delay and impact claims on domestic and international construction projects. Notably, Mr Greene successfully presented the seminal case concerning the New Jersey Construction Lien Law before the New Jersey Supreme Court, and recently tried one of the largest, most complex cases in the history of the US GSBCA.

Mr Greene has presented numerous seminars involving construction litigation and Government contracting, including, most recently, the 27th IRMI Construction Risk Conference "Navigating the False Claims Act Minefield." He has published numerous articles, including: "The New Stakes in Doing Business with the Federal Government", published in Construct!, Summer 2007 and Defending a Civil False Claims Act Case: Practical Considerations, published in September 2007 by the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry.

Mr Greene has been recognised as a leading construction lawyer by Best Lawyers in America, The International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers, and New Jersey Super Lawyers. He is the current co-chairman of the construction litigation committee of the litigation section of the American Bar Association and past co-chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association Construction and Public Contract Law Section.

Mr Greene is a graduate of St Peter's College and of the Georgetown University Law Center.