Construction industry practice group joins firm.A six-partner Construction Industry Practice Group has joined the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office of McCarter & English, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . James E. Frankel and Eugene R. Scheiman, who become practice Co-Chairs, and Mary Jane Augustine, Andrew Ross, Mark A. Bloom and Robert S. Bernstein were with the New York office of Buchanan Ingersoll PC. "We are pleased to welcome this outstanding group of highly experienced lawyers to our growing New York office and existing firmwide construction practice," said Drew Berry Drew Berry has been Vice President/ General Manager at WMAR-TV Baltimore since January 2000. He is one of twelve African-Americans in the United States that hold the General Manager position. , chairman of McCarter & English. "Their projects are household names," said Lois M. Van Deusen, managing partner of McCarter & English. "We and our clients will benefit from their unsurpassed expertise. "Their arrival marks another important step in the firm's strategic growth plan." The new partners' recent engagements include the Museum of Modern Art, World Trade Center litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , and Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum. James Frankel, partner and co-chair of the practice, a multi-disciplinary leader in the national construction bar. He is the founder of the Construction Industry Practice Group. He serves as general counsel and board member of the NY/NJ NY/NJ New York/New Jersey Port Authority Regional Alliance and was general counsel to the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Chapter of the AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture for over a decade. Mr. Frankel represented the State of California in litigation arising out of infrastructure projects. Eugene R. Scheiman, partner and co-chair of the practice, has 30 years of litigation experience in many areas of general commercial and white-collar criminal law in addition to his principal focus on the law of the design and construction industry. Listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law, Mr. Scheiman recently was appointed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as pro bono Short for pro bono publico [Latin, For the public good]. The designation given to the free legal work done by an attorney for indigent clients and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit entities. counsel to the Court with respect to access to District Court records. Mary Jane Augustine, partner, is a transactional lawyer who is also experienced in construction industry intellectual property protection and licensing. Robert S. Bernstein, partner, is a litigator lit·i·gate v. lit·i·gat·ed, lit·i·gat·ing, lit·i·gates v.tr. To contest in legal proceedings. v.intr. To engage in legal proceedings. who also provides general legal counsel on a wide range of construction-related issues and disputes. Mark A. Bloom, partner, focuses on the resolution of complex design and construction-related disputes involving commercial and government projects. Andrew Ross, partner, provides transactional, regulatory, and corporate services to owners, developers, architects, engineers, project managers, construction managers, and contractors. "With the upturn in large, complex, funded projects, this is an exciting time for construction lawyers," said Mr. Frankel. "We look forward to working with the McCarter & English team to serve existing and new clients working in all aspects of the construction industry." "The disputes that arise from these projects are also more complex and the damage claims more significant than ever before," said Mr. Scheiman. "McCarter's resources and culture are oriented to winning bet-the-company litigation, so we feel very comfortable here." |
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