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Hinckley Allen's construction practice stands among the Northeast's most experienced and versatile, with practitioners spanning Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Florida, and beyond. The team guides clients through every phase of a project's life, from contract formation and project delivery structures to the resolution of sophisticated disputes.
The practice serves the full spectrum of the construction industry: heavy civil and general building contractors, specialty trade contractors, institutional owners, private developers, energy services companies, sureties, and insurers. That breadth is matched by genuine depth in claims involving delay, defective work, payment, and contract interpretation, where the team has produced outcomes that have influenced how disputes in the region are tried and resolved.
In 2025, the firm formally launched its Corporate Matters, Governance & Strategic Planning for Construction Businesses Group, extending its counsel into the boardroom alongside the job site. It reflects a deliberate commitment to continue to serve construction clients not just when disputes arise, but as trusted advisors across the arc of their businesses.
The team's reputation has been earned through results — in courtrooms, arbitration panels, and negotiating rooms where it matters most.
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Hinckley Allen represented a railway company in bringing claims against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for cost impacts and time extensions on a $1 billion transit project.
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The firm is solution-oriented. It understands us and knows what we're looking for.
The team is practical and understands our business.
Hinckley Allen is excellent and the lawyers I work with are some of finest I've ever worked with. The service and expertise provided are excellent as well.
Hinckley Allen has done everything well. The team is particularly attentive and knowledgeable and gives good advice.
The firm is solution-oriented. It understands us and knows what we're looking for.
The team is practical and understands our business.
Hinckley Allen is excellent and the lawyers I work with are some of finest I've ever worked with. The service and expertise provided are excellent as well.
Hinckley Allen has done everything well. The team is particularly attentive and knowledgeable and gives good advice.
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John Connelly has extensive experience representing clients involved in commercial litigation, construction, real estate, professional liability and insurance coverage disputes, as well as matters involving surety and fidelity bond disputes.
Joel knows our business well. He has taken time to get to know us and can provide valuable assistance in a 15-minute phone call that I couldn't get from someone else if I spent a day with them.
Joel is a dean of the construction Bar.
Joel is an exceptional, incredibly experienced and talented lawyer.
Eric is a good strategist and tactician.
Jeff has a specialty in the industry and a practical approach to advising companies like ours.
Robert Ferguson routinely advises contractor clients in construction and bid protest disputes. He also has expertise in the negotiation of public construction contracts.
Robert is one of the best written communicators I've ever seen.
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