John Bergin

Construction & Infrastructure

Construction Litigation

Government & Regulatory

Government Contracting & Public Procurement

Complex Commercial Litigation

John Bergin, a trial attorney with a specialty in construction and government-contracts litigation, focuses his practice on representing owners, contractors, and design professionals in large, complex, multi-party construction and government-contract disputes. He has represented clients involved in construction, real estate, business torts, and other complex disputes in more than 55 jury and bench trials in state and federal courts throughout the country. Mr. Bergin has defended clients’ interests in connection with business torts alleging conspiracy, defamation, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and intentional interference within contractual and business relationships. He also has successfully arbitrated and mediated many claims involving construction projects and commercial contracts and argued before appellate courts in several jurisdictions.

Mr. Bergin has counseled clients in connection with private and public construction projects including Major League Baseball and National Football League stadiums, large modular industrial projects, petrochemical megaprojects, power plants, schools, hospitals, hotels, office buildings, mixed-use developments, and other types of projects in the United States and internationally. He also advises clients on a broad range of complex commercial matters including commercial real estate, purchase agreements, employment issues, and environmental remediation and reporting.

American University Washington College of Law, J.D. (1993)

Catholic University of America, B.A., History (1990)