Steven Nudelman

Practice Areas

Chair, Construction Contracting & Risk Management practice. Concentrates in construction law and related litigation. Represents owners and developers, construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors and design professionals in preparation and negotiation of contract documents for construction in New Jersey and New York. Experience in construction litigation defending and asserting claims on behalf of owners, developers, condominium associations, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, vendors and sureties involved in public and private construction projects. Experience with claims and disputes involving change orders and extra work, construction defects, design and performance defects, errors and omissions/professional malpractice, building code violations, project management, delay and disruption, acceleration, liquidated damages, lost productivity, site conditions, warranties, project closeout, construction liens, municipal mechanic’s liens, condominium liens, payment and performance bonds, public contracting and violations under NJ Consumer Fraud Act.

Career

Frequent author and lecturer for national and local audiences on construction topics, including AIA contract documents and decennial changes, construction claims and defenses, ethics in construction project management and ADR.

Professional Memberships

Construction Lawyers Society of America: Charter Fellow, Order of Equitas Barrister

Litigation Counsel of America: Fellow

New Jersey State Bar Association: Construction Law Section (past Co-Chair)

American Bar Association: Forum on Construction Law (2024 Annual Meeting Session Coordinator; 2023 Mid-Winter Meeting Session Coordinator); Young Lawyers Division, (New Jersey Delegate to the Assembly, 2004 – 2005), Young Lawyers Division Newsletter (Editor, 2003 – 2004)

District Fee Arbitration Committee (District VIII - Middlesex County): Secretary (2024); Chair (2020-2023); Vice Chair (2019-2020)

New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution (2023-2025; 2021-2023; 2019-2021; 2017-2019)

Personal

Brooklyn Law School, cum laude (1995)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, cum laude (1990)