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New Jersey
70 Grand Avenue
River Edge, NJ 07661
tel. +1 201.343.3434
fax +1 201.343.6306
bmeller@pecklaw.com
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Bruce
D.
Meller
is a
partner
at
Peckar
&
Abramson,
P.C.
with
more
than
30
years
of
experience
in
construction
law.
He
has
represented
contractors
on
most
every
type
of
construction
project
including
high
rise
buildings,
shopping
malls,
waste
and
water
treatment
plants,
hospitals,
garages,
institutional
buildings
and
laboratories
as
well
as
heavy
and
highway
projects.
He
is
responsible
for
many
of
the
firm's
most
significant
cases,
as
well
as
the
negotiation
of
complex
contractual
relationships
and
the
drafting
of
standard
forms
of
Agreement,
which
are
used
on a
national
basis.
Mr.
Meller
lectures
to
bar
associations
and
construction
industry
groups
on
the
intricacies
of
construction
law
and
has
authored
articles
relating
to
construction
issues.
Mr.
Meller
has
successfully
tried
numerous,
lengthy
jury
trials,
bench
trials
and
arbitrations.
Most
notably,
Mr.
Meller
was
lead
counsel
in
an
arbitration
involving
claims
in
excess
of
$130
million
arising
out
of
building
and
civil
construction
work
for
a
train
system
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Puerto
Rico
which
lasted
84
hearing
days.
Most
recently,
Mr.
Meller
was
named
lead
trial
counsel
and
negotiated
and
finalized
a
$59
million
dollar
settlement
on
behalf
of a
Design-Build
Contractor
with
the
Puerto
Rico
Electric
Power
Authority.
Another
matter
on
behalf
of a
construction
manager
involved
claims
in
excess
of
$60
million
which
lasted
more
than
75
hearing
days.
Many
of
his
jury
trials
have
lasted
over
1
month
and
up
to 4
months
in
length,
resulting
in
numerous
multimillion
dollar
verdicts.
Mr.
Meller's
cases
have
resulted
in
more
than
a
dozen
published
decisions.
In
light
of
his
accomplishments,
Mr.
Meller
was
selected
to
be
in
Who’s
Who
of
International
Construction
Lawyers,
Best
Lawyers
in
America
(2006-2010),
New
York
and
New
Jersey
Super
Lawyers
(2006-2009)
for
Construction
Law
and
a
Fellow
of
the
Litigation
Counsel
of
America.
Mr.
Meller
is a
graduate
of
the
University
of
Connecticut
and
Brooklyn
Law
School.
Mr.
Meller
is
admitted
to
practice
law
before
the
United
States
Supreme
Court,
the
United
States
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Third
Circuit,
the
United
States
Court
of
Federal
Claims,
the
United
States
District
Court
for
the
Southern,
Eastern,
and
Northern
Districts
of
New
York,
the
District
of
New
Jersey
as
well
as
the
state
courts
of
New
York
and
New
Jersey.
He
has
also
been
admitted
to
practice
pro
hac
vice
in
many
states
throughout
the
United
States
and
in
Puerto
Rico.
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