Michael J. Barnaby has more than twenty-five years experience in the construction industry as a construction attorney and in the field.  As such, Mr. Barnaby focuses almost exclusively on construction related matters.  He has litigated, arbitrated, and mediated numerous complex construction disputes.  As a former partner with two New York based construction law firms, Mr. Barnaby has represented and continues to represent numerous construction industry participants in New York and Connecticut.  Mr. Barnaby has considerable experience on various construction related issues including mechanic's liens, arbitration, contract disputes, surety law, contract preparation, public contracting, bid protests, architect and engineer liability, prevailing wage and labor law issues, payment and performance bond claims, and construction claims.

As a former construction superintendent for an internationally recognized construction manager, Mr. Barnaby has first-hand experience on commercial construction projects valued to $200,000,000, including high-rise construction, concrete superstructure work, office buildings and hotels, renovation work, and environmental remediation work.  Mr. Barnaby is an arbitrator with the Construction Industry Panel of the American Arbitration Association and he has served as an arbitrator on numerous complex construction industry disputes.

Mr. Barnaby is a graduate of Lehigh University and he received his law degree, together with a Certificate in Environmental Law, from Pace University of Law.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Law
• Public Contract Law
• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Mechanic's Liens
• Architect and Engineer Liability
• Surety Law
• Public Bidding
• Environmental Law
• Administrative Law
• Contract Preparation
• Construction Claims
• Appellate Law
• Labor Law
• OSHA Law
• Business Law
• Real Estate Development Law

Certification/Specialties

• Certificate in Environmental Law, 1993

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1994
• Connecticut, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1998

Education

• Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1993
  J.D.
  
  
• Lehigh University, 1986
  B.A.
  
  

Representative Cases

• C & J Builders v. Geisenheimer, 249 Conn. 415 ( 1999)
• Connecticut Concrete Construction, Inc. v. ARC Icesports Danbury, Inc., 2001 WL 194764 (Conn. Superior Ct. 2001)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer, "Mechanic's Lien Law in New York," Lorman, 2001
• Lecturer, "Advanced Construction Law in New York,", National Business Institute, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  Member
  
  
• Greenwich Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Fairfield County Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• New York State Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Connecticut Bar Association, Construction Law Section
  Member, Executive Committee
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member, Forum on the Construction Industry
  
  
• American Arbitration Association
  Member, Construction Industry Panel of Arbitrators