Robert S. Peckar

• Chambers USA, Construction Law, New York, 2017-2024
• Chambers USA, Construction Law, Nationwide, 2017-2022
• Who’s Who Legal: Business, Leading Construction Lawyer in the World
• Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leader: USA, 2024
• The Legal 500: United States – “Hall of Fame,” 2021-2024
• New Jersey Law Journal Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020
• New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2005-2024
• New York-Metro Super Lawyers, 2006-2023
• Best Lawyers, 2003-2025
• Co-Chair, Construction Superconference 2000-2025
• Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated

Mr. Peckar’s extraordinary service to the construction industry is reflected in his long-standing roles as General Counsel Emeritus to the New York Building Congress, General Counsel to the Building Trades Employers’ Association of New York, Building Contractors Association of New Jersey, and the national Construction Financial Management Association. His contributions to industry education include delivering programs for the Associated General Contractors of America, the American Arbitration Association, and leading construction associations across the United States.

Mr. Peckar has also played a prominent role in the construction bar, actively participating in the construction-related divisions of the American Bar Association (ABA) and presenting at legal and industry events nationally and internationally throughout his career. He is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL), where he previously chaired the ADR and International Law Committee. His global influence extends to his work with the International Bar Association, where he served as Co-Chair of the International Construction Projects Committee and has lectured extensively abroad, contributing to the advancement of construction law worldwide. His global influence extends to his work lecturing about construction law and the FCPA throughout Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Robert S. Peckar is a founding Partner of Peckar & Abramson. Bob has devoted his career to serving the construction industry and bar. For decades, he has represented contractors throughout the United States and the world, gaining a widespread reputation for his legal acumen, his energetic representation and his creative approach to solving contractors’ most challenging problems. In that regard, he was among the pioneers of creative dispute avoidance and dispute resolution techniques in the construction industry. Bob is currently continuing that service to the firm’s clients but also bringing expertise to clients around the globe in regard to corporate integrity programs and anticorruption issues (with particular emphasis on the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act).

• Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL) – Former Chair of the ADR and International Law Committee
• Fellow, International Academy of Construction Lawyers
• Fellow, National Academy of Construction
• Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
• Member, American Bar Association (ABA) – Forum on Construction Law
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• General Counsel Emeritus, New York Building Congress
• General Counsel Emeritus, Building Trades Employers Association of New York
• General Counsel, Building Contractors Association of New Jersey
• General Counsel, Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA)
• Member, Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
• Member, Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)
• Member, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
• Member, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
• Member, The Moles
• Founder, Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWIC) Conference

Mr. Peckar has authored many articles on construction law topics and dispute resolution in the industry, is a contributing author in several construction law textbooks and is the author of New Jersey Practice: Construction Law. He also serves as the Editor of Getting the Deal Through – Construction, an international survey of construction and construction law topics published by Law Business Research in coordination with the International Bar Association and the ABA Section of International Law.

• Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through – Construction, Annual since 19.. (Co-Author)“Dispute Resolution in Construction Projects,” a chapter for The Law Reviews’ The Projects and Construction Review, Annual since 2008 (Co-Author)
• “The Biden Administration, Government Stimulus, and PPP: The Return of the Regulators.” 2021 Construction SuperConference, December 2021 (Presenter)
• “Natural Disasters’ Impact on Construction in the United States,” Construction Executive, November 2020 (Co-Author) • “Is It Live…Or Is It Virtual?,” Best Lawyers Magazine, Summer Edition, September 2020 (CoAuthor)
• “Construction in Latin America- A View Beyond Corruption Scandals,” Daily Business Review, December 2019 (Co-Author)
• “The Ethical Considerations of Representing International Contractors in a Corrupt World,” P&A Webinar, October 2019 (Presenter)
• “Future of the Construction Industry, Houston,” P&A Seminar, June 2019 (Co-Presenter)
• “Future of the Construction Industry, Dallas,” P&A Seminar, June 2019 (Co-Presenter)
• “Compliance in the Construction Sector,” CIDEC 2018, November 2018 (Keynote Speaker)
• “Can International Construction Managers Succeed without Corruption in a Corrupt World?,” Global Leaders in Construction Management Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, October 2018 (Presenter)
• “The Value of Enlightened Dispute Avoidance and Resolution,” AGC of America Advanced Management Program, November 2018 (Co-Presenter)
• “Challenging Corruption in Construction – You Can Make a Difference,” 29th National Civil Engineering Congress, May 2018 (Keynote Speaker)
• “Contract & Alternate Dispute Resolution,” AGC of America’s Advanced Management Program, November 2017 (Co-Presenter)
• “What Construction Companies, In Particular, Can Do to Operate With Integrity and a Commitment Not to Engage in Corrupt Acts,” Anti-Corruption Conference sponsored by the CNEC (Camara Nacional de Empresas de Consultorio) and the Instituto Mexicano de Desorollo Technologico, January 2017 (Presenter)
• “Enlightened Management of Project Problems and Disputes,” Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s 2017 Conference Connecting the City: People, Density and Infrastructure, October 2017 (Presenter)
• “Decades of Minority Business Enterprise Programs in Construction: What Have They Accomplished?,” 2016 Construction Superconference, December 2016 (Co-Presenter)
• “The Nation’s Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Programs Over the Past Fifty Years,” P&A, Turner Construction Company and Smalls Electrical Contractors joint luncheon program, October 2016 (Co-Presenter)
• “Contract Dispute Resolution,” AGC of America Advanced Management Program, November 2015 (Co-Presenter)

• State of New Jersey
• State of New York
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• National Chair, Project Interchange – an institute of the American Jewish Committee.
• Chair, Asia Pacific Institute of the American Jewish Committee
• President, Jewish Home at Home (Managed Geriatric Care) and member of the Board of the Jewish Home Family.