Managing Member | New York Construction Litigation Attorney
Vincent T. Pallaci
Construction disputes move quickly. Vincent T. Pallaci helps owners, contractors, developers, design professionals, and construction businesses protect their position when payment, performance, property damage, or project control is at stake.
Mr. Pallaci focuses his practice on complex construction, business, and insurance litigation in New York. His work includes mechanic's lien claims and defenses, excavation and adjacent-property disputes, construction defect claims, delay and scope disputes, OSHA and ECB violations, access/license agreements, Labor Law claims, employment claims, and contract enforcement.
Construction litigation counsel for high-stakes project disputes
Mr. Pallaci represents general contractors, developers, subcontractors, owners, construction managers, architects, and engineers in disputes arising from residential, commercial, and public construction projects throughout New York, including New York City, Long Island, and the surrounding areas.
Clients turn to him when a project has gone sideways and the business consequences are real. His approach is practical and direct: understand the facts, identify leverage, assess the legal and commercial risk, and move the matter toward a result that protects the client's position.
Representative Matters
- State and federal construction litigation
- Arbitration and mediation of construction disputes
- Payment, delay, change order, and scope disputes
- Defect, property damage, and excavation claims
- Mechanic's lien foreclosure and defense
Focused New York construction law experience
Mr. Pallaci's practice is built around the legal problems that most often disrupt construction projects: payment pressure, defective work allegations, adjacent-property damage, access disputes, regulatory violations, project delays, and contract enforcement. His clients range from locally owned businesses to nationally and internationally known members of the Fortune 1000 and S&P 500.
Professional recognition and leadership
Mr. Pallaci is a former Chairman of the Nassau County Bar Association's Construction Law Committee and has lectured and written extensively on construction law topics, including payment recovery, loss mitigation, project risk, insurance considerations, adjacent-property construction, and lien law issues.
Admissions and education
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- J.D., New York Law School
- B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo
Professional associations
- New York State Bar Association
- Suffolk County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
Speaking and construction law commentary
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Payment Issues in Municipal Construction, presented to the National Electrical Contractors Association
- Construction Change Orders: Minimize Risk and Maximize Efficiency, presented to the New York State Association of Towns Annual Meeting
- Understanding Construction Law: Minimize Risk and Maximize Profit, presented to the National Electrical Contractors Association
- Issues in Adjacent Property Construction, presented to the Nassau County Bar Association Construction Law Committee
- Insurance Considerations for the Construction Industry, presented to the Nassau County Bar Association
- Stop Work Orders, RPAPL 881 Applications and License Agreements, presented at a Lorman Education conference
Selected Written Works
- 50 State Lien Law Handbook, contributing author, American Bar Association
- In Order to Avoid Problems During Construction, It is Critical to Keep Open Lines of Communication
- Challenging the Building Department's Permit Determination in Court
- How to Maintain Proper Lien Law Trust Records in Order to Avoid Liability
- Construction Collapses: Responding to the Emergency from a Legal Standpoint
- The Mechanic's Lien Discharge Bond: What it is and what it does
- All Lien Releases Are Not Created Equal
- Arbitration in Construction and Development Contracts: Prudence or Pitfall?
Need help with a New York construction dispute?
Kushnick Pallaci PLLC can assess the dispute, the contract, the project record, and the available options during an initial consultation.