Managing Member | New York Construction Litigation Attorney
Vincent T. Pallaci
Strategic counsel for New York construction disputes where payment, performance, property damage, or project control is at stake.
For more than 20 years, Mr. Pallaci has practiced construction law in the New York City area, representing owners, contractors, developers, design professionals, and construction businesses in complex matters throughout New York.
Construction litigation counsel for high-stakes project disputes
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 and license agreements, Labor Law claims, employment claims, and contract enforcement.
He 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.
With more than 20 years of construction-law practice, Mr. Pallaci has negotiated more than 1,000 construction contracts and litigated more than 1,000 construction claims. That experience informs both his front-end contract advice and his handling of payment, performance, delay, defect, access, and project-control disputes.
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.
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.
His broader New York construction litigation practice includes disputes resolved through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and state or federal court proceedings.
Discuss a construction dispute with experienced counsel
Early review can help preserve leverage, organize the project record, and clarify the available legal and business options.
Professional recognition and leadership
Mr. Pallaci is the former Chairman of the Nassau County Bar Association's Construction Law Committee, where he oversaw and coordinated monthly continuing legal education programs devoted to construction law. He is also the attorney of record in more than 30 reported decisions.
He is regularly invited to speak at construction-law seminars and industry programs, including programs of the New York State Association of Towns addressing municipal-construction issues. He has also lectured and written extensively on payment recovery, loss mitigation, project risk, insurance considerations, adjacent-property construction, and lien law issues.
AV Preeminent
Rated by Martindale-Hubbell at its highest peer-review level for legal ability and professional ethics.
View Martindale-Hubbell profileConstruction Lawyers Society of America
Fellow in an invitation-only construction law organization.
Super Lawyers
Selected to Rising Stars from 2012 through 2020 and to Super Lawyers from 2021 through 2026.
View Super Lawyers profileAdmissions 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; former Chairman, Construction Law Committee
Speaking and construction law commentary
Mr. Pallaci is regularly invited to address construction-law and project-risk issues before legal and construction-industry audiences. The programs below include selected presentations on municipal construction, change orders, adjacent-property access, insurance, payment, and project risk.
Selected speaking engagements
View six selected construction law programs
- 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
View eight selected publications and contributions
- 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.