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Brian J. Markowitz
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA

Phone: +1 212 471 1810
Fax: +1 212 504 0897
Email: bjmarkowitz@duanemorris.com

Brian J. Markowitz practices in the area of construction law, representing owners, developers, construction managers, general contractors and design professionals in litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings as well as contract drafting and negotiation. Mr. Markowitz has litigated disputes involving mechanic's liens, delay claims, surety bond claims, change orders, defaults, terminations and design defects.

Mr. Markowitz is also the drafter of New York Lien Law Section 44-b, dealing with necessary parties to a public improvement mechanic's lien foreclosure action.

Mr. Markowitz is a 2001 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Law
• Appellate Practice

Professional Activities

• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity

Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2001
• State University of New York at Oneonta, B.A., 1995

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2008-present
• Thelen LLP (formerly Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, formerly Ross & Cohen LLP)
  - Associate, 2004-2008
• New York City Law Department
  - Office of the Corporation Counsel
  -- Assistant Corporation Counsel, Tax and Bankruptcy Litigation Division, 2003-2004
  -- Assistant Corporation Counsel, Commercial and Real Estate Litigation Division, 2001-2003
  -- Senior Student Legal Specialist, Commercial and Real Estate Litigation Division, 1998-2001
• New York Paralegal School
  - Professor, 2002-2004

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "Claims for Architect's Failure to Achieve Specific Contractual Results Limited to Three-Year Malpractice Period," New York Real Estate Journal, September 2005