Meghan M. DiPerna
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 471 1818
Fax: +1 212 428 6736
Email:
mmdiperna@duanemorris.com
Meghan M. DiPerna practices construction law. Ms. DiPerna drafts and negotiates construction agreements, design agreements, development agreements and trade contracts on behalf of owners, developers and contractors. She counsels clients through the contract administration process, and provides advice as to allocation of construction/design risk, surety bonding, insurance coverage, building loan funding, adjacent property protection, labor issues, warranties and lien matters. As a complement to her transactional practice, Ms. DiPerna also assists clients in resolving a variety of disputes. Her experience in this regard extends to delay claims, change orders, design defects, defective work, property damage, and default/termination.
Ms. DiPerna has been involved in some of the most iconic projects in New York City, including:
- The Hudson Yards Redevelopment
- World Trade Center Office Towers
- Columbia University's Manhattanville Expansion
- Chancery of the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations
- 15 Central Park West
- BankNote Building
- Bronx Terminal Market
- East River Plaza
- MiMa
- 50 United Nations Plaza
- 18 Gramercy Park South
- One Madison Park
- Brooklyn Law School
- Fulton Street Mall
- 225 Rector Place
- Carnegie Park
Ms. DiPerna is a 2005 graduate, with honors, of The George Washington University Law School and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Areas of Practice
- Real Estate
- Construction Law
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Education
- George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 2005
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., magna cum laude, 2002
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2008-present - Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP
- Associate, 2005-2007
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "FAR Rules for Stimulus Funded Contracts: Alert 1 - Buy-American Provisions," Duane Morris Alert, May 5, 2009
- Co-Author, "Private or Public?: Either Way, Give Proper Notice of Construction Claims," New York Law Journal, December 23, 2009
- Co-Author, "Default Termination and Liquidated Damages: The Best Briefs from the McKenna Long & Aldridge Gilbert A. Cuneo Government Contracts Moot Court Competition, Public Contracts Law Journal, Summer 2004
- Co-Author, "Termination for Convenience and Fraud: The 2005 McKenna Long & Aldridge Gilbert A. Cuneo Government Contracts Moot Court Competition," Public Contracts Law Journal, Summer 2005
- Author, "Laches Defense Bars Destruction of Condos for Copyright Violation, U.S. Court Holds," Construction WebLinks Business Bulletin, October 6, 2008
- Author, "General Contractors in Virginia: Another Hurdle to Establishing Your Mechanic's Lien," From the Ground Up, Spring 2006; Construction Law & Public Contacts News, Spring 2006
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Host, Greater New York City/Long Island Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction CAD/Design/Drafting Scholarship Award Competition, New York City, March 3, 2012
- Seminar, "Construction Contracts," Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City, July 28, 2010
