Michael J. Barnaby

Email: mbarnaby@barnabylaw.com

Michael J. Barnaby has more than thirty years experience in the construction industry as a construction attorney and in the field. As such, Mr. Barnaby focuses almost exclusively on construction related matters. He has litigated, arbitrated, and mediated numerous complex construction disputes. As a former partner with two New York based construction law firms, Mr. Barnaby has represented and continues to represent numerous construction industry participants in New York and Connecticut. His family has been involved in the regional and national construction industry for several generations. Mr. Barnaby has considerable experience with various construction related issues including mechanic's liens, arbitration, contract disputes, surety law, contract preparation, public contracting, bid protests, architect and engineer liability, prevailing wage and labor law issues, payment and performance bond claims, and construction claims.

As a former construction superintendent for an internationally recognized construction manager, Mr. Barnaby has first-hand experience on commercial construction projects valued at over $200,000,000, including high-rise construction, concrete superstructure work, office buildings and hotels, renovation work, and environmental remediation work. Mr. Barnaby has been an arbitrator with the Construction Industry Panel of the American Arbitration Association for over twenty years and he has served as an arbitrator on numerous complex construction industry disputes.

Mr. Barnaby is a graduate of Lehigh University and he received his law degree, together with a Certificate in Environmental Law, from Pace University of Law.

Certified Legal Specialties

• Certificate in Environmental Law, 1993

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1994
• Connecticut, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1998

Education

• Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York
  J.D. - 1993
• Lehigh University
  B.A. - 1986

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Recognized speaker in a variety of construction fields including numerous seminars for professional organizations and continuing education providers in areas such as “New York Construction Lien Law,” “Advanced Construction Law in New York,” “Managing Construction Projects in Connecticut,” “Construction Law and Multi-State Variants,” “Fundamentals of Construction Contracts in New York,” “Environmental Law and Construction Contracts,” “AIA Contracts (2011),” “AIA Contracts (2013),” “AIA Applications for Payment,” and “Construction Law and OSHA.”

Contributing Author, Connecticut Construction Guidelines, the Manual for Successful Building Projects (2014).

Regular Contributing Author, Connecticut Bar Association Annual Construction Law Update.