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Peckar & Abramson, P.C. Offices
2055 L. STREET, N.W. SUITE 750
WASHINGTON DC 20036
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Mr Michael Branca
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Executive Committee
Career
Michael A. Branca is co-managing partner of Peckar & Abramson’s Washington, D.C. office and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He focuses his practice on construction and government contract law. Mike routinely represents general and prime contractors, construction managers, and other members of the construction and government contract industries. Given his depth of experience, he is able to provide an impressive range of services to his clients, including the review and negotiation of contract documents, prosecution of bid protests, project counsel support and guidance, and the preparation and litigation of claims.
Michael A. Branca has been involved with a wide variety of projects, both public and private. In the public arena, Mike has provided counsel on high profile federal health care facilities, courthouses, and military construction projects, civil works to include dam construction and remediation, rail, bridge and highway projects, and solar power facilities. In the private sector, in addition to all manner of general building projects, Mike has extensive experience providing counsel, arbitrating and litigating substantial claims on power generation facilities, including nuclear, fossil, hydroelectric, and solar.
Mike was elected a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers in 2019. Mike has been recognized since 2007 as one of the leading lawyers in the field of Construction Law by Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Mike has been noted by one Chambers source as having “a niche specialty relating to federal acquisition regulations.” One client reported that Mike was “very knowledgeable in how federal law applies to federal projects” and was “deemed to be a go-to lawyer for projects that involve the Navy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.” Mike has been recognized by BTI to its 2016 list of Client Service All-Stars.
Mike is a past editor of the Construction Lawyer, the flagship publication of ABA Forum on Construction Law. He is also a past chair of the Board of Governors of the Construction and Public Contract Law Section of the Virginia State Bar. Mike has edited and authored numerous books on a variety of topics relating to construction law, including Lead Editor and Author of the Third Edition of the Forum’s Federal Government Construction Contracts.
Memberships
American Bar Association (Forum on Construction Law)
Virginia State Bar (Board of Governors, Construction and Public Contract Law Section)
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Washington Building Congress
Association of General Contractors (Virginia Chapter)
Education
University of Virginia, B.A
Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, J.D, with distinction
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
(Leading lawyers)Handling various regulatory and transactional matters arising from public and private projects, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. houses ‘major players in the construction industry’ with ‘an expert in every possible topic’. Steven Charney leads the team from New York, regularly representing nationally significant contractors in disputes, and continuing to serve as lead counsel to the Building Trades Employers Association of New York. Co-managing partners of the New York office Paul Monte and Gregory Chertoff’s expertise includes litigating wrongful termination and material defect claims, as well as insurance issues including general liability and builders risk. Other key areas of expertise include arbitration and construction disputes, with Washington DC-based Michael Branca representing clients in state and federal courts. Levi Barrett, and Adam Handfinger, located in the New Jersey and Miami offices respectively, have experience in the negotiation and preparation of contract documents and counseling on dispute avoidance strategies. Ronald Helmuth retired from the partnership in February 2024.