Brian O'Rourke is a practicing attorney with more than 25 years’ experience in construction and engineering law, involving civil litigation, arbitration, public and private procurement, contract negotiation and drafting. Examples of his claim and litigation work include acting as lead counsel in the representation of a large pharmaceutical client in a multi-million-dollar litigation regarding a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.  He participated as attorney in several large multi-million dollar construction relarted month-plus long trials. His work includes acting as lead counsel representing a construction manager in an arbitration with a subcontractor with parites asserting claims more than 1 million taken to verdict. He has been counsel on numerous other constructiona and engineering claims and litigations representing all parties in the construction and design process.

His contract negotiation and drafting work included advice and consultation on numerous construction and design contracts including agreements with a value more than several hundred million dollars. He is experienced with standard form contract agreements inlcuding AIA, EJCDC, and Concensus Docs. He also prepared and updated a construction contract drafting Practice Advisor for Lexis/Nexis.

His engineering experience includes working for a regional consulting engineering firm as a geotechnical engineer on numerous projects including cut and cover tunnel projects, rock tunnel projects, braced excavations, and deep and shallow building foundations. He continues to maintain his professional engineer’s registration and to participate in ASCE activities. He has taught a graduate level course in construction law class to civil engineers and construction managers for more than 10 years.

He has many years’ experiences as a participant in arbitrations and mediations. Including arbitrating matters through verdict.