Bruce D. Meller
New Jersey
Peckar & Abramson, P.C.
70 Grand Avenue
River Edge, NJ 07661
United States
Tel: +1 201.343.3434
Email:
bmeller@pecklaw.com
Web:
www.pecklaw.com
Bruce Meller has been a Partner at Peckar & Abramson since 1979. He has been described in Chambers USA as “a brilliant construction litigator,” by Who’s Who Legal as “an attorney handling “high-pressure, high-stakes cases with class and composure,” and by The Legal 500: United States as “exceptional, with strong trial and arbitration experience” and “the epitome of the construction litigator, who understands a company’s needs and goes out to get results.”
Bruce has represented contractors throughout the United States on virtually every type of construction project, including high-rise buildings, shopping malls, museums, wastewater treatment and power plants, hospitals, garages, institutional buildings, stadiums, laboratories, highways, bridges, tunnels, pipelines and light rail systems.
A highly respected litigator, Bruce has been responsible for many of the firm’s most significant cases, as well as the negotiation of complex contractual relationships and the drafting of standard forms of agreement, which are used on a national basis.
Bruce was lead counsel in an arbitration involving claims in excess of $130 million arising out of building and civil construction work for a train system in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which lasted 84 hearing days. He was lead trial counsel and negotiated a $59 million dollar settlement on behalf of a design-build contractor with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Another matter on behalf of a construction manager involved claims in excess of $60 million, which lasted more than 75 hearing days. An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) matter resolved at trial for sums in excess of $100 million. Many of his jury trials have lasted over one month and up to four months in length, resulting in numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts, and dozens of published decisions. He has been admitted to practice pro hac vice throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico.
- Best Lawyers, 2006-2025
- New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2006-2024
- New York-Metro Super Lawyers, 2006-2023
- Chambers USA, Construction Law, New Jersey, Band 1, 2020-2024
- Chambers USA, Construction Law, New York, 2011-2019
- Lexology Client Choice Award, Construction, United States, 2020-2022
- ALM & Martindale-Hubbell “New York Top-Rated Lawyers,” 2019-2020
- Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year” in Construction Law – Hackensack region, 2021, 2024
- Best Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year” in Construction Litigation – Newark region, 2012
- Bergen Magazine, Top Lawyer – Construction, 2020-2023
- The Legal 500: United States
- Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leader: USA, 2024
- Who’s Who Legal – Thought Leaders, Construction, 2020-2023
- Who’s Who Legal: Construction
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated
- Construction Lawyer Society of America (Fellow)
- Litigation Counsel of America (Senior Fellow)
We deliver practical, no-nonsense, tactical and strategic guidance born of deep industry insight into the law and the industry we have chosen to represent.
Our Construction Dispute Resolution Group has decades of experience helping clients avoid disputes, promote positive relationships, maximize successful results and maintain profitability. We structure, advocate for and defend against complex claims of every type. We mediate, arbitrate, litigate and try cases to achieve outstanding results, again and again.
We draft and negotiate the contracts. We close the deals. We provide guidance, training and risk management support throughout the life cycle of projects. Our Construction Contracts and Risk Management Group is involved in many hundreds of major construction transactions every year. Our decades-long experience coupled with our long-term view provides us with an understanding of the industry in its every nuance and many facets. The breadth of our exposure to every issue that affects the industry affords us a singular perspective.
We recognize that strong working relationships with other project participants are critical to overall success. Beyond providing a winning legal strategy, we facilitate improved business relationships between our clients and their own clients wherever possible.
For over four decades, Peckar & Abramson has been a leader and innovator in construction law, providing tailored results for its clients – delivered with a commitment to efficiency, value and client service.
With over 100 attorneys in 10 offices in the United States and affiliations around the globe, P&A is the recipient of many accolades that reflect the firm’s stature as the premier construction law firm in the industry. Firmly rooted in its history, P&A maintains an unmatched national presence while providing its local clients with highly sophisticated legal insights.
In addition to the firm’s record of courtroom success, P&A takes great pride in helping clients avoid and settle disputes, reach cost-effective solutions, and grow their businesses. The firm has a profound understanding of the unique and complex challenges construction presents. Working collaboratively internally and with its clients, P&A’s team develops a clear understanding of client objectives to tailor the right strategy. Whatever your role in a project, small or large, P&A has the knowledge and tools to help achieve your legal goals.
P&A’s comprehensive array of legal services for the construction community extends beyond construction litigation and dispute resolution. As part of P&A’s construction practice, P&A offers dedicated teams that focus on construction transactions, corporate compliance & integrity; corporate law; cyber security; labor; employment; environmental law; government contracts; internal investigations; real estate law; surety; and white-collar criminal defense.
P&A commands high praise and recognition in the United States and internationally from various industry sources and publications but, most importantly, P&A covets recognition and praise from our clients. P&A is driven to provide excellence, efficiency and effectiveness, while always keeping our clients’ needs top of mind.
“Bruce Meller is commended for his strength acting for construction managers and contractors in substantial litigation, as well as contract negotiations.”