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KathrynPettit

Counsel

Kathryn is counsel in the firm’s Government Contracts group. Her practice includes civil litigation, with a focus on construction law. She counsels and represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors and design professionals in all aspects of construction law involving public and private projects. Kathryn negotiates contracts, advises clients on risk management, and litigates, arbitrates and mediates cases, including breach of contract actions, prompt pay claims, mechanics liens, bond claims, construction defect claims, and other claims arising from the construction industry.

Kathryn utilizes her civil engineering degree from Syracuse University while representing clients in the construction industry, which affords her a unique technical perspective. Throughout her career, Kathryn has developed significant trial experience in both federal and state courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Focus Areas

Examples of Kathryn’s experience include:

  • Represented a general contractor and served as second chair at a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in which the jury awarded in excess of $3 million to the general contractor in a case involving an employment dispute between the general contractor and its former employee.
  • Defeated an insurance company’s appeal to the New Jersey Appellate Division in an attempt to overturn an order which afforded a roofing subcontractor insurance coverage in an underlying litigation.
  • Represented a general contractor on a $25 million HUD project in New Jersey and obtained an arbitration award in an action filed by a drywall subcontractor which resulted in the denial of the subcontractor’s claims for out-of-scope work and awarded damages to the general contractor for delays caused by the subcontractor.
  • Successfully represented several homeowners in litigation involving the defective construction of their residences, while obtaining jury verdicts and/or favorable settlements to compensate clients for their associated damages.
  • Counseled several contractor clients on COVID-19 business closure mandates and successfully obtained waivers in order for those contractors to continue to perform work while business closure mandates were in effect.

 

  • Received a 2021, 2022 and 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch recognition for Construction Litigation

Professional Associations

  • Member, Associated Builders and Contractors, Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter
  • Member, Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Metal Building Contractor and Erectors Association

Education

  • Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2011
  • Syracuse University, B.S., 2008

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania