Practice areas: Construction Litigation, Professional Liability, Real Estate
Licensed in New York since: 1987
Education: University of Richmond School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2007 - 2025 Goetz Platzer LLP
One Pennsylvania Plaza31st Floor
New York, NY 10119 Phone: 212-695-8100 Email: John B. Simoni Visit website
Details
John Simoni concentrates his practice in construction law, professional liability defense, commercial litigation, and labor and employment issues arising in the construction industry. He provides contract and business formation advice and handles claims, trials, arbitrations, litigation and appeals on behalf of owners, developers, contractors, architects, engineers, construction managers, bond sureties and others in the construction industry.
Mr. Simoni's expeience includes public sector projects, large and small private commercial projects, large-scale single-family home residential projects and apartment renovations. Noteworthy litigation has included representing:
- a developer in a product liability claim of $4.9 million against a storm water drainage manufacturerer within a bankruptcy court adversary proceeding;
- a world-renowned soils engineer against $30 million in state and federal court claims involving the failure of a massive concrete reetaining wall; and
- a large public works contractor against millions in alleged unpaid prevailing wage and benefits claims.
First Admitted: 1987, New York
Professional Webpage: https://goetzfitz.com/attorneys/john-b-simoni/
- Center for Architecture Foundation (Member, Board of Directors); The American Institute of Architects; The Building Owners' and Managers' Association of Greater New York, Inc. (Member, Codes and Regulations Committee and Member, Board of Directors); The New York Building Congress (Member); The Metropolitan Design Professional Legal Roundtable (Member); The American Bar Association (Member, Forum on the Construction Industry); The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member); The New York County Lawyers Association (Member); The New York State Bar Association (Member, Environmental Law Section)
- Center for Architecture Foundation, Board Member
- Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
- Undergraduate Degree Hobart College, Geneva, New York, JD Degree University of Richmond School of Law
- Guest lecturer for New York University's Real Estate Institute diploma program
- AIA NY Chapter
- BOMA/NY
- NY Building Congress
Office location for John B. Simoni
One Pennsylvania Plaza
31st Floor
New York, NY 10119
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2007 - 2025