Gary A. Wilson

Gary A. Wilson is a Senior Principal and Chair Emeritus of the Firm's Construction, Government Contracts & Surety Law Practice Group. His clients include public and private contractors, international corporations, and sureties involved in commercial and residential projects and transactions, as well as major energy and utility companies and others involved in complex contract negotiations, including with the federal government.

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• Successful class action/anti-trust defense of a Korean multi-national manufacturer of the artificial sweetener aspartame.
• Successfully reduced class size from 10,000 to 1,100 in a class action defense of a national residential home builder in state-wide litigation involving construction of more than 10,000 homes.
• Successful negotiation and resolution of litigation involving construction of several large retail stores.
• Successful resolution of an oil and gas production facility construction dispute in Brazil exceeding $200 million.
• Preparation and negotiation of energy construction contracts related to a $1 billion transmission line project.
• Currently provides reinsurance analysis and audit work related to construction and surety bond risks for various reinsurers, including a large multi-national reinsurer in Bermuda.

• Construction litigation, arbitration and mediation in state and federal courts in PA, NY, VA, MD, NJ, NC, WV, DC, DE, AK and FL. Also, construction claims and litigation in the Court of Federal Claims and government contract claims.
• Approved counsel for one of the largest U.S. general contractors, handling a variety of litigation disputes.
• Construction litigation, contract formation and dispute resolution nationally and internationally for projects and disputes up to $1 billion.
• Successful resolution of international oil & gas energy production facility construction dispute in Brazil exceeding $200 million involving Petrobras contract.
• Energy Contracts preparation and negotiation for $1 billion electric transmission line project.
• Successful defense of large shipyard owner regarding construction disputes arising from construction of several ships.
• Class action defense of national residential homebuilder in state wide litigation involving construction of over 10,000 houses.
• Representation of international contract sureties involving numerous contract surety construction project defaults and terminations requiring work-outs and completion.
• Class action/anti-trust commercial litigation involving defense of Korean multi-national company and international production of aspartame.
• Representation of large gas utility owner in contract negotiations for CHP gas supported electrical generation facilities with end user large private companies.
• Successful resolution of construction litigation involving 11 national supercenter “big box” stores located in several states.
• Successful resolution of Pittsburgh Airport surety litigation involving construction and design of complex rebar concrete structures after beam collapse during airport construction.

Mr. Wilson’s decades of experience in arbitration, mediation and ADR includes:

• International and domestic representation of international construction companies, large commercial entities, owners, developers, and other parties.
• Extensive experience with the full variety of litigation and dispute resolution arising out of construction, complex commercial matters, and other related disputes.
• Prior to private practice served as highest executive officer in charge of resolving every type  of commercial and construction disputes on an international basis.
• Member of the American Arbitration Association's Construction and Large, Complex Commercial Case Panels.
• Panel arbitration of large multi-use retail center (hotel, offices, retail) construction and financial dispute.
• Panel arbitration of international global credit insurance policy dispute.
• Panel arbitration of mall renovation HVAC project involving national retail store.
• Arbitrated commercial building construction dispute with new and restoration work resulting in affirmative and defensive claims.
• Arbitrated new building construction resulting in claims and counterclaims asserted by general contractor and subcontractors.

• AAA Effective Advocacy and Management in Arbitration 2015
• AAA Panel Dynamics: Effective Techniques for Panelists 2014
• AAA Construction Conference: Cutting Construction Arbitration Costs Without Compromise, 2012
• ABA Midwinter Joint Meeting: Do You Think It's Alright? Pushing the ADR Envelope, 2011
• AAA Fall Construction Conference: Planning Resolution Strategies, 2010
• AAA Construction Conference: Maximizing ADR Advocacy for Today's Economy, 2009
• AAA Construction Conference: ADR Works, 2008
• AAA Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics (ACE005), 2006
• AAA Construction Arbitrator II: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2005
• AAA Arbitrator I Training-Fundamentals of the Arbitration Process, 2005

• "American Conference Institute's National Advanced Forum on Litigating Contract Surety Bond and Fidelity Insurance Claims" (October 2012)
• "Defending and Prosecuting Construction Claims: From Defending 'Qui Tam' Actions to Recovery of Affirmative Claims on Federal Projects," Construction Superconference, San Francisco, CA (December 8, 2006)
•  "Risk Avoidance and Management for Infrastructure Projects," The Owners International Construction Superconference, London, UK (May 8-9, 2006)
• "What Construction Managers Should Know About CAD Models," The "Contractor and Construction Manager Issues" Construction Superconference, San Francisco, CA (December 9, 2005)
• "How Owners Should Deal with Changes During Construction and When Claims Are Made After Completion," The Owners International Construction Superconference, London, UK (May 17, 2004)

• Co-Author, "Chapter 44: Alternative Dispute Resolution" in LexisNexis' Regulation in the Natural Gas Industry, Publication 311 Release 31 (November 2016)
• Author, "Arbitration Versus Litigation: Choosing the Right Strategy for Complex Construction Claims," Association of General Contractor's (AGC) Constructor Magazine (November 2014)
• Co-Author, "Recent Developments Regarding Bad Faith Actions Against Sureties," International Association of Defense Counsel (December 2004)
• Co-Author, "Sureties Rights to Pursue Claims Against the United States Government," International Association of Defense Counsel (December 2001)
• Co-Author, "Government Contractor Subrogee May Rely on Tucker Act's Waiver of Sovereign Immunity to Bring Suit Against Government," West Group Construction Contract Law Report (June 1, 2001)