Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Roy Powell's practice is primarily devoted to complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on construction and development-related disputes. He is cochair of Jones Day's Firmwide real estate/construction litigation practice and is a member of the Firm's multidisciplinary construction practice team.

Roy's practice includes representation of owners/developers, contractors, suppliers, and design professionals. He has represented clients in litigation as well as dispute avoidance counseling in construction matters that include virtually every project delivery method in multiple jurisdictions in the United States as well as in other parts of the world, with a special emphasis on expanding markets in Asia. He has extensive experience in counseling from the contracting and documentation phase of projects to dispute avoidance and claim preparation. In addition to construction-related matters, he has litigated many types of other commercial disputes, including securities matters, intellectual property disputes, and multiple complex post-closing disputes associated with purchases and sales of substantial businesses and/or operating assets.

Furthermore, he has more than 15 years of extensive experience in litigation related to the telecommunications industry. He has also participated in many arbitrations, mediations, and other alternative dispute resolution processes as counsel and as arbitrator. In 2004, Roy was selected as one of Pennsylvania's "Super Lawyers" consisting of the top 5 percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania by Law & Politics magazine.

Roy is a member of the ABA and its Construction Industry Forum, the Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations' Construction Litigation Sections and ADR Committee, the American Institute of Architects, the Associated Builders and Contractors, the Urban Land Institute, and the board of directors of Neighborhood Legal Services Association. He is also a life member of the Penn State Alumni Association. Roy has served on the American Arbitration Association national panel of arbitrators.

Roy has written articles and book chapters on a number of construction-related topics for Aspen Publishers, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and other legal journals and has participated as a faculty member for the 2000 and 2002 Construction Litigation Superconferences, the 2001 and 2003 Global Construction Superconferences in London, and for CoreNet Global's Seminars that are part of the master of corporate real estate certification. Roy currently serves as chairman of the board of governors of Diamond Run Golf Club and on the board of directors of Variety Children's Charity.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Commercial Disputes
• Construction Litigation
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Construction
• Financial Services
• Hospitality

Representative Cases

• Highlands Condominium Association v. Kettler Forlines, et al., No. 586 Civil 1993, in the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Balsbaugh v. Department of General Services, No. 332 MD 2002, in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (published opinion at 815 A.2d 36 (Commw. Ct. 2003))
• Continental Airlines, Inc. v. J.A. Jones Construction Co. (D.N.J.)
• Coppersmith v. Leonard S. Fiore, Inc., No. 55-110-0121-91, in the American Arbitration Association
• Daniel Boone Area School District v. Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al., No. 01-74J, 187 F. Supp. 23d 400 (W.D. Pa. Feb. 5, 2002)
• First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Altoona v. Disaster Specialists
• Sapia v. Leonard S. Fiore, Inc., No. 55-110-0005-92, in the American Arbitration Association.
• Thorobred Technology & Telecommunications, Inc. v. WilTel Communications, LLC

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• U of Pittsburgh- Pitt (Main)

Published Works

• Best If Used By: Employers Must Now Check the Expiration Date on All Form I-9 Documents, 2009
• Form and Substance: Employers Must Transition to New I-9 Forms, 2008

Address

500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

1.412.394.7922 (Business Phone)
1.412.716.4679 (Mobile Phone)

Faxes

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com