About Joel Howard, III

Joel represents contractors, subcontractors, material-men, owners, sureties and design professionals in all manner of construction-focused contract development, negotiation and administration, as well as mediation, arbitration and litigation of the full spectrum of construction and commercial litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Admissions
New York State Courts
Florida State Courts
Vermont State Courts
District of Columbia
United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York
United States District Court, District of Vermont
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
United States Claims Court
United States Supreme Court

Professional Experience
Representing contractor clients in construction claims and other disputes in litigation and arbitration with many tried to verdict or arbitration award.
Extensive experience in Lien Law and surety matters.
Extensive appeals practice in construction matters.
Counseling government contractors in procurement matters with New York State and its construction agencies.
Assisting clients with public procurement issues, including DBE, MBE and WBE certification, utilization and waivers.
Defending construction clients in construction-based False Claims Act matters.
Representing clients in surety matters and construction related insurance defense.
Extensive experience in New York State Education Law matters relating to the professions of architecture and engineering.
Representing clients in construction labor relations matters include organizing, elections, collective bargaining, arbitrations, double-breasted operations, picketing and labor violence.
Representing clients with construction industry labor matters before the National Labor Relations Board and federal courts.
Assisting clients in prevailing wage matters involving the New York State Department of Labor.
Counsel for the Associated General Contractors of New York State, LLC.

Memberships
Albany County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Northern District of New York Federal Bar Association
Vermont Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
Associated General Contractors of America Labor and Employment Law Council
Listed in Martindale Hubbell AV preeminent peer review rating
Named to Best Lawyers in America 2025 in the practice area of Commercial Litigation
Rated by Super Lawyers in the Upstate New York Edition for Construction Litigation