Steven Nudelman

Partner, Litigation Department
Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group
Member, Construction Practice Group
Member, Green Building Practice Group

Practice Focus

Mr. Nudelman represents owners developers, contractors and suppliers in contract disputes involving public as well as private construction projects throughout the state of New Jersey. He regularly handles matters in State and Federal Courts, in both New Jersey and New York. He has participated in a number of construction and commercial arbitrations and has also prosecuted shareholder disputes and RICO violations before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Mr. Nudelman has appeared pro hac vice in commercial matters in California and Texas.

Professional Activities / Honors

• Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition by Super Lawyers magazine in the Construction Litigation category (2009).
• Bar Reader for the New Jersey State Board of Bar Examiners.
• Recipient of an APEX award for Publication Excellence in Feature Series Writing in 2006.
• Member of the Monmouth County Bar Association.
• Member of the Middlesex County Bar Association.
• Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association Construction & Public Contract Section. 
• Member of the American Bar Association (ABA).
• Member of the ABA  Forum on the Construction Industry. 
• Vice President of the Rensselaer Club of New Jersey.
• Regularly judges the northeast regional semifinals of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition.
• Former member of the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.
• Former certified New Jersey Delegate to the Assembly of the ABA Young Lawyers Division for 2004 and 2005.
• Former editor of the ABA Young Lawyers Division LSOC Newsletter in 2003-04.
• Former judge of the national finals of the ABA Negotiations Competition.
• Former student law clerk to the Honorable Naomi R. Buchwald, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
• Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Policy (1994-95) and recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing.

Publications / Articles / Presentations

• Co-author of the New Jersey chapter of CPI LienLaw Online (2010).
• Author, "Standard of Quality Clauses in Public Contracts," Plumbing Systems & Design, April 2010, at 8.
• Author, "Leapin' Lizards! It's a Lis Pendens!" Plumbing Systems & Design, November 2009, at 6.
• Author, "The Buyer's Remedy of Cover," Plumbing Systems & Design, September 2009, at 8.
• Author, "Beware of Consumer Fraud Statutes," Plumbing Systems & Design, June 2009, at 10.
• Author, "The Perils of the Statute of Frauds," Plumbing Systems & Design, April 2009, at 10.
• Author, "RTGC: Read the General Contract," Plumbing Systems & Design, Jan./Feb. 2009, at 18.
• Author, "Liquidated Damages," Exhibit A, Winter 2008, Vol. 11 No. 3.
• Author, "Mechanic’s Liens & You,” Plumbing Systems & Design, Sept. 2008, at 18.
• Author, "Understanding Liquidated Damages,” Plumbing Systems & Design, June 2008, at 16.
• Author, "Dispute Resolution 101 for Plumbing Engineers,” Plumbing Systems & Design, Mar./Apr. 2007, at 36.
• Author, "A Primer on Liability for Plumbing Professionals: Contract Claims, Equitable Claims and Damages," Plumbing Systems & Design, Mar./Apr. 2005, Jul./Aug. 2005 and Jan./Feb. 2006.
• Author, "Understanding Electronic Discovery in Civil Litigation, Plumbing Systems & Design," Nov./Dec. 2003, at 36.
• Author, "LSD National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition," ABA/YLD Committee Newsletter, Fall 2003.
• Author, "A Chilly Wait in Radioland: The FCC Forces ‘Indecent’ Radio Broadcasters to Censor Themselves or Face the Music," 2 Journal of Law and Policy 115 (1994).
• Seminar Speaker, "Legal Liability for Plumbing Design Professionals," American Society of Plumbing Engineers, Capital Region N.Y. Chapter, Albany, New York - May 21, 2009.
• Seminar Speaker, "Legal Issues for New Jersey Architects," Halfmoon Seminars - April 24, 2009.
• Seminar Speaker, “Liability for Plumbing Engineers”, American Society of Plumbing Engineers Biennial Convention, Long Beach, California – October 28, 2008.
• Seminar Speaker, “Choosing and Using a Dispute Resolution Technique”, Minimizing Engineering Liability Exposure, Halfmoon Seminars – December 6, 2007.
• Panelist, Young Lawyers Forum (hosted by former Chief Justice James R. Zazzali), New Jersey State Bar Association – May 24, 2007.
• Seminar Speaker, “Dispute Resolution 101”, American Society of Plumbing Engineers, N.J. Chapter, Woodbridge, New Jersey – November 16, 2006.
• Seminar Speaker, “Lessons in Building Liability”, American Society of Plumbing Engineers Biennial Convention, Tampa, Florida – October 24, 2006.
• Moderator, Young Lawyers Division – Summer Associate Program, New Jersey State Bar Association – July 10, 2006 and July 18, 2005.
• Co-Presenter, "Liquidated Damages Claims in Construction Contracts," ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Annual Meeting, Division 5 Breakfast - May 19, 2006.
• Panelist, Bench-Bar-CSR Panel, “Partnering in Making the Record”, Certified Shorthand Reporters Association of New Jersey, Annual Spring Convention – March 12, 2005.
• Seminar Speaker, “Claims, Damages & Defenses: A Primer for Liability for Plumbing Engineers”, American Society of Plumbing Engineers Biennial Convention, Cleveland, Ohio – October 26, 2004. 

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1995
• New York, 1996
• District of Columbia, 1996
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1995
• U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2000