Paul Sandars

Paul A. Sandars, III is a member of Lum. Drasco & Positan, LLC and concentrates his practice in the areas of construction law and complex commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, condominium, taxation and zoning matters. He represents property owners involved in residential, condominium, commercial, industrial, school and public projects. He specializes in the representation of condominium and multi-unit projects as general counsel and handles issues including maintenance, collections, construction defects and transition claims. He has appeared before numerous zoning boards and boards of adjustment seeking site plan approvals and variance waivers. His representation of contractors includes those involved in residential, commercial, industrial, school and public projects. He handles all aspects of construction law, including bid disputes, project management, delay claims, trials, arbitrations, mediations and appeals. He has been involved in projects ranging from $250,000 to $500,000,000. He has recently served as a member of the Council for the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation for three years, as well as having been past Co-Chair of the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Altemative Dispute Resolution and Construction Litigation Committees and of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Section on Construction and Public Contract Law. He is also a fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, a New Jersey court appointed mediator, and an approved American Arbitration Association construction arbitrator. Mr. Sandars is an active member of the ABA Forum on Construction, the New Jersey Chapter of the Building Contractors of America, and the American Subcontractors Association. He is a frequent lecturer on construction law and litigation, condominium law, as well as alternative dispute resolution. He has published numerous articles on construction law and litigation, condominium law, alternative dispute resolution, and OSHA litigation. He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, New York, the District of New Jersey, Southern District of New York, United States Court of Appeals-Federal Circuit, U. S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court. He has practiced before the OSHA Review Commission, the New Jersey Department of Labor, as well as the New Jersey Public Utility Commission. His last jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of his client, a condominium board, as against a construction lender based upon a "de facto" developer theory for construction defects and deficiencies in a 32-story, twin tower high-rise condominium project. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America under construction law in both New Jersey and the New York Metropolitan Area, and has been recently named a "Top 100" New Jersey "Super Lawyer”. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in economics, cum laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania In 1978, and graduated from Boston University School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1981. He also received an LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1987.