Tom Madigan

About Tom Madigan

Tom is a construction lawyer with more than 30 years of experience and leads the firm’s…

Experience

1. Shareholder and Chairman of the Construction Practice Group

   Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

   Mar 2017 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Tom Madigan is a construction lawyer with more than 30 years of experience and leads the firm’s Construction Practice Group. Tom represents general contractors, construction managers, engineers, owners and manufacturers and suppliers of systems, products and materials utilized in construction. He is experienced in all aspects of construction law from the negotiation of contracts to project counseling and the prosecution and defense of claims. He has extensive knowledge of all types of project delivery systems, including traditional design-bid-build, design-build, EPC, DBOM, and public-private partnerships. Tom has litigated construction and design defect claims, delay and disruption claims and payment claims arising from public and private projects in jurisdictions across the United States. His extensive litigation experience includes numerous jury and bench trials, arbitration cases and appeals before the Pennsylvania Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.Tom’s experience as a litigator informs his advice and counsel at the front-end of a project, as he knows what can go wrong when the parties do not anticipate and properly allocate the risks of performance. When called on during a project in trouble, Tom looks for practical, efficient solutions, while also making sure the client is properly positioned should litigation prove unavoidable. Tom is regularly listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for Construction Law and Construction Litigation and has an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbel®

Education

• Bucknell University

  Bachelor's Degree, Economics and Political Science

  1978 — 1982

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Product Liability
• Corporate Law
• Construction Law
• Civil Litigation
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Trials
• Commercial Litigation
• Courts
• Contract Law
• Contract Negotiation
• Real Estate
• Negotiation
• Construction
• Appeals
• Mediation
• Government Contracting
• Dispute Resolution