Joseph A. Hackenbracht

Mr. Hackenbracht is a partner in the firm and practices in all phases of Federal, State and local government contract and construction law. He has extensive experience handling protests, contract claims, appeals to administrative boards of contract appeals, and litigation in various Federal and State courts. He has prepared and litigated claims involving the many issues which arise concerning construction, including defective design, defective specifications, differing site conditions, changes, suspensions, delays and contract terminations. Mr. Hackenbracht has worked with clients on projects involving dredging, hazardous waste remediation, and the construction of dams, bridges, port facilities, airfields, office buildings, housing, research facilities, and prisons.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Hackenbracht had over twelve years of experience as an engineer in the design and construction of a wide variety of projects, having been a project manager with the Army Corps of Engineers, a Regional Engineer with the U.S. Department of Education, and a private engineering consultant involved in construction management, contract administration, scheduling, claims analysis and dispute resolution. While with the Corps of Engineers, he also served as an environmental specialist in groundwater contamination and resource management. Mr. Hackenbracht's varied experience allows him to bring to bear a unique perspective on the factual and legal issues confronting those involved in the performance of construction contracts.

Mr. Hackenbracht has lectured on the topics of construction management and claims analysis to contractors, owners, and designers throughout the United States, and has authored numerous articles on the subjects of government contracts and construction claims. For a number of years, he authored a column on legal issues in the publication Transportation Builder and in the Government Contract Journal and Pennsylvania Construction Journal. Mr. Hackenbracht is also a frequent contributor to the Federal Construction Contracting Blog.

Mr. Hackenbracht has a Juris Doctor degree from the Temple University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Lafayette College. He is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States Claims Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and has been admitted to practice before various federal district courts. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylania.