Roy A. Powell
Partner

Contact

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(M) +1.412.716.4679
(F) +1.412.394.7959

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh (J.D. 1982; Associate Editor, Journal of Law and Commerce); Pennsylvania State University (B.A. 1979)

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Roy Powell's practice is devoted to complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on construction industry and energy disputes. He is co-chair of Jones Day's global construction group. He has been involved in all facets of construction, energy, infrastructure, and petrochemical projects.

Roy represents owners, contractors, design professionals, and suppliers. He has represented clients in litigation as well as dispute avoidance counseling in construction matters in multiple jurisdictions in the United States and throughout the world. He has extensive experience in counseling from the contracting phase to dispute avoidance, claim preparation, and litigation. In addition to construction-related matters, he has litigated many types of other commercial disputes, including those related to energy and infrastructure projects, telecommunications, and multiple complex post-closing disputes. He has participated in many arbitrations, mediations, and other alternative dispute resolution processes as counsel and as arbitrator.

Roy is a member of the ABA and its Construction Industry Forum, the Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations' Construction Litigation Sections, the American Institute of Architects, and the Associated Builders and Contractors. He is a life member of the Penn State Alumni Association.

Roy has written articles and book chapters for Aspen Publishers, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and other legal journals and has participated as a faculty member for the Construction Superconferences and for CoreNet Global's Seminars that are part of the master of corporate real estate certification. Roy serves on the board of directors of Variety Children's Charity and is a member of Oakmont County Club and the Duquense Club.


Honors & Distinctions

  • Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in the practice of litigation-construction, The International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers, and as a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" in construction and business litigation since 2004
Roy Powell