Joseph McGowan
Shareholder | Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, A Professional Corporation
About Joseph McGowan
Mr. McGowan has represented prime contractors, owners, subcontractors, surety companies and banks in all forms of construction and commercial disputes. He has extensive trial experience and has tried cases before both state and federal judges, private arbitrators and juries. Mr. McGowan has litigated major cases involving major transportation projects, roads and highways, bridges, improvements to a river, a major outdoor amphitheater, fiber optic cable networks, a pump station and pipeline, personal residences, and a contract to manufacture buses for the San Francisco Municipal Railway. He has handled numerous state and federal bid protests. He also regularly handles foreclosure, receivership and real property issues.
Mr. McGowan formerly served as general counsel for Kajima Engineering and Construction, Inc., where he drafted and negotiated all forms of construction and lending documents, and handled disputes arising from a variety of projects including construction of tunnels, bridges, subway stations, roads, a federal court house and a prison.
Mr. McGowan has lived in Japan and Mexico, and is conversant in both Japanese and Spanish.
Mr. McGowan formerly served as general counsel for Kajima Engineering and Construction, Inc., where he drafted and negotiated all forms of construction and lending documents, and handled disputes arising from a variety of projects including construction of tunnels, bridges, subway stations, roads, a federal court house and a prison.
Mr. McGowan has lived in Japan and Mexico, and is conversant in both Japanese and Spanish.
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Details
Location
San Francisco, CA
Years of Experience
31
Expertise Area
Construction Law
Licenses
California Bar
Languages
English
Spanish
Japanese