About Thomas Powell
Thomas J. Powell is an experienced trial attorney with a strong background in contracts, construction, commercial litigation, and government contracts. An engineer and a lawyer, Mr. Powell received his legal training from George Washington University’s National Law Center where he received his law degree (J.D.) in 1987. In 2002, Mr. Powell received a Master of Laws in Trial Advocacy degree (L.L.M.) from Temple University. He also holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Civil Engineering from Villanova University (B.C.E. 1979) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.S.C.E. 1981), respectively.
Mr. Powell’s practice is broad-based and encompasses both transactional matters as well as litigation. Currently, Mr. Powell is actively engaged in commercial, construction, and other matters in several venues. He appears regularly before various state and federal district courts representing a wide array of clients. Mr. Powell has represented individuals, businesses, corporations, and foreign government entities on matters valued from a few thousand to more than one billion dollars. Mr. Powell’s experience has included litigation on the construction of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square in New York City, numerous other hotels, the Capital One Arena and the District Wharf in Washington D.C., Superstorm Sandy insurance litigation in New York City on behalf of AMTRAK, and many other projects, large and small. Mr. Powell also represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the construction of the Cultural Mission of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, located in Fairfax, Virginia
Mr. Powell is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, State of Maryland and in the Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Fairfax Bar Association.
Prior to practicing law, Mr. Powell worked as a civil engineer for CBI Constructors Ltd., a well-known international construction company engaged in heavy industrial design, manufacture and construction. He has lived and worked in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, and his engineering roles have included draftsman, design engineer, project engineer and resident engineer on site in the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Powell’s practice is broad-based and encompasses both transactional matters as well as litigation. Currently, Mr. Powell is actively engaged in commercial, construction, and other matters in several venues. He appears regularly before various state and federal district courts representing a wide array of clients. Mr. Powell has represented individuals, businesses, corporations, and foreign government entities on matters valued from a few thousand to more than one billion dollars. Mr. Powell’s experience has included litigation on the construction of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square in New York City, numerous other hotels, the Capital One Arena and the District Wharf in Washington D.C., Superstorm Sandy insurance litigation in New York City on behalf of AMTRAK, and many other projects, large and small. Mr. Powell also represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the construction of the Cultural Mission of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, located in Fairfax, Virginia
Mr. Powell is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, State of Maryland and in the Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Fairfax Bar Association.
Prior to practicing law, Mr. Powell worked as a civil engineer for CBI Constructors Ltd., a well-known international construction company engaged in heavy industrial design, manufacture and construction. He has lived and worked in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, and his engineering roles have included draftsman, design engineer, project engineer and resident engineer on site in the United Arab Emirates.
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Location
Fairfax, VA
Years of Experience
37
Expertise Area
Construction Law
Licenses
Virginia Bar
Maryland Bar
Pennsylvania Bar
District of Columbia bar