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Michael A. Branca

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:17 +0000

Michael A. Branca has been involved with a wide variety of projects, both public and private. In the public arena, Mike has provided counsel on high profile federal health care facilities, courthouses, and military construction projects, civil works to include dam construction and remediation, rail, bridge and highway projects, and solar power facilities. In the private sector, in addition to all manner of general building projects, Mike has extensive experience providing counsel, arbitrating and litigating substantial claims on power generation facilities, including nuclear, fossil, hydroelectric, and solar.

Mike was elected a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers in 2019. He has been recognized since 2007 as one of the leading lawyers in the field of Construction Law by Chambers USA. Mike has been noted by one Chambers source as having “a niche specialty relating to federal acquisition regulations.” One client reported that Mike was “very knowledgeable in how federal law applies to federal projects” and was “deemed to be a go-to lawyer for projects that involve the Navy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.”

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Christopher J. Olsen

tthorp — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:02:17 +0000

From billion-dollar infrastructure projects to complex public works and commercial projects, Chris guides clients through every phase of the construction process—from contract negotiation and risk management to litigation, arbitration, bid protests, and administrative proceedings. His work spans projects involving federal, state, and local government entities, as well as the private sector.

With extensive first-chair trial experience, Chris has a proven record of delivering results successfully in state and federal courts, securing favorable arbitration awards, and arguing before appellate courts. He regularly navigates multi-million-dollar claims involving delay, acceleration, construction defects, scope changes, payment disputes, and performance guarantees, often on projects exceeding $1 billion in value.

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Christopher J. Brasco

tthorp — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:59:41 +0000

With more than 35 years of experience untangling complex liability-knots on high profile construction projects across the globe, Chris Brasco is uniquely qualified to protect his clients’ bottom line interests by crafting solutions which appreciate the varied perspectives and issues affecting their projects. He continues to sharpen his knowledge by lecturing nationally to leading industry groups on the risk-shifting trends and claims pricing developments that inspire breakthrough project solving. In recognition of his work delivering talks to construction industry trade groups on trend-setting issues, Chris was awarded the Paul F. Phelan Memorial Award by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. He is also a frequent lecturer at national events hosted by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE). Emblematic of Chris’ difference making skill-set, he was involved with the federal government in negotiating the successful reprocurement of mission-critical projects throughout Afghanistan after the program-wide default of a large government contractor which occurred during the height of U.S. involvement.

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Robert J. Symon

BTIConsulting — Wed, 29 May 2024 13:55:42 +0000

Bob Symon practices in the areas of construction and government contract law. Clients routinely seek out Bob’s advice to assist in such matters as protesting government procurement decisions, interpreting the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), prosecuting claims under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) or insuring compliance with ethical obligations to name just a few. Indeed, Bob has enjoyed considerable success for clients prosecuting and defending bid protests at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the United States Court of Federal Claims. Similarly, he has litigated contract disputes with equal success throughout the country in federal and state forums in a wide variety of complex construction claims. Types of projects which have been the subject matter of claims Bob has handled over the years, include office buildings, military housing, multi-use facilities, data centers, courthouses, prisons, condominiums, hotels, waste water treatment plants, laboratories, test facilities, manufacturing plants, clinics and hospitals.

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Sharif E. Jacob

BTIConsulting — Wed, 29 May 2024 13:55:41 +0000

Sharif E. Jacob serves as lead counsel in high-stakes litigation. He focuses on intellectual property litigation, complex business disputes, and the representation of individuals. Mr. Jacob has extensive experience with intellectual property litigation, including litigation between competitors. He has represented leading firms in video streaming, social networking, and the app economy in dozens of disputes before U.S. district courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent and Trademark Office. He counts among his current and former clients Netflix, Instacart, Hulu, and Twitter.

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Gary J. Greco

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:52:42 +0000

Gary Greco is an attorney in King & Spalding’s Contracts and Business Torts group. Since joining the firm, he has worked on a variety of complex civil litigation matters for clients around the country focusing on a range of disputes including insurance coverage on behalf of policyholders, professional malpractice, civil RICO, and antitrust.

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Jeffrey L. Harvey

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:52:17 +0000

Jeff’s practice focuses on global outsourcing, technology, e-commerce and commercial contracting transactions.
Jeff’s practice focuses on information technology, business processes, sourcing and system integration / implementation, e-commerce, commercial contracting and various intellectual property matters. He also focuses on the implementation and integration of social media, mobile technologies, analytics and cloud computing services (SMAC). He has negotiated, documented and assisted with significant sourcing and other information technology transactions valued at several billion dollars.

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John C.J. Barnes

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:52:07 +0000

John Barnes specializes in managed healthcare arrangements. As a partner in our Healthcare practice, John advises clients on the structuring of risk-based managed care contracts (including capitation and shared savings arrangements), as well as traditional fee-for-service arrangements. He also advises clients on contract terminations, network access disputes, and revenue cycle practices.

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Ronald D. Lee

tthorp — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:50:41 +0000

Ron Lee advises and represents clients in national security, cybersecurity and privacy, and government contracts matters. A former General Counsel of the US National Security Agency 1994 to 1998 and Associate Deputy Attorney General of the US Department of Justice 1998-2000, he helps companies structure and protect the commercial, compliance and strategic aspects of their relationships with key national security and cybersecurity government agencies and customers. Mr. Lee also represents clients in national security-based international trade regulatory matters; compulsory process and voluntary requests for information; Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, big data and privacy, electronic surveillance and computer crime matters, risk management and corporate governance, and security clearance matters.

Mr. Lee was Chief of Staff of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. He served as a law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Abner J. Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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William P. Byrne

tthorp — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 22:07:49 +0000

William P. Byrne practices primarily in the area of transportation, with extensive experience in rail, road, intermodal (multimodal) and ocean transportation, including federal/state compliance issues; motor carrier, broker, truckload, less than truckload and intermodal (multimodal) agreements; equipment management, i.e., chassis, container, railcar and trailer leasing, acquisition, interchange (AAR and UIIA) and M&R agreements; and charter parties. Mr. Byrne has similarly extensive experience in shared freight and passenger rail corridors and has represented buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions, including the sale and/or lease of rail lines for and on behalf of all classes of rail carriers. He has broad experience handling a wide variety of contract and corporate and commercial matters. Mr. Byrne also regularly assists clients involved with litigation and arbitration and uses his background to help them assess and solve business disputes. Mr. Byrne has significant experience with various federal agencies in the transportation area, including the Surface Transportation Board (STB), Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Mr. Byrne is a member of the firm’s elected Directors Committee and serves on the leadership team of the firm’s Transportation and Infrastructure Industry Sector Group.

Mr. Byrne began his career in the transportation business in New York City in 1980 and has acted both as outside counsel as a maritime lawyer and on the business side as CEO of a New York based commercial representative of a Brazilian ship-owning and chemical group engaged in trade to and from the U.S., Europe and the Far East.

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