Jason L. Rothman
Jason L. Rothman, Esq. has been counseling construction industry clients for more than a decade. In his practice, Mr. Rothman has represented owners, contractors, vendors, design professionals and sureties in disputes involving mechanic’s liens, extra work, project impacts, delays, wrongful termination, performance and payment bonds, property damage, personal injury, and claims involving the Labor Law and prevailing wages. He also regularly drafts and negotiates construction agreements including, construction management agreements, prime contracts, architect agreements and subcontracts. Mr. Rothman is a lecturer on construction contract law before the New York City Lawyers' Association.
Mr. Rothman also has extensive experience in representing purchasers, sellers, landlords and tenants in real estate transactions and litigation including residential and commercial property sales and leases, property disputes, nuisance claims, breach of contract claims and non-payment and holdover proceedings.
In his practice, Mr. Rothman has successfully prosecuted and defended numerous construction and property cases at trial and arbitration. Mr. Rothman, however, strives to successfully achieve his clients' goals through less costly and time consuming alternative dispute resolutions.
Mr. Rothman was born on July 10, 1971. In 1996, he graduated cum laude from St. John's University School of Law where he was a published member of the New York International Law Review and received the highest grades in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation. Mr. Rothman was admitted to practice in New York in 1997 and, in 2000, he was admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Areas of Practice
- Construction Law
- Surety Law
- Real Estate Law
- Landlord/Tenant Law
- General Civil Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Commercial Law
- Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Contracts
Litigation Percentage
- 85% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1997
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2000
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2000
Education
- St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1996
- Honors: New York International Law Review
- Queens College, Queens, New York
- B.A. - 1993
- Major: Political Science
Published Works
- Recent Decision, Ross v. United States of America, Harsher United States' Punishments will not Bar the Extradition of Canadian Drug Offenders, 8 N.Y. Int'l L Rev. 137, Summer, 1995






