Experience
Mr. Kasimer has represented contractors, subcontractors, owners, architects, engineers, and material producers throughout the United States, but primarily in Virginia, The District of Columbia and Maryland. Much of his practice has focused on disputes involving road, bridge, utility and highway construction as well as sitework and foundation projects. He is actively engaged in this area of practice, having served as a member of the Associate Leadership Committee, Contract Administration Subcommittee, the Joint Highway Cooperative Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance. He is also a member of the Dispute Review Board Foundation.
In addition to an active litigation practice, Mr. Kasimer is an experienced public speaker and author in the construction field, and has presented lectures and articles in such areas as construction management, project scheduling and claims protection. He has spoken on behalf of The Construction Specifications Institute, Engineering News-Record, Masterbuilders of Iowa, Heavy Construction Contractors Association, Virginia Masonry Association, The Virginia Road and Transportation Builders, Heavy Construction Contractors Association, Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance, The Government Contracts Learning Center, The Small Business Administration, Northern Virginia Community College and the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. In 1981, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002-2005, and 2010, Mr. Kasimer was selected as one of the speakers at the Construction Specifications Institute National Convention. He has also been selected to speak at the National Asphalt Pavement Association Convention and the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association Convention.
Mr. Kasimer is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Columbia, and the United States Claims Court. In 1983, he received an educational award from the Construction Specifications Institute. In 1998, he was named a Fellow of the Construction Specifications Institute, the first practicing attorney to receive that award. He was a member of the editorial advisory board at The Construction Specifier Magazine. Mr. Kasimer was also the Chairman of several Dispute Review Boards on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston Mass. He has been an arbitrator and/or mediator for the American Arbitration Association, National Arbitration Forum, and Fairfax County Department of Consumer Affairs. He was named as a member of a joint contractor/owner committee that drafted the Virginia Department of Transportation's DRB Specifications.
Before joining Rees Broome, he was a founder and name partner of Kasimer, Pierce & Schaecher, a construction law firm based in Tysons, Virginia.
News & Publications
Published in Washington SmartCEO
Articles
• “Steps to a Successful Construction Project” Quorum Magazine (October 2014).
• “Ten Contract Clauses That Owners Need, Part 2,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 63, No. 10 (October 2010).
• “Project Scheduling and Construction Claims,” (Third Ed.), Construction Consultants International Corporation (1980).
• “Construction Management,” Federal Publications, Inc. (1975).
• “First Article Approval Requirements In Government Contracts: Terminations and Claims,” 10 Public Contract Law Journal 134 (August 1978).
• “Claims, Disputes and Protest Procedures,” Government Contracts Learning Center (1979).
• “Project Close-Out,” Construction Specifications Institute (1980).
• “Costing the Claim/Preparation of Your Claim Presentation or Defense: Successful Claim Negotiation Techniques and Strategies,” Engineering News-Record (1980).
• “Construction Delays and Claims,” Construction Specifications Institute (1980).
• “Arbitration Clauses: Assessing The Pros and Cons,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 34, No. 2 (February 1981).
• “Tips on Preventing or Minimizing Construction Claims,” Trustee, Vol. 34, No. 2 (February 1981).
• “Contracts and the Uniform Commercial Code,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 34, No. 4 (April 1981).
• “Recovering Attorney's Fee and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act,” Virginia Road Builder, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3 (May-June 1981).
• “Recovering of Delay Damages under VDH&T Contracts; Virginia Road Builder, Directory Issue (1982).
• “The Miller Act: Pay Attention to Technicalities,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 34, No. 12 (December 1981).
• “Construction Claims, Investigating and Presenting Them,” The Military Engineer, Vol. 74, No. 482 (September-October 1982).
• “Defending Building Failure Claims,” (Part I) The Construction Specifier, Vol. 35, No. 11 (November 1982).
• “Conducting Your Defense In and Out of Court,” (Part II), The Construction Specifier, Vol. 35, No. 12 (December 1982).
• “Specifiers and the Manville Bankruptcy,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 36, No. 4 (April 1983).
• “How to Assess Contractor Recovery of Home Office Overhead,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 37, No. 8 (August 1984).
• “How to Get Paid,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 37, No. 9 (September 1984).
• “10 Big Ones: Mistakes Contractors Make on Construction Projects”, Metalmag (March-April 2005).
• “Ten Contract Clauses That Owners Need, Part 1,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2010).
• “Ten Contract Clauses That Owners Need, Part 2,” The Construction Specifier, Vol. 63, No. 10 (October 2010).
Presentations
• Claims - What you Need to Know
• Construction Specifications Institute
• Engineering News-Record
• Virginia Road and Transportation Builders Association
• National Asphalt Pavement Association (National Convention)
• Virginia State Office of Minority Business Enterprise
• Heavy Construction Contractors Association
• Virginia Masonry Association
• American Institute of Plant Engineers
• American Institute of Architects Washington Chapter
• Small Business Administration
• Government Contracts Learning Center
• Yale University School of Architecture
• Catholic University School of Architecture
• Associated Builders and Contractors - Virginia Chapter
• Transportation Construction Management Institute
• Northern Virginia Community College
• Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (Annual Convention)
• Decorative Laminate Contractors Association (Annual Convention)
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• National Association of Credit Managers
• Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance
• DC Chapter of National Utility Contractors Association
Affiliations
Served on the Disputes Review Board (1997 – 2003) (Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Boston Mass)
Heavy Construction Contractors Association (General Counsel)
Virginia Construction Transportation Alliance (held positions on Board of Directors, Contract Administration Subcommittee, Joint Highway Cooperative Committee, Associates Committee and special committee to draft DRB specification)
Member, DC Chapter of National Utility Contractors Association
Awards
“Best Lawyers in America” in the area of Litigation/Construction Law (2024)
Associate Member of the year award (2019) - National Utility Contractors Association of Metropolitan DC (DC NUCA).
"Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Litigation - Construction, 2020 Edition
2019 “Best Lawyers” award: Construction Law
Rated “Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell (2020 / 2018)
Washington DC Best Lawyers (2018)
American Lawyer’s 2014 national “Top-Rated Lawyers in Construction Law”
Listed "Best Lawyers" as a construction litigator (2006 - present)
Virginia and District of Columbia "Super Lawyer"
Greater Washington Legal Elite list (2010)