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Our Practice
Practice Areas and Services
Design and Construction Law
- Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Agreements
- Construction Management and General Construction Contracts
- Design/Build Agreements
- Trade Contracts and Subcontracts
- Material and Equipment Purchase Orders
- Adjacent Property Owner Access Agreements
- Bills of Sale, Warehouse Agreements, Lien Waivers, Warranties & Guarantees
- Claims and Disputes
- Close-out and Settlement Agreements
Advice and Counseling
- Legal Research and Advice
- Review and Interpretation of Agreements
- Contract Administration and Compliance Training
- Guidance on Team Selection, Structure and Delivery Method
- General Corporate Counseling and Advice on Industry Best Practices
Risk Management and Insurance
- Contractual Risk Transfer and Allocation
- Insurance Placement and Claims Advice
- Preparing Insurance Requirements
- Navigating Bond and Subcontractor Default Insurance Claims
Art Law
- Commissioning and Exhibition Agreements
- Loan Agreements
Representative Projects
- Principal, John L. Hunt, has served as design and construction counsel on the following major New York new development projects and operating properties, among others:
Commercial Office
- Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech (New Development)
- New York Times Building (Operating)
- 1, 2, 9, 11, 12 and 15 MetroTech Center (Operating)
- Atlantic Terminal Office (New Development and Operating)
Sports and Entertainment
- Barclays Center (New Development and Operating)
- NYBC Live at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Redevelopment)
Residential
- New York by Gehry - 8 Spruce Street (New Development and Operating)
- DeKalb Bklyn - 80 DeKalb Avenue (New Development and Operating)
- 550 Vanderbilt Avenue (New Development)
- 461 Dean Street (New Development and Operating)
- 535 Carlton Avenue (New Development)
- 38 Sixth Avenue (New Development)
- 300 East 50th Street (New Development)
- 335 Eighth Avenue (New Development)
Retail
- Westchester's Ridge Hill (New Development)
- East River Plaza (New Development)
- Atlantic Terminal Mall (New Development and Operating)
- Atlantic Center Mall (Operating)
- 234 West 42nd Street (Operating)
Infrastructure
- Reconstruction of Sewers and Water Mains at Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park
- Reconstruction of the Long Island Rail Road Vanderbilt Yard at Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park
Cultural
- National Black Theatre (New Development)
- Brooklyn Museum of Art (Renovations)
- Madison Square Park Conservancy (Art Program)
Outside "In-House" Counsel
We bring a collaborative, holistic mindset to the practice of law that is intentionally designed to drive transactions forward without pointless friction. Legal counsel are most impactful when they are viewed as valued team members whose clients involve them early and often. Any truly effective in-house lawyer understands this dynamic and thoughtfully shapes the attorney/client relationship to eliminate the barriers that prevent a client from seeking legal input. Obstructionism, endless issue spotting without resolution, non-substantive nitpicking, and fixating on academic issues are all anathema to that kind of relationship, yet so many attorneys engage in this conduct. We know better.
With over 20 years of in-house experience, John L. Hunt's goal with this firm is to develop and maintain with clients the close, cooperative, facilitative relationships he's cultivated with colleagues in-house, and to leverage those relationships to deliver first-class results.
Principal
John L. Hunt
John is the founder and Principal of HuntLaw PC and a design and construction lawyer with over 25 years of experience.
John started his career as an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the New York City Law Department, where he litigated construction, real estate, and other disputes. After two years in a private, boutique construction practice, he moved to Forest City Ratner Companies, where he served initially as Associate General Counsel and eventually as a Senior Vice President and Director of Construction Legal Services and Risk Management. Following Forest City's acquisition by a Brookfield Properties fund, John transitioned to Brookfield as a Senior Vice President and Counsel until he joined OC Construction Management as its General Counsel in 2019, a position in which he served until late 2024.
John has lectured extensively on construction law and insurance, co-authored the chapter on payment and performance bonds in the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry book entitled Construction Insurance, and has represented the Madison Square Park Conservancy pro bono for over a decade. He earned his B.A. from Binghamton University in 1992 and his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1995, and is admitted to practice in both New York and Massachusetts.