Mohamed Y. Asker

Associate

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Additional Languages: Arabic

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Overview
Representative Matters

Mohamed leverages his in-depth engineering background to help businesses navigate construction litigation issues. His focus encompasses a wide range of challenges, including change orders, project delays, design issues, material defects, and the enforcement of construction contracts and processes.

Mohamed’s construction industry clients include owners, developers, sitework companies, contractors, and subcontractors across a variety of projects.

* Licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Not admitted in New York.

Legal Victories

  • Played a pivotal role in securing favorable outcomes for developers and owners facing disputes related to subpar workmanship by contractors and designers.

Construction Payment Disputes

  • Managed and resolved high-stakes payment disputes within the construction industry, particularly adept at addressing cases involving defective builds and sitework challenges.

Insurance Settlements

  • Negotiated a significant insurance settlement exceeding $1 million for a client’s insurance claims.
Overview

Mohamed leverages his in-depth engineering background to help businesses navigate construction litigation issues. His focus encompasses a wide range of challenges, including change orders, project delays, design issues, material defects, and the enforcement of construction contracts and processes.

Mohamed’s construction industry clients include owners, developers, sitework companies, contractors, and subcontractors across a variety of projects.

* Licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Not admitted in New York.

Representation Matters

Legal Victories

  • Played a pivotal role in securing favorable outcomes for developers and owners facing disputes related to subpar workmanship by contractors and designers.

Construction Payment Disputes

  • Managed and resolved high-stakes payment disputes within the construction industry, particularly adept at addressing cases involving defective builds and sitework challenges.

Insurance Settlements

  • Negotiated a significant insurance settlement exceeding $1 million for a client’s insurance claims.

Top areas of focus

  • Law clerk, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Hearings Unit, Philadelphia, PA, August – December 2020
  • Law clerk, The Honorable Steven C. Tolliver, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Norristown, PA, August – December 2019

Education

  • Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., 2021
  • Rutgers University, School of Engineering – New Brunswick, B.S., magna cum laude, 2018

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Languages

  • Arabic
  • Author, “Winning Construction Disputes: Strategic Negotiation for Better Outcomes,” ABA Forum on Construction Law – Division 1, January 2025.
  • Author, “Cost-Effective Techniques to Streamline Construction Arbitration,” The Legal Intelligencer, May 8, 2024.
  • Author, “Construction Claim and Dispute Resolution: A High-Level Review,” American Bar Association.