Michael X. McBride is the Managing Partner
of Connell Foley.
Mr. McBride maintains an extensive practice
representing owners, developers, contractors
and vendors in all aspects of the real
estate development and construction
business. Among his more notable
projects are the large scale development of
data centers, industrial tract and office
developments, residential apartment and
condominium projects and
shopping center developments.
Mr. McBride’s construction projects include
the resolution of various disputes by way of
negotiation, trial or arbitration on casino
projects in Atlantic City (Tropicana and the
Borgata); office buildings in Newark
(Gateway 3 and 4); and Chicago (Prudential
Centers 1 and 2); power plants in India and
China; a $250 million polypropylene plant
in Linden, New Jersey; Dow Jones'
headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey; large
residential and redevelopment projects along
the Hudson River and in Queens and Brooklyn
for Toll Brothers; and a large shopping
center development in the Rockefeller
Economic Trade Zone in Mount Olive, New
Jersey. Mr.
McBride has recently resolved a complicated
dispute for Foster Wheeler regarding a
termination for convenience on a large power
plant project in
Louisiana.
Mr. McBride has spoken at the Annual
Construction Superconference in
San Francisco,
California and to various trade
groups. In 2009-2011, Mr. McBride
spoke at the NJBIA Annual Public Policy
Forum with political and industry leaders on
economic and political issues confronting
New Jersey.He has spoken to the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants on
financial issues confronting the
construction industry.
Mr. McBride represents a private equity fund
which purchases, develops, leases and sells
large industrial tracts in the Northeast,
Southeast and Midwest.
Mr. McBride recently represented a family in
connection with the sale of 37 buildings in Clark, New Jersey to one
of
New York City’s
largest developers. In addition, Mr.
McBride successfully negotiated the merger
of McBride Enterprises, Hudson Bay, a
private real estate fund capitalized by
Crescent Real Estate Equities (a REIT
trading on the NYSE) and Penn Square
Properties, Inc. into an entity called
Keystone Property Trust, a REIT trading on
the NYSE which was sold to Prologis.
Vollers Excavating & Construction, Inc. v.
AIG Baker Mount Olive, LLC,
et al., Docket No.: MRS-L-2203-02 (Law Div,,
dated September 2, 2010) (bench opinion
dismissing contractor’s claim for fraud on
account of owner’s failure to procure
builder’s risk insurance.)
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Vollers Excavating & Construction, Inc. v.
AIG Baker Mount Olive, LLC,
et al., Docket No.: MRS-L-2203-02 (Law Div,,
dated July 16, 2010) (bench opinion
dismissing contractor’s fraud claim and
contract defenses re:alleged failure
of developer to disclose groundwater and
soil conditions.)
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Vollers Excavating & Construction, Inc. v.
AIG Baker Mount Olive, LLC,
et al., Docket No.: MRS-L-2203-02 (Law Div,,
dated July 16, 2010)(bench opinion upholding
developer’s claim under the Consumer Fraud
Act against contractor for substitution of
inferior materials.)
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In re Aetna UCR Litigation,
MDL No. 2020, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 98885
(D.N.J. 2010) (re:remand on a MDL
matter)
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In re Aetna UCR Litigation,
MDL No. 2020, 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 66853 (D.N.J. 2009)
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DeVito v. Aetna, Inc.,
Civ. No. 07-0418 4SH); 536 F. Supp.2d 523
(D.N.J. 2008)
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Dow Jones v. Irwin & Leighton,
Civ. No. 90-0010 (3d Cir. 1991) (affirming
lower’s courts ruling for successor
liability of defendant contractor)
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In The Matter of the Challenges by Chubb
Colonial Life Insurance Company of America v.
IHC Board, Docket No. A-2911-06T3 (App. Div.
2009)
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In The Matter of the Challenge by Guardian Life
Insurance Company of America v. IHC Board,
Docket No. A-3635-06T3 (App. Div. 2009)
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Kvaerner Process, Inc. v. Barham-McBride Joint
Venture, 368 N.J. Super 190 (App. Div. 2004)
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Lauchheimer v. Gulf Oil, 6 F.Supp.3d 339 (D.N.J.
1998)
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Bank Polska Kasa Opieki v. Pamrapo Savings,
909 F.Supp. 948 (D.N.J. 1995)
Recognized as a Super Lawyer in the area of
Construction/Surety Law in 2005-2011 by
Super Lawyers Magazine
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AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell
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Speaker, “When to Call in the Calvary: The Construction Accountant and
The Construction Lawyer,” American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) National
Construction Industry Conference,
Las Vegas, Nevada (December 2011)
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Speaker,
“How Contractors
Can
Protect Themselves from The Financial
Deterioration of Subcontractors or General
Contractors/Construction Managers,”
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) National Construction Industry Conference,
Phoenix,
AZ (December 2010)
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Speaker, "Economic Outlook,"
New Jersey
Business & Industry Association (NJBIA)
Public Policy Forum, Woodbridge, NJ
(December 2009, 2010 and 2011)
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Speaker, Annual Construction Superconference, San Francisco, CA
(2005 and 2006)
Co-Author, A View from the Federal Bench: Perspectives on Construction Disputes in the Year 2006 and a Review of Recent Trends and the New Rules That Will Impact Construction Disputes in the Federal Courts, presented at the Construction Superconference held in San Francisco, California (December 7, 2006)
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Co-Author, The Agency CM and Public Projects: The Agency CM Is “At-Risk,” presented at the Construction Superconference held in San Francisco, California (December 9, 2005)
