Jack Rephan

Jack Rephan is a Shareholder and Director of the Virginia Beach, Virginia, firm of Pender & Coward, P.C. He is a member of the bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia. After serving as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of claims, Mr. Rephan was in the private practice of law in Washington D.C. from 1962 through 1993. Since 1993, he has practiced law in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. Mr. Rephan’s legal career has covered a broad range of areas of the law although his current practice has been for many years primarily devoted to construction law, government contract law, and civil litigation. He has represented contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and owners in a host of construction matters involving federal, state, and local construction projects. He has extensive trial experience in jury and non-jury cases before federal and state courts in Virginia, the District of Columbia and elsewhere. His appellate experience includes appearances before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal, the Fourth and the District of Columbia Circuits, the Virginia Supreme Court, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He also has had many appearances before the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals and other agency contract appeal boards. He regularly represents parties to construction disputes in arbitration and mediation proceedings and also serves as an arbitrator and mediator as a member of the American Arbitration Association’s National Panel of Neutrals. He has been a lecturer for many years on construction and public contract law subjects and is also the author of several articles on construction law and other subjects. Mr. Rephan is a past chair and member of the Board of Governors of the Construction and Public Contract law Section of the Virginia State Bar.

• Public Contract Law
• Comnmercial Litigation

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1961

Virginia

Since 1959

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1963

Law Clerk

United States Court of Claims

1960 - 1962

Law Clerk to Judge Samuel E. Whitaker

University of Virginia School of Law

J.D. (1959)

University of Virginia

B.S. (1954) | Commerce and Corporate Finance

Associate of the Year

Hampton Roads Utility and Heavy Contractors Association (HRUHCA)

2013

Member of Virginia's "Legal Elite."

Virginia Business Magazine

2013

Listed by Virginia Magazine as one of the best lawyers in Virginia.

Presidential Award

Hampton Roads Utility and Heavy Contractors Association (HRUHCA)

2004

AV Rating

Martindale Hubbell

Has held the prestige AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell for many years

Virginia State Bar

Past Chair, Construction and Public Contract Law Section

Current

Virginia Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: Member, Forum on the Construction Industry

Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association

Member

Current

Virginia Beach Bar Association

Member

Current

District of Columbia Bar Association

Member

Current

Hampton Roads Utility and Heavy Contractors Association (HRUHCA)

General Counsel

Current

Associated General Contractors of Virginia

Member

Current

Associated Builders and Contractors

Members

Current

American Arbitration Association

Mediator and Arbitrator

1976 - Current

Activities: As a member of the AAA's National Panel of Neutrals, serves as both a mediator and arbitrator of complex construction disputes

Differing Site Conditions

Construction Subcontracting, Chapter 7, American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry

2014

Equipment Ownership Cost as an Element of Job Cost

Pender & Coward,P.C.

2013

Mediation, a More Effective Way to Resolve Contract Disputes

Pender & Coward, P.C.

2013

Arbitration of Construction Disputes

Pender & Coward, P.C.

2011

Unforeseen Worksite Conditions and Related Matters

Virgiinia Construction Law Handbook, Virginia CLE

2008