Mr. Luciana's practice is concentrated in the areas of litigation and counseling with emphasis on construction, construction insurance coverage and real estate. His practice also includes extensive experience in environmental litigation, toxic tort litigation, and environmental insurance coverage actions. He has litigation experience in both federal and state courts, AAA arbitrations and administrative proceedings and hearings.
Construction litigation experience includes representation of owners, general contractors, construction managers, engineers, subcontractors and equipment and material suppliers in lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, lien proceedings, insurance coverage actions, administrative proceedings and mediations. Construction insurance coverage actions have involved builders risk, construction all-risk, commercial general liability, professional liability, ocean marine cargo, bridge and tunnel and excess insurance policies. Mr. Luciana's experience also includes drafting, negotiating and reviewing construction contracts, negotiating with subcontractors and material suppliers for construction project close-out, filing of mechanics' liens claims in Pennsylvania and other states, and civil litigation arising out of environmental construction work in connection with underground storage tanks. Mr. Luciana also regularly serves as an arbitrator in AAA arbitrations.
Environmental litigation experience includes private party and government "CERCLA" actions, underground and above-ground storage tank enforcement and cost recovery actions and defense of hazardous waste permit appeals, air and water enforcement actions and PCB and petroleum toxic tort suits.
Mr. Luciana has served as counsel on the following Appellate Cases:
- Assicurazioni Generali S.P.A. v. Black & Veatch Corporation , 362 F.3d 1108 (8th Cir. 2004)
- Leon Sloan, Sr. and Jimmie Lee Furby v. Department of Housing & Urban Development , et al., 231 F.3d 10 (D.C. Cir 2000)
- Thomas L. Smith and Dolores Smith v. Pauline Weaver ; 445 Pa.Super. 461, 665 A.2d 1215 (1995)
- Cheryl Harris v. Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. , No. 09-2325 (U.S. Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit)