Post & Schell, P.C.

Paul A. Logan

Principal
Construction

Wilmington, DE

Phone: 302-251-8856
Fax: 302-251-8857
plogan@postschell.com

Philadelphia, PA

Phone: 215-587-6608
Fax: 215-320-4720

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Paul A. Logan is a Principal in the Firm's Construction, Government Contracts & Surety Law and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups and is the Administrative Principal of the Firm's Wilmington, DE office. He focuses his practice on the representation of contractors, and other businesses, that deal with local, state, and federal governments via General Services, OSHA, SEPTA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and state departments of transportation, among many others.

Mr. Logan handles complex construction litigation, commercial litigation, real estate development and law, contracts and specifications, and transactional matters that frequently arise from his clients’ business pursuits. This includes complex engineering, construction, commercial and civil rights litigation, and appellate practices at all levels including matters before numerous state and federal courts, the Pennsylvania Board of Claims, the Maryland Board of Contract Appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Tax Court, the Pennsylvania Board of Finance and Revenue, the United States Supreme Court, various arbitration forums, and many other tribunals. Mr. Logan is also certified mediator and American Arbitration Association Neutral Arbitrator.

In 2006, Mr. Logan was the lead trial attorney in Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc. v. City of Newark, Delaware, in the United States District Court for the District Of Delaware. The case was recognized as #46 on the list of the top 100 verdicts in the entire country for 2006.        

Mr. Logan frequently speaks before other attorneys, trade associations, and highway and building contractors, including the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors (APC), the  American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), and the Association of Architectural Engineers. He has lectured on construction law for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) and he was the only non-government attorney to speak at the APC's conference concerning the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) contract administration. Mr. Logan was also selected by the FHA to serve on a national panel assigned to study and report on settlement of state highway claims involving federal participation and was selected to speak at the FAA's airport seminar on claim resolution. He is an adjunct Associate Professor at Drexel University and has also served as an engineering lecturer at Penn State.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Logan served as Assistant Attorney General for PennDOT. While there, he handled major highway, bridge, and environmental cases before state and federal courts and the Pennsylvania Board of Claims.

Since 2003, Mr. Logan has been recognized by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the Construction Litigation category. The Best Lawyers in America© recognized him in its 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions in the category of Construction Law. He also holds an AV Preeminent peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell. For information about this selection and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and list methodologies, click here.

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Practices

  • Construction
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Environmental
  • Regulatory and Administrative Agency Law
  • Tax Controversy
  • Regulated Cannabis
  • Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
  • Real Estate
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Real Estate Services
  • Environmental Regulation and Litigation

Industries

  • Municipal & Government
  • Heavy/Highway & Utility Construction
  • Commercial Transportation
  • Real Estate
  • Construction
  • Banking and Financial Services

Education

  • J.D., with Honors, University of Toledo College of Law, 1979
    President, Student Bar Association; Dean's Award, Outstanding Graduating Law Student
  • B.S. in Engineering and Business, University of Illinois, 1973

Bar Memberships

  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Maryland
  • Delaware
  • North Carolina

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Affiliations

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Drexel University's College of Engineering
  • American Association of Highway Engineers (Philadelphia Division) 
  • American Arbitration Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • New Jersey Bar Association
  • Maryland Bar Association
  • Delaware Bar Association
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • Third Circuit Bar Association

Certifications

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  • Superior Court of Delaware, Certified Mediator
  • Certified Neutral Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association

News & Insights

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Fifty-one Attorneys Recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers in America by The Best Lawyers in America©. 

Forty-Six Post & Schell Attorneys Named to the 30th Annual Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
 

Thirty-Two Post & Schell Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2023

Thirty-Eight Post & Schell Attorneys Named 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2022

Forty-Six Post & Schell Attorneys Named to the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©

Forty-One Post & Schell Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2021

Thirty-Eight Post & Schell Attorneys Named to the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©

Paul A. Logan Joins Post & Schell's Construction Practice Group in the Firm's Philadelphia Office

Media & Articles

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Paul Logan and Ryan Logan Examine the Requirements of the Build America, Buy America Act for Federal Infrastructure Projects for the Legal Intelligencer's 2023 Construction Law Supplement

Speaking Engagements

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Paul Logan Examines Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans on Brown & Brown Insurance Panel Discussion on Jan. 25

Paul Logan Serves on Panel Discussion on COVID-19-Related Lending on Brown & Brown Webinar on April 22

Paul Logan, Mason Avrigian, and John Dornberger Present on CARES Act Opportunities on Associated Pennsylvania Constructors' Webinar on April 10

Paul Logan and Ryan Logan Serve on CLE Panel Discussion at Medical Cannabis Education Summit and CLE on March 5

Blogs & Thought Leadership

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Pennsylvania Construction Industry Reopening Date Now May 1, 2020

Coronavirus/COVID-19, Construction Contracts, and Legal Next Steps

Post & Schell Construction and Casualty Law Principals Among Faculty That Discussed Construction Law Trends and Issues at PBI Construction Litigation Seminar on Oct. 15

Bio Certifications

Paul A. Logan is a Principal in the Firm's Construction, Government Contracts & Surety Law and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups and is the Administrative Principal of the Firm's Wilmington, DE office. He focuses his practice on the representation of contractors, and other businesses, that deal with local, state, and federal governments via General Services, OSHA, SEPTA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and state departments of transportation, among many others.

Mr. Logan handles complex construction litigation, commercial litigation, real estate development and law, contracts and specifications, and transactional matters that frequently arise from his clients’ business pursuits. This includes complex engineering, construction, commercial and civil rights litigation, and appellate practices at all levels including matters before numerous state and federal courts, the Pennsylvania Board of Claims, the Maryland Board of Contract Appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Tax Court, the Pennsylvania Board of Finance and Revenue, the United States Supreme Court, various arbitration forums, and many other tribunals. Mr. Logan is also certified mediator and American Arbitration Association Neutral Arbitrator.

In 2006, Mr. Logan was the lead trial attorney in Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc. v. City of Newark, Delaware, in the United States District Court for the District Of Delaware. The case was recognized as #46 on the list of the top 100 verdicts in the entire country for 2006.        

Mr. Logan frequently speaks before other attorneys, trade associations, and highway and building contractors, including the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors (APC), the  American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), and the Association of Architectural Engineers. He has lectured on construction law for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) and he was the only non-government attorney to speak at the APC's conference concerning the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) contract administration. Mr. Logan was also selected by the FHA to serve on a national panel assigned to study and report on settlement of state highway claims involving federal participation and was selected to speak at the FAA's airport seminar on claim resolution. He is an adjunct Associate Professor at Drexel University and has also served as an engineering lecturer at Penn State.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Logan served as Assistant Attorney General for PennDOT. While there, he handled major highway, bridge, and environmental cases before state and federal courts and the Pennsylvania Board of Claims.

Since 2003, Mr. Logan has been recognized by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the Construction Litigation category. The Best Lawyers in America© recognized him in its 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions in the category of Construction Law. He also holds an AV Preeminent peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell. For information about this selection and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and list methodologies, click here.

Read full bio > Read less >

  • Superior Court of Delaware, Certified Mediator
  • Certified Neutral Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association

Practices

  • Construction
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Environmental
  • Regulatory and Administrative Agency Law
  • Tax Controversy
  • Regulated Cannabis
  • Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
  • Real Estate
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Environmental Real Estate Services
  • Environmental Regulation and Litigation

Industries

  • Municipal & Government
  • Heavy/Highway & Utility Construction
  • Commercial Transportation
  • Real Estate
  • Construction
  • Banking and Financial Services

Education

  • J.D., with Honors, University of Toledo College of Law, 1979
    President, Student Bar Association; Dean's Award, Outstanding Graduating Law Student
  • B.S. in Engineering and Business, University of Illinois, 1973

Bar Memberships

  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Maryland
  • Delaware
  • North Carolina

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Affiliations

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Drexel University's College of Engineering
  • American Association of Highway Engineers (Philadelphia Division) 
  • American Arbitration Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • New Jersey Bar Association
  • Maryland Bar Association
  • Delaware Bar Association
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • Third Circuit Bar Association

News & Insights

Blogs & Thought Leadership Media & Articles News Speaking Engagements

Pennsylvania Construction Industry Reopening Date Now May 1, 2020

Coronavirus/COVID-19, Construction Contracts, and Legal Next Steps

Post & Schell Construction and Casualty Law Principals Among Faculty That Discussed Construction Law Trends and Issues at PBI Construction Litigation Seminar on Oct. 15

Paul Logan and Ryan Logan Examine the Requirements of the Build America, Buy America Act for Federal Infrastructure Projects for the Legal Intelligencer's 2023 Construction Law Supplement

Fifty-one Attorneys Recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers in America by The Best Lawyers in America©. 

Forty-Six Post & Schell Attorneys Named to the 30th Annual Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
 

Thirty-Two Post & Schell Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2023

Thirty-Eight Post & Schell Attorneys Named 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2022

Forty-Six Post & Schell Attorneys Named to the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©

Forty-One Post & Schell Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2021

Thirty-Eight Post & Schell Attorneys Named to the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©

Paul A. Logan Joins Post & Schell's Construction Practice Group in the Firm's Philadelphia Office

Paul Logan Examines Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans on Brown & Brown Insurance Panel Discussion on Jan. 25

Paul Logan Serves on Panel Discussion on COVID-19-Related Lending on Brown & Brown Webinar on April 22

Paul Logan, Mason Avrigian, and John Dornberger Present on CARES Act Opportunities on Associated Pennsylvania Constructors' Webinar on April 10

Paul Logan and Ryan Logan Serve on CLE Panel Discussion at Medical Cannabis Education Summit and CLE on March 5

 

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