A construction industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience handling design and construction transactions, litigation, insurance and risk management, Mr. John Hunt has held in-house positions at Brookfield Properties, where he was Senior Vice President and Counsel, and Forest City Ratner Companies, where he was Senior Vice President and Director of Construction Legal Services and Risk Management. In his nearly 15 years in these roles, Mr. Hunt facilitated more than three billion dollars in design and construction transactions as counsel on notable residential, office, retail, infrastructure, and sports and entertainment projects, including Barclays Center, the Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech, New York by Gehry, four Pacific Park residential buildings, the Vanderbilt Rail Yard reconstruction, and Yonkers Ridge Hill.

Before joining Forest City in 2004, Mr. Hunt was in private practice for two years, and before that served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel.

Mr. Hunt has been the General Counsel for OC Construction Management since 2019, where he provides all legal support for OC, while also providing guidance and counsel on the firm’s projects and transactions. With his extensive background in design and construction transactions, litigation, insurance, and risk management, Mr. Hunt plays a key role in the ongoing growth and successful delivery of large-scale projects.

He holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School, along with a B.A. from Binghamton University.