Philip L. Bruner, Esq.
Minneapolis, MN The Director of the JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Group, Mr. Bruner is one of the world’s leading full-time arbitrators, mediators and resolvers of construction, engineering and infrastructure claims and disputes arising in the U.S. and globally. For more than 25 years prior to joining JAMS, he was a member of panels of arbitrators of other dispute resolution organizations. As a neutral, his experience includes numerous complex construction, engineering and infrastructure disputes aggregating from millions to many hundreds of millions of dollars on a wide variety of public and private projects.Viggo Boserup, Esq.
Orange, CA A Certified Electronic Discovery Specialist and fluent in both Danish and English, Mr. Boserup has served as a full-time neutral since 1992 and has mediated more than 5,000 cases, including hundreds of construction matters. Before becoming a neutral, he was a commercial and residential real estate developer and the principal owner and CEO of a national industrial construction company with more than 1,000 employees in 26 states. Known for his fortitude in obtaining a productive result and going the extra mile, Mr. Boserup follows up with parties to effect a settlement, long after the mediation session is over.M. Wayne Blair, Esq.
Seattle, WAMr. Blair has served as an arbitrator or mediator in numerous engineering & construction cases. With an electrical engineering degree, he is adept at handling complex matters including design and/or construction of hydroelectric projects, cogeneration facilities, hospitals, correctional facilities, sewer lines, roads and alarm systems. Issues have included interpretation of construction or design contracts, construction defects, delay, cost overruns and change in conditions.JAMS Global Engineering
and Construction Group
JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Group neutrals have unparalleled depth of
experience and knowledge about the construction process. They are also highly skilled in
dispute resolution management. They serve as mediators, arbitrators, project neutrals and
“rapid resolution” dispute resolvers across the U.S. and worldwide in complex disputes and
claims related to a wide range of engineering, construction and infrastructure projects—
both public and private. Complete bios may be found at
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Hon. William J. Cahill (Ret.)
San Francisco, CA Judge Cahill served on the San Francisco Superior Court for nearly 10 years. Prior to that, he was a construction lawyer representing design professionals, owners, contractors and subcontractors, both in litigation and as corporate counsel to a major engineering firm. At JAMS, Judge Cahill has mediated, arbitrated or served on a dispute review board for numerous multi-million-dollar cases, including infrastructure disputes related to construction, design or engineering of the Golden Gate Bridge as well as windmills, power plants, hospitals, schools, a commuter train system and commercial and residential buildings.Zela “Zee” G. Claiborne, Esq.
San Francisco, CA Ms. Claiborne’s extensive career as a mediator and arbitrator includes numerous large-scale construction disputes involving hospitals, schools, research and high-tech facilities, commercial and residential buildings, manufacturing plants, wastewater treatment and tunneling projects, bridge and highway construction, airports and rail systems. She also has handled disputes related to construction of a number of energy projects, including oil and gas and hydroelectric as well as alternative energy. She has worked with owners and developers, design teams, general and sub-contractors, suppliers, construction managers and sureties.Robert B. Davidson, Esq.
New York, NYMr. Davidson is a retired partner of a major international law firm and the Executive Director of JAMS Arbitration Practice. In more than 30 years of practice, he has litigated or arbitrated almost every type of commercial dispute, before courts and juries in the U.S., and abroad before international tribunals. In the construction context, he is frequently called upon to chair arbitral proceedings involving engineering and infrastructure disputes, municipal development projects, LEED standards and claims of professional negligence. He is listed in Chambers USA as one of the country’s foremost international arbitrators.George D. Calkins II, Esq.
Santa Monica, CA Mr. Calkins is recognized for his success in resolving multi-party matters involving the engineering of infrastructures such as utilities, freeways and roadways, bridges, water and sewage facilities and drainage systems. He is a highly-sought-after settlement officer in complex, multi-million-dollar construction projects that present complicated delay, disruption, extra work and work quality issues. Such cases often involve complex overlapping and interrelated accounting, technical, construction, management and design issues. He has been a leader in effectively concluding closeouts of public works and commercial projects.Richard Chernick, Esq.
Los Angeles, CA Mr. Chernick is Vice President and Managing Director of the JAMS Arbitration Practice and a nationally recognized expert in resolving complex and multi-party matters. He has arbitrated and mediated numerous real property, construction and infrastructure cases involving contractual, delay, change order, termination, and performance claims, as well as disclosure, fraud, land subsidence, earthquake damage, real estate valuation and insurance coverage issues. These disputes involved public utilities, theme parks, hotels, casinos, schools, recreational structures, mobile home parks and shopping centers.Linda D
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Bene, Esq.
Walnut Creek, CA Ms. DeBene has served as a private-party-selected or court-program-appointed ADR neutral in more than 500 disputes, with strong emphasis on commercial and residential construction, engineering, development/infrastructure and real estate matters. As in-house and outside counsel to construction industry parties for 35 years, she honed the skills of contract negotiation as well as “project negotiator” on multi-unit attached and detached projects dealing with all aspects of contract drafting, collections, workouts, mechanic’s lien and delay claims, stop notices and insurance as well as defending/settling litigation claims.Bruce A. Edwards, Esq.
San Francisco, CAOne of the founding partners of JAMS, Mr. Edwards has served as a mediator, arbitrator and special master since 1986. He is frequently called upon to handle multi-million-dollar, large-scale construction disputes, engineering and infrastructure disputes, mechanic’s lien claims and delay claims. He has handled more than 4,500 public and private construction cases nationwide involving questions of breach of contract, defect, cost overrun, delay/disruption and insurance issues—including OCIP, CCIP, and wrap policies—as well as indemnity, coverage and overlapping coverage.Katherine Hope Gurun, Esq.
New York, NYFormerly Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Bechtel Corporation, one of the world’s premier engineering and constructioncompanies, Ms. Gurun’s experience spans both private industry and public service in engineering and construction, business, energy, project finance, joint ventures and insurance and risk
management. Ms. Gurun has led or participated in the resolution of numerous complex matters in the U.S. and internationally across all industries. As counsel, she has represented both owners and contractors and built an outstanding track record of settling disputes through ADR, particularly mediation and arbitration.
William E. Hartgering, Esq.
Chicago, ILMr. Hartgering’s construction practice dates from the late 1980s, when parties and design carriers encouraged mediation as an early alternative to arbitration—particularly when all parties were not subject to the same project contract. His experience includes hundreds of construction and related matters in more than 25 states. He has handled mediations and arbitrations involving the entire range of defect, delay, acceleration, design/engineering and related insurance coverage and damage allocation issues.Kenneth C. Gibbs, Esq.
Los Angeles, CA Recognized by Chambers USA as a “construction law guru” and “a leading figure in the field of mediation,” Mr. Gibbs has been awarded with its highest level ranking of “Band 1” for construction. He is the co-author of California Construction Law, one of the most cited treatises on the subject. He has expertise in mediating and arbitrating construction, real estate, insurance, surety and business disputes involving major commercial and infrastructure projects. He is well known for his ability to establish great rapport with clients and for hisknowledge of the unique issues involved in public construction and engineering matters.
John W. Hinchey, Esq.
Atlanta, GA A national and international leader in the practice of construction law, Mr. Hinchey has extensive experience resolving significant construction and infrastructure disputes as a JAMS mediator and arbitrator. Prior to becoming a full-time neutral, he led the construction dispute practice for 18 years at King & Spalding, an international firm. He has served as President and fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers; honorary fellow in the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers; and Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry as well as a recipient of its highest achievement “Cornerstone” award.Hon. Nancy Holtz (Ret.)
Boston, MA Judge Holtz comes to JAMS with more than 30 years of experience as a judge, attorney, and ADR practitioner. In 15 years on the bench, she presided over hundreds of civil matters, including significant multi-million-dollar business and construction litigation cases. As a result of her construction law education on the bench, Judge Holtz brings no particular perspective to a dispute. This neutrality enables her to see a matter from all angles: owner, general and subcontractors, architects, engineers and other professionals, in addition to the many other players involved in large-scale projects.Gordon E. Kaiser, Esq.
Toronto, ONMr. Kaiser is an accomplished arbitrator in multi-million-dollar domestic and international disputes involving energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, railway, competition and commercial contract matters. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Ontario Energy Board for six years and advised the Alberta Utilities Commission on settlements with the Market Surveillance Administrator. He has appeared in the Courts of Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada; and in regulatory proceedings in six provinces as well as before a number of Federal Tribunals.JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Panel | www.jamsadr.com/construction | 1.800.352.5267 Updated January 2015 | Page 3
Eleissa C. Lavelle, Esq.
Las Vegas, NVMs. Lavelle has more than 30 years of experience in the construction field working with contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, sureties and owners of public projects as well as private developers of commercial properties and multi-family high rise and single multi-family projects. Her extensive experience in all phases of multiple construction projects—from drafting contracts through project administration and as litigation counsel, mediator and arbitrator—have given her an exceptional understanding of the interests and objectives of parties involved in resolving disputes arising during the course of construction.Gerald A. Kurland, Esq.
Santa Monica, CA Consistently named by The Daily Journal as one of California’s top neutrals, Mr. Kurland is known as a leading construction mediator and special master. His diverse ADR experience includes infrastructure, public works, commercial, agricultural and residential projects (pipelines, roadways, flood control channels, university and sports facilities, airport and government buildings, hospitals, shopping centers, reservoirs, water treatment plants, wineries, high rises), with such matters often involving delay/disruption, cost overrun, loss of productivity, differing site condition, mechanics lien, defect and/or inverse condemnation claims.Roy S. Mitchell, Esq.
Washington, DCMr. Mitchell has more than 40 years of experience as an attorney, mediator and arbitrator and is an expert on domestic and international engineering and construction law; federal, state and local contract law; contract administration and dispute resolution. A retired partner from the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, he also served as President and CEO of the Construction Claims Group of Hill International, Inc. for five years. He focuses on resolving complex, multi-million-dollar disputes involving construction, government contracts, and related matters, and frequently serves on arbitration panels and dispute review boards worldwide.HH Humphrey LLoyd, Q.C.
London, UK As a judge of the Technology and Construction Court (part of the High Court of Justice, England and Wales) from 1993-2005, His Honour Humphrey LLoyd dealt with major construction and other complex cases. Previously a barrister and arbitrator specializing in construction and related matters, he returned to his practice as an international arbitrator in 2005 and has recently chaired tribunals (or acted a sole arbitrator) dealing with complex disputes such as telecommunications and roads in Africa, construction in the Arabian Gulf, petro-chemical plants in Asia, transportation signalling in Europe and the valuation of gas supplies.Craig S. Meredith, Esq.
San Francisco, CA Mr. Meredith has participated in numerous major complex construction projects involving condominiums, apartments, single family residences, high rise buildings, resorts and a water filtration plant, among others. He has successfully mediated hundreds of cases and has participated in more than 400 settlements of major construction litigation as coverage counsel for the developer or general contractor. He has more than 30 years of experience in insurance coverage, with an emphasis on general liability coverage issues for commercial construction, construction defect, engineering and infrastructure issues and environmental matters.James F. Nagle, Esq.
Seattle, WAMr. Nagle is nationally renowned for his expertise in federal contracting, particularly in the area of construction law. His extensive experience includes work with supply, services, international, major systems and construction contracts. He is an experienced mediator, arbitrator, litigator, teacher and expert witness. Before joining JAMS in 2009, he worked exclusively in government contracting for 38 years, including 14 years for the U.S. Army and the last 24 years with the law firm of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker. He is held in the highest regard by counsel for his integrity, fairness and objectivity.JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Panel | www.jamsadr.com/construction | 1.800.352.5267 Updated January 2015 | Page 5
Barbara A. Reeves Neal, Esq.
Santa Monica, CA Ms. Neal has arbitrated and successfully mediated construction and engineering disputes, with a specialty in insurance coverage disputes involving general liability issues for commercial construction, engineering and environmental matters. Drawing on her energy industry background she has handled construction matters involving nuclear power plants, co-generation plants, and coal- and gas-based power plants. She is recognized for her ability to put parties at ease and to achieve settlement in mediations as well as handling arbitrations.Douglas S. Oles, Esq.
Seattle, WA Mr. Oles is recognized as a national leader in the practice of construction law and in various areas of public and private commercial contracts, with extensive experience in both litigation and transactional work. He has served as national chair of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, the largest association of construction industry lawyers, and has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and an Honourary Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. He has served as an arbitrator, mediator and advocate in settling a wide variety of complex construction disputes.Hon. Carol Park-Conroy (Ret.)
Washington, DC Judge Park-Conroy has more than 35 years of experience as a litigator, judge and neutral in commercial and construction cases. She is highly skilled in managing cases with complex factual and legal issues and is known for her thorough preparation, perseverance and energetic commitment to resolution of disputes. Her construction expertise includes multi-million-dollar disputes involving office and commercial buildings; water facility projects; major civil works projects; and miscellaneous matters, such as aircraft runway construction, environmental remediation and asbestos removal.Donald R. Person, Esq.
Sacramento, CAMr. Person has mediated and arbitrated numerous construction disputes involving public and private works of improvement. A mechanical engineer, he is adept at handling interpretation of plans and specifications, construction and designdefects, engineering and infrastructure issues, non-conforming and non-code compliant work, project milestones and completion, scheduling, delay, acceleration, interference, change orders and claims, bonds, insurance, damage analysis, and mechanic’s liens and stop notices. He has particular expertise in resolving pre-litigation claims and implementing effective, economical discovery plans.