background

Education and Training

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Bachelor of Science, 1972

 

George Washington University, National Law Center, Washington, D.C., Juris Doctor, 1980

 

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Audited Courses in Public Finance, Risk Assessment and Management, Corporate Finance, Spring 2002- Spring 2004

 

U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Belvoir, VA, CM Course, Engineer Officer’s Courses. 1972, 1976

 

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Resolving Land Use Disputes, Doyle Conservation center, Leominster, Mass. (11/09)

 

Harvard Program on Negotiation, Boston, Ma., Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives, and How to Deal with Difficult People and Situations (4/08)

 

Center for Dispute Settlement, Washington D.C., Mediation Training, Spring 1994

 

American Arbitration Association, AAA Construction Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2006; AAA Advanced Mediator Training, 1996

 

Professional Licenses
Admitted to the Bar: Virginia, 1980; District of Columbia, 1988; New Jersey, 2002. Registered Professional Engineer, Virginia (#9595), 1977.

 

Summary of Work Experience

Vice President, Project Development – top 10 U.S. engineering and construction company.
Partner – law firm specializing in government contract, construction law and dispute resolution.
President – consulting business for project owners in contract development and ADR.
Corporate Legal Counsel – for a subcontractor and for a general contractor.
Manager of Contract Administration – for mechanical & electrical contracting business.
Senior Associate Engineer – facility engineering IBM Corporation.
2LT to Captain – heavy construction battalion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Representative Clients and Company Affiliations

Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation
Georgia Dept. of Transportation
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
New Jersey Transit
City of Addison Texas
Sierra Pacific Power Company
Orlando Utilities Commission
Kissimmee Utilities Authority
Carillion Health Systems
Seminole County Expressway Authority
J.A. Jones Construction Company
Tyger Construction Company
Parsons Corporation
RTL Electric Company

 

URS Corp. Washington Division
Washington Group International, Inc.
Raytheon Infrastructure, Inc.
Bastianelli, Brown & Kelley
ER3 Inc.
Lyon & McManus
Howard P. Foley Company
George Washington University
IBM Corporation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

SERVICES PROVIDED:

• Public Education and Training
• Strategic Planning for PPP Decision Making
• Creating Project Teams and Structures
• Consensus Building for Finance & Delivery
• Preparation and Negotiation of Agreements
• Contract Performance Monitoring
• Change Management & Conflict Resolution

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Public Private Partnership Agreements
• Transportation, Water, Energy and Schools
• Risk Assessment, Allocation & Management
• Design-Build, DBOM, O&M Contracts
• Innovative Project Financing
• Transit Oriented Development
• Smart Growth and Sustainable Design