Areas of Practice
Arbitrator, Mediator, Dispute
Resolution System Design, Construction Law, Procurement Law
Education
University of Pennsylvania, AB, 1957
Boston University School of Law, JD, 1961
Qualified Arbitrator and Mediator, training and
experience for following panels:
American Arbitration Association (Large Complex
Case Panel, National Construction Panel, International Panel)
London Court of International Arbitration
Center for Public Resources, New York
Swiss Arbitration Association
Arbitral Centre of Vienna Chamber of Commerce
Fellow of Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators
Admitted to the Bar
Massachusetts, 1961
District of Columbia, 1966
U.S. Court of Claims, 1966
Various U.S. District and Circuit Courts
U.S. Supreme Court, 1982.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Training
Faculty, American Arbitration
Association (AAA) LCCP Chairs National Training, Phoenix, Arizona 10/99;
Faculty, AAA LCCP Arbitration Training, Prout’s Neck, Maine, 9/97; AAA
Introductory Construction Arbitrator Workshop Boston, MA 9/97. Attended
accredited training by AAA, Endispute, Center for Public Resources, Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators, and London Court of International Arbitration.
Conducted training for AAA, Construction Superconference, and the International
and American Bar Associations. Faculty, AAA Advanced Arbitration Training,
7/95, 7/96. AAA Training Sessions in Mediation (Chicago, IL 5/97) and
Arbitrator Training, Boston, MA 9/97. Large Complex Case Chair training
(trainer), Scottsdale, AZ 1999, AAA Mediators Roundtable, Boston, MA 1997
– to date.
Practice
Jim Myers has had over 25 years of
experience in domestic and international arbitration, mediation and dispute
resolution and international construction and procurement law. His dispute
resolution practice has primarily been focused on construction industry
disputes throughout the world, which includes public and private contracts,
infrastructure development through privately financed public projects,
representation of public and private owners, general contractors,
subcontractors, architects, engineers, industry associations and suppliers and
managers in projects utilizing traditional and new delivery methods, and
consultation on construction finance, legislation, bidding, and contract
formation, performance, termination and completion. Substantial experience with
all aspects of alternate dispute resolution and the preparation, evaluation,
negotiation, and litigation and arbitration of claims.
Dispute Resolution Experience
Arbitrated numerous proceedings,
primarily construction arbitrations in the United States under the auspices of
the AAA and various court appointments. Regularly serve abroad as arbitrator in
proceedings administered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in
Paris. AAA Large Complex Case Program (LCCP) national panelist. Sole arbitrator
or panelist in numerous large complex arbitrations. Handled numerous disputes
regarding differing site conditions, joint venture partners, changes, design
defects, surety bond issues, public construction issues, and public procurement
issues. These disputes arose in buildings, power and industrial plants, dams,
bridges, roads, military facilities, transit systems, and airport and port
facilities. Mediated many disputes, including several multi-million dollar
public sector disputes. Mediator for the Center for Public Resources in New
York, the Massachusetts Superior Court, and the Superior Court Construction
Mediation Panel. Represented parties in mediation, in “med-arb”
proceedings, and in mini-trials.
Professional Associations, Previous Positions and
Achievements
AAA Board of Directors; Vice Chair,
National Construction ADR Task Force; American College of Construction Lawyers,
Past President; American Bar Association, Corporate, Banking and Business Law
Section, Commercial Arbitration Committee, Past Chair; ABA Public Contract Law
Section, Past Chair; National Forum on the Construction Industry, International
Division, Past Chair; International Bar Association, Chair Emeritus,
International Construction Contracts Committee; Construction Business Law
Review, Editorial Board; Past Chairman and Fellow, American College of
Construction Lawyers; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow; American
College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow; Federal Contract Reports, Bureau of National
Affairs, Board of Advisers; Georgetown University, International Law Institute,
Adjunct Lecturer; International Procurement, Renegotiation and Dispute
Resolution; United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, Vienna,
Austria, Member of Group of Experts – Procurement, and Task Forces on
Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects, and Legal Guide to Construction of
Process Plants, and member of ADR Chambers International.
