Pasha Ameli is a Managing Director at Ankura, based in Washington, DC.  He is a registered professional civil engineer experienced in construction cost advisory, quantification of damages, calculation of lost productivity, construction cost estimation, and allocation of the responsibility of damages.

Emma is a Partner in the international Infrastructure, Construction & Energy (ICE) Disputes team at CMS.  She has over 20 years’ experience helping clients resolve disputes arising on all aspects of large-scale and complex international construction projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors across APAC, EMEA, CIS, USA and Latin America.  The disputes typically involve critical defects, delay and disruption, cost overruns and early termination, as well as associated inter-consortium liability issues.   She represents clients in international arbitration (LCIA, ICC, JCAA and ad-hoc), litigation, adjudication and mediations. 

Emma worked in Tokyo, Japan for 13 years – the first 2 years working in the inhouse legal department of an international heavy industries contractor and then a further 11 years heading the international construction and engineering disputes team at an international law firm there.  Emma has been consistently ranked Band 1 and Leading Individual for construction work by the directories.  Clients and peers describe her as “unbelievably insightful” and “the kind of specialist who only appears once in a generation“. 

Ravy is currently Legal Manager at Westinghouse Electric Company. She has responsibility across the world all of Westinghouse new nuclear build activities and the nuclear liability policy for the entire Group. She is also providing support at the EMEA Business Unit for major litigations. She is based in Paris.

She has extensive experiences on construction and EPC projects in Energy and transportation sector for more than 20 years especially on contracts based on FIDIC, MF1, NEC 3, Orgalime, World Bank Conditions, PPA, Project financed, Investment Project, PPP, public procurement, BOT. Before joining Westinghouse, she worked as General Counsel at General Electric for more than 3 years (in charge of GEAST, the joint venture owned by GE-Alstom and the French State and responsible for the nuclear liability policy of the GE Group).

She was also legal manager at Alstom Power in charge of the EPC Activity dealing with all new build power plant (thermal and nuclear). Before joining the energy sector, she was business lawyer for Siemens Transportation Sytems in charge of major construction projects (EPC, Equipment Supply, Operation and Maintenance..) worldwide.

Jesse has over a decade of experience representing private and public sector clients in some of the largest and most high-profile commercial arbitrations in the world as well as in U.S. court proceedings arising out of arbitrations, foreign judgments and construction projects.

Jesse specializes in ‘bet the company’ complex multinational disputes arising out of major construction and development projects, strategic investments, large M&A transactions, and joint venture arrangements. These disputes arise out of several sectors including engineering and construction, power, oil & gas, mining, and private equity. Jesse’s disputes experience is truly global, including arbitrations and court litigation arising out of the Americas, Europe, East Asia and the Middle East.

Ms. Perera is a member of Exponent’s Construction Consulting practice with experience in the construction and utility industries, supporting all stages of the project lifecycle — from inception to closeout. She has lead risk mitigation initiatives for a large electric distribution program that manages an extensive network of assets. Ms. Perera leverages both her business and technical background to develop effective strategies for the organization’s needs. Her ability to effectively communicate, research, measure, and analyze has led to strong results that provide longstanding value to her clients.

Pirouz is the current president of AACE New York Metro Section and holds certifications as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of California, a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Certified Risk Management Professional (CRMP), a Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP).

Dr. Moein Hosseini works with clients to provide data-driven solutions to complex, interdisciplinary problems. He has 9+ years of experience applying statistical, optimization, and machine learning methods to provide solutions in the mobility, transportation, and civil infrastructure industries that include data visualization and dashboarding, robotic process automation (RPA), and natural language processing. His extensive experience includes working across all stages of the data science lifecycle, including data collection, data mining, data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, and machine learning implementation.

Dr. Hosseini’s interdisciplinary background spanning civil engineering, transportation engineering, and data science enables him to provide valuable and actionable support to clients facing complex and high-stakes business challenges.

For the last 13 years Mr. Saberi has served as a construction manager and engineer at LAX airport, focused on any structure that passengers or planes come into contact with including infrastructure and capital improvement projects for Runways, Taxiways, Terminals, Vaults, and Transportation hubs.

In addition to this full-time role, Mr. Saberi has developed a deeper understanding of how data can drive effective decision making. Armed with this knowledge, His AI-based tech start-up in the construction space focuses on turning pavement structures into leaving, breathing organisms that speak to us about the state of their health and integrity.

Michael Lyndon-James is a senior associate in Ashurst’s projects practice. Michael practices primarily in the area of project finance and energy, transport and infrastructure projects focused on public private partnerships, working with lenders, sponsors and public authorities.

Michael’s transactional experience includes a broad range of corporate matters, including advising in respect of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, general corporate governance and capital markets. His experience includes a focus on both international and domestic renewable energy, and infrastructure- and resource-related transactions, both in the United States and Australia.

Daniel W. Kwon is a Partner with over 20 years of construction industry experience.  He started his career as a field engineer for a commercial general contractor before moving into construction claims and disputes.  He has experience on a wide variety of projects dealing with issues including evaluating delay claims, coordination of expert teams, evaluations of underlying entitlement issues, analysis of claimed overhead damages, and leading development of expert work product.  He has presented and testified in mediations, depositions, arbitration, and trial.

Sean Suzuki is a Project Executive and leader for the Advanced Technology-Mission Critical Core Market group at DPR Construction, one of the top US technical builders and data center/telecom contractors.

With over 30 years of experience, Sean works with DPR business units nationally to enhance overall project delivery and quality of service for the company’s mission critical customers, which include industry leaders such as Digital Realty, Equinix and CoreSite. Sean monitors all aspects of the projects, from preconstruction through construction.  His deep experience gives him a unique understanding of the construction, renovation and commissioning of complex data center projects.

Laurence “Trip” DeMuth provides invaluable leadership in complex energy, infrastructure, commercial and construction cases. Trip has compiled an impressive winning trial record, which includes securing millions of dollars in judgments and winning favorable verdicts defending against claims for hundreds of millions of dollars on a range of complex matters. Currently, Trip is involved with data-center litigation. The disputes range from disagreements over the proper design and installation of both hot and cold aisle containments to consequential damages related to operation, efficiencies and the utilization of energy.

Scott Hollingsworth is a delay and quantum expert with more than 20 years of experience in the litigation consulting industry. Scott specializes in the investigation and resolution of business disputes related to the construction industry.  Scott has testified as an expert in arbitration and court proceedings and has presented schedule delay and damage analysis during settlement negotiations.  Scott has consulted on behalf of construction contractors, project owners, insurance companies, and government contractors, and has led teams analyzing schedule delays and financial issues.  Scott has been consistently recognized in Lexology in its Construction Expert Witness publication, including as a Thought Leader.

Jae Park is a business trial lawyer who represents clients in complex litigation and arbitrations across the US. Jae represents owners, contractors, and suppliers in a wide range of disputes related to public and private real estate development projects.

Jae has significant experience litigating disputes that arise during the course of construction, such as delay, disruption, differing site condition, extra work, and related change order disputes. Many of his cases involve projects that were the first of its kind that involve new technology and innovative construction and engineering methodologies.

Emily Federico is a highly experienced professional in the construction industry, specializing in planning and scheduling. With over 20 years of experience, she is a certified Planning and Scheduling Professional and an expert in schedule delay analysis. Her work involves preparing and analyzing claims related to schedule delays, acceleration, loss of productivity, and cost overruns for public and private sector projects.

Emily has provided expert testimony on schedule delays and costs, and has expertise in schedule development and monitoring from technical and risk management perspectives. She is an experienced presenter, having delivered numerous presentations within the construction industry.

Christopher Nutter, NCARB, AIA, is a registered architect with extensive experience in forensic analysis of defective construction and evaluation of architectural standard of care claims. His work includes technical analyses of design and construction processes and performance for corporations, contractors, developers, design firms, municipalities, and insurers.

Chris has provided testimony in U.S. Courts and Arbitration venues and has offered expert opinions regarding errors and omissions, defective design and construction, building envelope performance, and architectural standard of care. He has spoken and written for the American Bar Association, architectural and legal publications, and industry groups on various topics.

Jonathan Jemison is a member of Dentons’ Commercial Litigation and International Dispute Resolution practices. An experienced complex commercial litigator, Jonathan represents large corporations (domestic and international), as well as entrepreneurial and emerging growth clients, in a wide variety of commercial disputes. Jonathan’s nationwide practice focuses on assisting both developers and contractors navigate complex disputes on large construction projects.

Additionally, he routinely litigates other commercial matters, including disputes involving business torts, commercial leases and partnership/joint venture rights. Jonathan primarily litigates cases in the state and federal courts of New York and New Jersey, and before domestic and international arbitration tribunals.

Mrs. Lindsay serves as Assistant General Counsel for MasTec, a Fortune 500 company, ENR Top 5 Contractor, and the second largest Hispanic-owned company in America. She leads legal efforts on behalf of MasTec’s Clean Energy Group negotiating all forms of construction contracts; drafts and negotiates MOUs, teaming agreements, and JV and operating agreements; sits on the Strategic Leadership Team; directly advises senior management; oversees MasTec’s intellectual property initiatives and review of the corporate AI policy; and develops and delivers corporate training. Mrs. Lindsay previously served as Project General Counsel for Ferrovial on the Denver Airport’s Great Hall P3 project.  She began her career litigating complex construction disputes throughout the Gulf South before relocating to Colorado in 2016. 

Matthew Finn is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in London. He is a co-author of the ICE publication Early Contractor Involvement Improving the management of contract risk due for release in January 2025. He is regularly appointed as an expert witness in the field of quantum (damages) in energy, infrastructure and construction matters. He has given oral evidence in UK litigation and in many high-value international arbitrations (up to $10bn disputes) on many occasions under both traditional cross-examination and under concurrent evidence commonly known as ‘hot tubbing’.

Matthew has submitted over 100 quantum expert reports in litigation and international arbitration (ICC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, SCC and PCA), as well as acted in matters in mediation and adjudication. Matthew has been recognised in Who’s Who Legal in Arbitration, Quantum and Delay, and Construction chapters in publications in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He was the sole winner of the Arbitration Expert Witness at Lexology’s Client Choice Awards 2021.

Heather Asselin is a construction trial lawyer and focuses her practice on all areas of construction litigation with an emphasis on large and complex commercial and industrial construction disputes. She has served her clients throughout the United States, in several state and federal courts, and internationally. Heather also practices before the American Arbitration Association.

Henry Bangert grew up in the construction business, working alongside his family in heavy civil construction throughout the Midwest and Mountain West. His first jobs were on airport and bridge projects in and around St. Louis and Denver. Henry’s close family members still work in various sectors of this industry.

Consequently, Henry’s work for construction and engineering clients is a personal passion. Having lived through the ups and downs of the industry, he understands what critical negotiations, disputes and litigation mean from the perspective of the business owner, management, operations, as well as the litigator.

Following law school at the University of Colorado, Henry joined the construction practice group at Sherman & Howard, L.L.C. in Denver. It is with Sherman & Howard that Henry received his legal training from Mike Cook, Bret Gunnell, Charlotte Wiessner, and many other well-respected construction attorneys. For six years, up until opening day of Beltzer Bangert & Gunnell LLP, Henry worked as Legal Counsel – U.S. Operations for PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc. As Legal Counsel for PCL, Henry worked with the most talented construction attorneys and consultants across the US, on both sides of the table.

Charles heads the London Construction Advisory Disputes team at Pinsent Masons LLP. He is a Partner and Solicitor-Advocate specialising in representing clients in international arbitration and other dispute resolution procedures in connection with major construction, infrastructure and energy projects around the world. He is a visiting lecturer at King’s College London on their Construction MSC and lectures at the Cambridge Construction Summer School. He has been recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a Future Leader in Construction (2018-2023) and Arbitration (2022-2023) and is listed in the Legal 500 Arbitration Power List (2022). Charles’ specialism is representing clients in international arbitration and other dispute resolution procedures in connection with major construction, infrastructure and energy projects around the world.

Heather Rizza is Senior Counsel in the Construction Practice Group at Hanson Bridgett LLP, where she specializing in complex and high-stakes construction litigation. With extensive experience representing a diverse range of clients—including owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals—she provides strategic counsel on a variety of contentious issues, including claims related to delay and disruption, breach of contract, fraud, negligence, cost overruns, and deficiencies.

Skilled in navigating both federal and state court proceedings, Heather also brings significant expertise in arbitration. Her practice covers a broad spectrum of project delivery methods, including design-build, design-bid-build, and Public-Private Partnerships (P3).

Before joining the firm in 2019, Heather spent seven years in the Construction and Infrastructure Group of a leading Canadian law firm, where she gained specialized experience in international construction arbitration. There she focused on large-scale infrastructure projects, including pipelines, power generation and transmission, tunneling, light rail, and mining, providing her with a global perspective on complex construction matters.

Andrew is a Director of Commercial, Contracts and Corporate Legal Services and Senior Legal Counsel at the Hatch Group of companies. His focus is predominantly on the negotiation and facilitation of large construction and infrastructure projects, with cross over into other areas such as renewables, mining, energy and technologies. Through out his career Andrew has played a prominent role in many of the largest infrastructure projects in North America. His experience ranges across the industry and includes multiple hydropower refurbishments, numerous light rail transits (LRTs), several billion-dollar bridge projects, and major transit projects including some of Canada’s largest collaborative or alliance contracts.

As Hatch’s lead for design-build projects globally Andrew can bring best practices from many sectors and regions back to Canada’s constantly evolving infrastructure market. Andrew is passionate about unique delivery models and seeks out opportunities to get engaged in complex and interesting project delivery opportunities including the growing and evolving Transit Oriented Development (TOD), Alliance and integrated project delivery, progressive design build and P3 delivery models. Prior to joining Hatch, Andrew was Senior Legal Counsel at EllisDon and was lead counsel for a number of EllisDon projects and EllisDon consortiums in Canada and internationally. Andrew has recently been recognized for his commitment and experience in the construction industry by being recognized as On-Site Magazine’s 40 Under 40 in Canadian Construction.

Manik joined EllisDon in May 2018 after spending two years as in-house legal counsel at Samsung Renewable Energy Inc., where he advised on the development, construction and operations/maintenance of renewable energy projects in North America. He started his career at Owens Wright LLP in 2013 as a commercial real estate lawyer advising on a variety of commercial real estate transactions and structuring.  During his time at EllisDon, Manik has assisted in the pursuit and closing of P3 and other infrastructure projects across North America.  This includes reviewing procurement and financing documentation, negotiating inter-consortium agreements and project agreements, and resolving disputes.  In his current role as Vice President, Legal Services at EllisDon, Manik leads the legal team’s advisory services with respect to P3, infrastructure and real estate development projects and is responsible for the preparation, review and negotiation of commercial contracts for the financing, development, construction and maintenance of such EllisDon initiatives.

Rachel is a Legal Director at Arcadis, where she oversees legal affairs and compliance matters across Arcadis’ global architecture business. She is experienced in negotiating and supporting the delivery of large public and private sector construction projects, including hospitals, airports, rail transit projects, highways and high-rise developments, across multiple contract models.  Before joining Arcadis, Rachel led the negotiation of major design-build transit projects in Canada, at another international engineering firm, and prior to that, was a construction and commercial litigator for more than a decade.

Jonathan Perry is a Managing Director based in Ankura’s Tampa office. Jon is a project controls expert and licensed attorney with 18 years of experience in forensic delay, disruption, and lost labor productivity analyses for construction litigation and property insurance disputes.  Jon’s project experience includes power generation and distribution, process plants, transportation, shipbuilding, environmental, and mixed-use commercial and multi-family residential construction.

Mollie Deyong is an Associate in the Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. Mollie has a steadfast interest in infrastructure projects and has specialized in construction and infrastructure since the outset of her legal career. Her practice includes both front-end transactional work and dispute resolution services for construction industry clients, uniquely positioning Mollie to assess her clients’ needs, craft legal solutions that avoid costly disputes, and deliver cradle-to-grave construction project advice. Mollie is experienced in drafting and negotiating all manner of standard form and bespoke contract documentation, and has represented her clients in a myriad of contract negotiations, large-scale infrastructure disputes, mediations, arbitrations, and hearings.

Ernest C. Brown, Esq PE is CEO of Project Neutral®, an organization providing ADR for active projects.

After a successful trial career, he began advising the BART-Oakland Connector, Presidio Parkway, Gerald Desmond Bridge, Carquinez Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Caltrain Electrification, John Wayne Airport, Anaheim Arena, North Hudson Water Authority, and Tappan Zee Bridge). He is known for settling highly contentious claims from five million to two hundred and forty million dollars. While with Fluor Daniel, he negotiated contracts and resolved construction disputes in 26 countries.

Ernest is known as energetic and responsive and enjoys the challenge of resolving even the most complex disputes. Chambers & Partners praises him as a “very, very experienced construction attorney” with a “very smart and practical” approach.

He is a graduate of MIT (BSCE) and the University of California, Berkeley (JS/MSCE). He studied Law of the Sea at Harvard Law School and wrote a thesis on multi-purpose off-shore platforms (e.g. Pirate Radio). He is a licensed Civil Engineer and Member of the California Bar.

Jonathan Haag is the President of Tungsten Associates, a firm focused on providing expert advice and testimony for engineering and construction projects and related disputes. Jonathan has nearly 20 years of experience with engineering and construction projects, including significant onsite and dispute resolution experience for projects across the mining and metals industry. He has advised clients across numerous industries engaged in projects throughout the Americas, Africa, and Asia, including providing guidance during project execution and expert testimony during related disputes.

Edward Lynde is a Partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto and practices all aspects of construction and infrastructure law. Edward has acted on behalf of all types of construction related entities and has provided legal advice on a wide variety of construction projects at all stages, from tender and procurement and contract review and drafting to project advisement concurrent to the execution of the work as well as disputes during and after completion. Edward is designated as a Qualified Arbitrator with the ADR Institute of Canada and a Fellow with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Jason Lewis is Director, Legal – Canada with Epiroc (www.epiroc.com), a leading global productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries. Having 15 years’ in-house experience in the engineering and construction space, Jason currently provides counsel to Epiroc’s management across a broad range of legal issues.

Jason is an active member of the Canadian Construction Law Bar, having served as a member of the Ontario Bar Association Construction and Infrastructure Section Executive from 2016-2023. Currently, Jason is a member-at-large of the OBA Natural Resources and Energy Law Section and the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association – Ontario Chapter.

Bill Andrews is a founding shareholder of the Texas based law firm, Andrews Myers.  He has 45 years of experience as a full-time construction lawyer and dispute resolution professional.  He has advised clients on disruption claims and actively represented clients in the prosecution, defense, mediation, arbitration and trial of disruption claims. As a dispute resolution professional, he has mediated and arbitrated numerous disruption claims.

George T. McLaughlin, PMP, CCM, is a highly experienced project manager, specializing in management of troubled projects. In the past nine years, McLaughlin has managed several large and complex projects with major productivity issues. Successful resolutions were achieved.
Serving as an expert witness, he has testified regarding project management and disruption in many cases in various venues. He participates in conferences and makes extensive contributions to the labor productivity management profession through seminars and publications. Mr. McLaughlin delivers presentations regarding project management and labor productivity management to organizations such as ABA, CMAA, AGC, AACE, PM College of Scheduling, and PMI.

Chris Hanvey is a Certified Cost Professional with over 25 years of experience in engineering and construction including lost productivity (disruption) on numerous projects. He has provided productivity loss expertise on domestic and international projects including experience with project delivery using Lump Sum, T&M, Cost Reimbursable, Guaranteed Maximum, Unit Price, EPC, EPIC, Maintenance, and Turnaround.

He has delivered construction disruption claim preparation, in mediation, litigation, and arbitration. He has testified as an expert in construction-related matters and presented damage quantifications. He has testified as a damages expert in State court and the American Arbitration Association.

George F. McLaughlin is a Product Leader with over 10 years of experience in AI, ML, and SaaS, specializing in data-driven decision-making and forensic project analysis. His expertise in leveraging advanced technology aligns with the 2025 SCL North America conference theme of pioneering new frontiers in construction and disputes, focusing on enhancing field labor productivity and managing disruptions.  His experience in project management, project controls and forensic analyses exceeds 25 years.

Dr. Ali Ashrafi is a Principal at Thornton Tomasetti and is a licensed civil and fire protection engineer. Ali has extensive experience in designing buildings and facilities across the US and internationally. In addition, Ali is called in to investigates when things go wrongs: collapse of a building or bridge, failure of a system or material, problems in design or construction, or identifying the cause of an incident. Dr. Ashrafi has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, having taught both Structural Fire Engineering and Earthquake and Wind Engineering. Ali is co-chair of the ASCE Fire Protection Committee.

Jesse is a Chamber & Partners-listed construction lawyer and partner with Cozen O’Connor’s construction practice group located in Washington, DC. For two decades,  Jesse has represented owners, general contractors, design professionals, and subcontractors in all phases of complex construction projects including large infrastructure, liquified natural gas production and storage facilities, power plants, and off-shore wind farm projects.  He is an experienced litigator, having tried numerous cases before state and federal courts and administrative panels throughout the United States and in domestic and international arbitral proceedings under the AAA, ICC, UNCITRAL, and ICDR Rules.

Alex is Senior Counsel at Bechtel Corporation.  Prior to moving in-house, Alex served as counsel to owners, design-builders, general contractors, and subcontractors in disputes throughout the United States and in international arbitration proceedings on a variety of projects including power plant construction, LNG facilities, and commercial and luxury multifamily buildings.  In 2020, Alex was named a Diversity Fellow by the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry and previously served as Vice President of the Washington Chapter of the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law.  She is a graduate of James Madison University and the George Mason University School of Law.

Patrick (Pat) Gaas is the Managing Partner of the Houston office of Kilpatrick Townsend and is a leader in its Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group. With more than three decades of litigation experience, Pat is regularly engaged by owners, contractors, and design professionals to handle large and challenging domestic and international construction disputes. He also has presented seminars to various professional and industry groups related to Construction Law. Pat has been recognized by Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America(r), Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and Legal 500 US in the fields of Construction Law and Litigation.

Kyle Harris is the Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for the North and Latin American business units of Air Liquide. In his career at Air Liquide, Kyle has managed all litigation activities for the company and supervised the resolution numerous complex construction disputes in that role. Kyle brings a wealth of arbitration, litigation and mediation experience with respect to resolving disputes in the oil, gas and petrochemical sector, where Air Liquide is a leader in the field. Prior to his in-house career, Kyle practiced in Houston with an AMLaw 100 law firm and litigated several cases to verdict.

Chris Cano is the Associate General Counsel at Mears Holdings (a Quanta Services company). Chris is an experienced legal professional with over twenty-five years of experience in providing results-oriented legal services to domestic and international construction and insurance industry clients. Key competencies include litigation and dispute resolution, appeals, and litigation and claims management , implementing risk management and mitigation strategies, and drafting and negotiating of agreements. Consistent history of business-oriented and cost-effective results. Prior to going in-house, Chris litigated construction and insurance matters throughout the United States.

Mark Boynton is based in Kilpatrick Townsend’s Winston-Salem office and works in its Construction and Infrastructure practice group. With twenty-five years of litigation experience, Mark represents owners, contractors, and design professionals in complex construction disputes. Mark has taught trial advocacy for fifteen years at Wake Forest School of Law, is a regular member of faculty for NITA and has presented multiple seminars & CLE programs on construction law and trial advocacy. A former chair of the NCBA Litigation Section, Mark is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in Construction/Construction Litigation.

Neil Gaudion is a Managing Director with Secretariat and has experience assisting owners, contractors, and other construction professionals on implementing effective project controls and in the development, analysis and resolution of major construction and public contract disputes. Over his career, Mr. Gaudion has consulted with clients on virtually every type of major construction project – in North America, Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Mr. Gaudion has also provided advice on how to avoid disputes to both owners and contractors on several large “mega-projects”. Should disputes arise, Neil has many years of experience in performing delay analysis and quantifying the effects of delay, disruption and interference and has testified in arbitration (including international and domestic forums), dispute review board proceedings, and court proceedings. Mr. Gaudion is recognized in Lexology’s 2016-2024 editions as a “Global Elite” expert witness in construction.

Julie Parla is a Partner and the Practice Lead of McCarthy Tétrault LLP’s Toronto Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. She is also Co-Chair of its National Infrastructure Group and Project Disputes Practice. Specializing in infrastructure litigation, construction disputes, and procurement, Julie has extensive experience representing a diverse range of clients in the public and private sector. An adept trial advocate, she has appeared before all levels of the Ontario courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, and is lead counsel in complex commercial arbitrations.

Jesse Koehler serves as Rail Program Manager at the San Francisco County Transportation Authority in San Francisco, California. Jesse is part of the multi-agency management team advancing The Portal, a transformative $7.5 billion rail subway program in the heart of downtown San Francisco, led by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. In this role, Jesse has led development of The Portal’s funding plan, procurement approach, and six-agency governance agreements.

In his previous work in Canada, Jesse served as Associate Director for Toronto Pearson Airport’s Regional Transit Centre program, as Project Director for the Broadway Subway project in Vancouver, and as Project Director for investment planning at TransLink, Vancouver’s regional transportation authority. He received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering and Master of Public Administration degrees from Cornell University. Jesse is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, and he lives car-free in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood.

Michelle is part of the team delivering one of the largest transportation programs in the country at LA Metro. As Executive Officer for the Program Management Department, Michelle is responsible for overseeing multiple aspects of Metro’s construction program, including State of Good Repair projects and new Capital Construction.  With projects ranging in size from $1M to $750M, her team of project managers and construction experts maintain and expand LA Metro’s system towards the future.  In addition to overseeing LA Metro’s Alternative Delivery Program, projects currently under her purview include the Zero Emission Bus Infrastructure Electrification Program and the Mobility Projects leading up to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in Regenerative Studies from Cal Poly Pomona.

Jamaal is the Senior VP of Administration at the Ontario International Airport Authority where he oversees procurement, contracts, business opportunities, and warehousing. Jamaal has over 10 years of mega airport hub development experience, leading and coordinating multiple alternative delivery procurements including:

• • Modular MSC South Terminal (LAX) [CMAR];
  • Bradley West Gates (LAX) [D/B];
  • Economy Parking Structure (LAX) [Prog D/B]; and
  • P3 Procurements for Automated People Mover (LAX) and Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (LAX).

Rob Pattison is the Principal of Rob Pattison Consulting, which provides pre-transaction due diligence, troubled-project rescue, and negotiation advice and services for complex construction and infrastructure projects. 

Rob has played a key role in several of Canada’s largest public infrastructure projects, including 407 ETR (Canada’s then-largest P3), Up Express Spur, Ottawa Confederation Line LRT, and Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Rob has negotiated agreements and settlements in respect of projects in a variety of asset classes (including mining and industrial) around the world. Rob created (in 2018) and led Infrastructure Ontario’s Commercial Resolutions Group, which is responsible for claims, disputes, and couples counselling on major infrastructure projects. 

Rob’s 2004 article Overview of the Law of Bidding and Tendering is the most downloaded article in the 100-year history of the Canadian Bar Review, with over 38,000 downloads.

Dr. Thanh Do is an experienced structural failure analyst, investigator, and technical storyteller. He has assisted attorneys, insurance professionals, general contractors, and design professionals with failure root cause investigations and construction dispute resolution. Dr. Do specializes in Design-Build project delivery, advanced analytics, collapse investigations, standard of care assessment, construction/design defect evaluations. In addition, Dr. Do manages TT Forensic Visualization group, which produces trial graphics and physics-based animations for construction litigation. Dr. Do is also experienced in the design of new structures and retrofit of existing structures. Dr. Do is a frequent speaker and writer on matters related to construction law, dispute resolution, risk mitigation, damage assessment, and advanced simulations of failures.

Samuel D. Newton is regional counsel for Dragados USA, Inc where he provides project advice and counsel as well as litigation and claims management for the company’s projects in the western United States including high-speed rail, bridges, tunnels, and marine work. Prior to joining Dragados, Sam was in private practice with Phillips Murrah, PC where he represented owners, general contractors, and subcontractors in Oklahoma and Texas. He also served as assistant general counsel for the U.S. division of an EPC company working on solar, T&D, and P3 projects. Sam graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, has a master’s degree from TCU, and earned his juris doctor from the University of Oklahoma. He is licensed in Texas, Oklahoma, and California (In-House Counsel).

For more than 13 years, Kaysie has provided legal representation for a diverse range of clients involved in construction and government contract disputes in both federal and state courts in California. This includes handling cases related to industrial and commercial projects, as well as large-scale infrastructure projects such as highways, bridges, pipelines, mass transit systems, military facilities, hospitals, public schools, airport taxi-ways, multi-family housing developments, hotels, restaurants, municipal pumping stations, and solar power generation facilities. Her extensive experience encompasses both prosecuting and defending disputes involving scope of work, additional time and payment claims, mechanic’s liens, bid protests, differing site conditions, and delays. In addition to her courtroom work, Kaysie is well-versed in various alternative dispute resolution methods, including arbitration and mediation. Recognized for her exceptional legal skills, Kaysie has been nominated and acknowledged as a Southern California Rising Star in Construction Litigation by Super Lawyers® from 2016 to the present. She is also a distinguished Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America and an esteemed member of both the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute.