Webinar Description

The complexity and long-term nature of construction projects create a level of uncertainty, and it is impossible to resolve every detail and foresee external factors that may create a dispute at the outset. The AAA-ICDR Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Board procedures are designed to avoid and resolve potential disputes at the project stage, focusing on real-time resolution and utilizing construction industry experts available throughout the project.

This webinar will discuss the benefits of a DARB on a construction project; how and why it works; how to set up a DARB, including selecting the right members; and what differentiates a DARB from other dispute-resolution processes.

Join this webinar to:

• Hear the benefits of the AAA DARB process
• Learn what differentiates a DARB from other dispute-resolution processes
• See why the DARB process works—and when it does not work
• Learn how the DARB process help keeps project on schedule and within budget

SPEAKER INFO

Michael A. Marra, Construction Division, American Arbitration Association

Michael A. Marra is vice president for the construction division of the American Arbitration Association, where he has worked for more than 22 years. He is currently responsible for expanding the use of AAA construction ADR services in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states. In this role, he also interacts with AAA clients who file construction and real estate cases and the neutrals who serve as arbitrators and mediators.

Cherrie Fisher PMP, Supply Chain Manager, NTT Global Data Centers, Americas

Cherrie K. Fisher, PMP, is a civil engineer, an American Arbitration Association construction neutral, an AAA 2021 Higginbotham Diversity Fellow and a Dispute Resolution Panel Member with the Ohio Department of Transportation. She brings more than three decades of construction knowledge to her arbitration practice, including experience negotiating claims for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Adrian Bastianelli III, Of Counsel, Peckar & Abramson P.C.

Adrian L. Bastianelli III is of counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Peckar & Abramson P.C., where his practice has transitioned almost exclusively to neutral work. He is a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and a past chair of the ABA Forum on Construction Law, from which he received the Cornerstone Award. He is a co-editor of the ABA books “Construction ADR” and “Federal Government Construction Contracts” (first and second editions).