Lawrence Chiarelli
Special Counsel
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 471 1801
Fax: +1 212 412 9053
Email: lchiarelli@duanemorris.com

Lawrence Chiarelli concentrates his practice on drafting and negotiating construction-related contracts. He also represents clients in litigation and arbitration.

Mr. Chiarelli manages the construction management degree programs at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, where he is an Industry Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and the Associate Director of the Center for Construction Management Technology (CCMT), a research center at the University. He also serves as the faculty advisor for the University's student chapters of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME).

Mr. Chiarelli is a licensed Professional Engineer and has worked as a structural engineer, a construction project manager and a contract manager for an international construction management firm. He is a 1993 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a graduate of the Cooper Union.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Law and Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
  - Forum on the Construction Industry
• American Society of Civil Engineers
  - Metropolitan Section
  -- Past President, 2007-2009
  -- President, 2006-2007
  -- President-Elect, 2005-2006
  --Vice-President, 2004-2005
  -- Past Vice President, Director and Treasurer
  - Memebership Benefits Committee
  -- Past Chairman and Former Member
  - District I and New York State Councils
  -- Past Chairman and Representative
• Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, 2004-present
  - Industry Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
  - Associate Director, Center for Construction Management Technology (CCMT)
  - Faculty Advisor, student chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)
  - Faculty Advisor, student chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1993
• The Cooper Union School of Engineering, M.E., 1986
• The Cooper Union School of Engineering, B.E., 1980

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Special Counsel, 2008-present
• Thelen LLP
  - Counsel, 2004-2008
  - Associate, 1998-2004
• O'Brien Kreitzberg, Professional Construction Managers
  - Contract Manager/Project Manager, 1989-1998
• Alfred Selnick, P.E., P.C.
  - Project Engineer, 1988-1989
• A. Dello Buono & Sons, Inc.
  - Project Manager, 1986-1988
• A. Dello Buono & Sons, Inc.
  - Project Manager, 1986-1988
• Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor
  - Structural Designer, 1982-1985
• Geiger-Berger Associates
  - Structural Designer, 1981-1982

Civic and Charitable Activities

• Boy Scouts of America Northern New Jersey Council
  - Legal and Administration Committee

Selected Publications

• Reviewer for two chapters in Infrastructure Planning Handbook by Alvin S. Goodman and Makarand Hastak, McGraw Hill/ASCE Press, 2006
• Co-author, "Program Management Utilizing the AGC 800 Document - A New Concept for the 21st Century," ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, April 1998
• Co-author, "The Role of the Construction Manager on a Design-Build Project," The Construction Lawyer, Vol. 15 No. 2, April 1995

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Co-presenter, "Practical Aspects of Implementing BIM: Understanding the Legal Risks," Annual National Conference of the Construction Management Association of America, Chicago, October 7, 2007
• "Creating Buildings That Last," Polytechnic University Principal's Scholars Dinner-Symposium, Brooklyn, New York, October 20, 2005
• "Concrete: Getting To The Thick Of It," ABA Forum on the Construction Industry program "More Sticks and Bricks," Philadelphia and Seattle, September-October 1999