Skanska USA Building, New York, NY
Corporate Counsel
2016-present
E.E. Cruz & Company, Inc., New York, NY
General Counsel, Secretary & Compliance Officer
2008 – 2016
Bear Stearns & Co., New York, NY
Managing Director and Corporate Counsel
2007 – 2008
Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP, New York, NY
Partner
2006 – 2007
Postner & Rubin, New York, NY
Associate & Partner
1989 – 2006
The Moles
* Member, 2010-present
* Program Committee, Awards Committee (2012-present)
General Contractors Association of New York
* Law and Legislation Committee (2008-present)
* MWBE Committee (2010-present)
Pratt Institute, School of Architecture
* Adjunct Professor, Construction Management(undergraduate) program and Facilities Management(graduate) program (2001-2004)
American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law
* Governing Committee (2015-present)
* Co-Chair, 2015 Annual Meeting, “The Construction Lawyer’s Bucket List” – Boca Raton, FL
* Division for Corporate Counsel (2008-present)
o Chair (2012-2014); Steering Committee (2009-2012)
o Moderator, Breakfast Program: “Career Transitions – Views from the Inside” (2012)
* Editor, Under Construction, newsletter of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry (2007-2012)
* Co-Editor, The Construction Lawyer, “Hard Hat Case Notes” (2004-2007)
* Speaker, 2010 Annual Meeting, “The Bridge Less Traveled: Impacts of the Infrastructure Crisis” – Austin, TX
* Session Coordinator, 2008 Annual Meeting, “Calls on Letters of Credit — What Do We Do Now?”
* Speaker, 2007 Annual Meeting, “Litigating Form Contract Documents — Don’t Worry, It’s the Standard Form, Right?” – San Juan, PR
* Program Coordinator, Fundamentals of Construction Law, New York City (November 2004)
* Publications Committee (2007-present); Student Writing Competition subcommittee (2011-present)
* Nominating Committee (2009, 2012)
Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America
* Contract Documents Committee (2008-present)
* In-House Counsel Forum
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
* Construction Law Committee (2000-2003)
* Moderator, “Toxic Mold and the Construction Industry — Managing the Risk Before, During and After Construction” (September 2003)
ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
New York Construction Law Manual
• Co-author, (Shepard’s/McGraw-HilI 1992, republished by West Publishing 1998, Supplement 2004)
Construction Superconference, San Francisco, CA
• Panelist, “The Power Generating Industry – Past, Present and Future” (1999)
• Panelist, “Project Integrity – Project Delivery Team is Using a New Set of Tools to Fix Old Problems” (2000)
• Panelist, “The Inside Track on Scheduling and Delay for Owners” (December 2003)
International Construction Superconference, London UK
• Panelist, “Project Integrity – Project Delivery Team is Using a New Set of Tools to Fix Old Problems” (2001)
• Panelist, “Building with Integrity – The Role of a Project Integrity Compliance Program”
(May 2003)
• Panelist, “The International Contractor and Design Firm’s Guide to Doing Business in
the United States” (2005)
International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
• Lecturer, Annual Meeting, “Challenges to Award Based on Evident Partiality after
Positive Software” (New York City 2007)
American Arbitration Association
• Author, “Arbitration vs. Litigation — An Unintentional Experiment” in the AAA’s
• Dispute Resolution Journal (October 2005)
• Panelist, “User Expectations in Arbitration” (June 2005)
• Panelist, “Ensuring Diversity in ADR” (March 2004)
• Member, American Arbitration Association Construction Advisory Committee (2003-
• 2005)
Lorman Seminars
• “Construction Contract Changes, Extra Work Claims and Differing Site Conditions”
• (February 2003, November 2005)
• “Change Orders in Construction (New Jersey)” (April 2004)
• “Construction Issues in New Jersey” (September 2003)
• “Tricks, Traps and Ploys Used in Construction Scheduling,” (September 2004)
• “The Design and Performance of Construction Contracts” (April 2003)
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
• Lecturer, Construction Law Basics (January 2005)
Co-author, “Indirect, Consequential and Punitive Damages” chapter in the Construction Business
Handbook, Aspen Publishers, 2004
Co-author, “Contingent Payment Clauses Violate New York’s Mechanic’s Lien Law,” The
International Construction Law Review, April 1997
New York (1990)
New Jersey (1991)