Jerome Reiss

• Advisor on Construction, New York County Lawyers Association
• Member, American Bar Association, Former Chairman in New York, Public Contract Section
• Founding Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers
• Board of Advisors, Federal Publication
• Member, Board of Directors of the Municipal Assistance Corporation of New York (MAC)
• Lecturer, Program Sponsored by New York and New Jersey Port Authority for Minorities

Special Construction Contracts Drafted:

• Renovation Statue of Liberty
• Expansion of Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Construction of NYC Convention Center
• Construction of Special Laboratory Building for the Rockefeller University
• …and many others

Additional Litigation and Arbitration

• Board of Contract Appeals
  Armed Services
  Corps of Engineers
  General Services Administration
  Veterans Administration
  Coast Guard
  Atomic Energy Commission
  Post Office
• AAA
• JAMS

• “Understanding Building Contractor’s Claims for Extras,”New York State Bar Journal (1966)
• “Problems of Construction Industry Arbitration,” News of A.A.A. (March, 1973)
• “Should Multiple-Party Construction Claims Be Consolidated,” AIA Journal (June, 1974)
• “Delays and Disruptions,” Construction Contracts, Course Handbook Series, Practicing Law Institute, (1975-1990)
• “Construction Industry Disputes,” Practising Law Institute (1979)
• “Construction Law in New York,” Professional Education Systems (1981-1984)
• “Construction Law and Damages,” Matthew Bender on Commercial Damages, (January, 1986, Rev. 1989), (1994)
• “International Foreign Corporations and Bidding Requirements,” International Property Investment Journal (1986)
• “Drafting A Construction Contract,” Construction Failures, Wiley Publications (1989)
• “Avoiding Negative Effects of the Wicks Law, New York Law Journal, (Feb., 1994)
• And many others…

Speeches, Panel Discussions, and Seminars:

• Practicing Law Institute, 1974-1991
• Federal Publications
• General Services Administration
• Engineering News Record
• New York Law Journal
• Medgar Evers Community College for MBEs
• American Arbitration Association
• American Bar Association
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Turkish Contractors Association (received award)

• Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1951
• U.S. District Court (S.D, E.D, & W.D., New York), 1954, 1964 & 1979
• U.S. Court of Claims, 1960
• District of Columbia, 1967
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
• Special Admissions U.S. District Courts in Indianapolis and Denver

• Civil Branch Legal Aid Society
• Asst. Corp. Counsel of the City of New York – Contract Division
• Formerly sat in Small Claims Court, Queens County
• General Counsel, Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
• Board of Advisors, Brownsville Boys Club Alumni Association
• Member, Board of Directors, Municipal Assistance Corporation of New York (MAC)
• Recipient, Medgar Evans Community College Certificate for Providing Educational Construction Programs for Minorities
• Member, Board of Directors, New York Convention Center Operating Corporation