ACCL Membership Directory
Jerome Reiss
Education
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Undergraduate:
B. A. Brooklyn College, 1948
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Law School:
Harvard Law School, 1951
Professional Activities
- 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
Representative Articles, Publications, Speeches and Seminars
- “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)
Court Admissions
- 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
Community Activities
- 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
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