PAUL A. SANDARS, III the Managing Director of the Firm, has over forty years of experience in the areas of construction law and complex commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, taxation and zoning matters. He specializes in representing property owners involved in residential, condominium, commercial, industrial, school and public projects.  He has appeared before numerous zoning boards and boards of adjustment seeking site plan approvals and variance waivers. His representation of contractors includes those involved in residential, commercial, industrial, school, and public projects.  He handles all aspects of construction law, including bid disputes, project management, delay claims, trials, arbitrations, mediations and appeals.  He has been involved in projects ranging from $250,000.00 to $50,000,000.00.

He has been an approved American Arbitration Association Construction Arbitrator for over 25 years and has arbitrated over 125 construction cases involving residential, commercial and industrial buildings including art museums, houses of worship, automobile dealerships, veterinary hospitals, lo-and-mid-rise condominium projects, school and college buildings, factories, and a myriad of other building types.  He has attended American Arbitration Association and other ADR training courses over the last 25 years and has presented numerous programs involving all aspects of construction arbitration.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, as well as the New Jersey Court Appointed Mediator, specializing in construction related matters.

He has been involved in the Leadership of the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, for over fifteen (15) years.  He was a member of the Council, Co-Division Director of Division I, as well as past Co-Chair of the Construction Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Pro Bono Committees.  He was also a past member of the Council of the American Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and a prior Long Range Planning Officer of that Section.  He was also a past Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Section of Construction and Public Contract Law.  He is listed in America’s Best Lawyers under Construction Law and has been named a New Jersey Super Lawyer® under Construction and Surety Law for over twenty years.

Mr. Sandars is an active member of the ABA Forum on Construction, the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey, and the American Subcontractors Association.  He is a frequent lecturer on construction law and litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution.  He has published numerous articles on construction law and litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and OSHA litigation.  He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, New York, the District of New Jersey, Southern District of New York, United States Court of Appeals-Federal Circuit, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court, and the United States Court of Appeals-Third Circuit.  He has practiced before the OSHA Review Commission, the New Jersey Department of Labor, as well as the New Jersey Public Utility Commission.