JOHN P. MADDEN, ESQ.
230 Park Avenue, Suite 2525                         Regus House, Harcourt Road
New York, NY 10169, USA                                                    Dublin 2, Ireland
T212.949.4646 /F212-661-2153                   T353.1.477.3312. /F353.1.402.9590

 MaddenMediation@cs.com

PROFESSIONAL STATUS:

Former Adjunt Professor of Law, Fordham University School of  Law, New York, USA

Lecturer, Law Faculty, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland

Director, Madden Mediation & Arbitration Ltd.

Partner, Canfield, Madden & Ruggiero, LLP, New York, 1979-2006

• Civil Engineer/Attorney/Solicitor/Arbitrator/Mediator/Conciliator.
• Specializes in serving as Mediator (since 1992), Arbitrator (since 1984) and Dispute Board Member (since 2000) for technically complex high value domestic and international construction, design and engineering disputes.
• Former legal practice devoted to providing representation for construction industry clients in arbitration, litigation and mediation/conciliation proceedings, such as construction contractors, owners, employers, subcontractors, developers, sureties, architects, engineers and material suppliers.

EDUCATION:

Manhattan College
New York City, New York, USA
Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering, 1967

New York University
New York City, New York, USA                                            
Master of Science, Structural Engineering, 1969

St. John's University School of Law
New York City, New York, USA
Juris Doctor, 1978   

Trinity College, Cambridge University
Cambridge, England
EC Trade Law, 1976

University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
Comecon Trade Law, 1976

POST-GRADUATE STUDY:

• University of Maine - Mechanical Engineering (1966).
• University of Washington - Structural Engineering (1967).
• Purdue University - Structural Engineering (1968).
• George Washington University - Environmental Engineering (1975).
• National College of Advocacy - Trial Advocacy (1982).
• Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London - Mediator Skills Training Program (2002).
• Harvard University School of Law - Mediator Training (2002) (Prof. Frank E. Sander).
• Engineers Ireland DAB Training and Assessment (4 days) (2004)

• Law Society of Ireland, Solicitor (2006) 
• Law Society of England and Wales, Solicitor (2003).
• United States Supreme Court (1985).
• United States Patent & Trademark Office (1978).
• United States District Courts:
  • Southern District of New York (1982).
  • Eastern District of New York (1982).
  • District of New Jersey (1982).
• New York State Courts (1979).
• New Jersey State Courts (1982).

ARBITRATOR and MEDIATOR EXPERIENCE:

• Served as Arbitrator in more than 100 cases.
• Served as Project Neutral (incorporating arbitration & mediation/conciliation activities).
• Served as Mediator, Conciliator, Dispute Board Member. 
• Domestic and International Construction Arbitration (Chair, Party-Appointed and Solo Arbitrator);
  • includes European governments as parties or related owners.
  • multi-party disputes.
  • disputes ranging to $200 million.
• Domestic and International Construction Mediation/Conciliation (in US, Ireland and UK) (Solo Mediator);
  • multi-party disputes.
  • disputes ranging to $650 million.
  • governmental parties
• Construction Disputes Handled:
• Such as: highways, co-generation power plants, bridges, tunnels, petrochemical plants, military/defense construction and systems, schools, residential (single family, high-rise), office towers, University facilities, medical facilities, swimming pool/health club construction, production studios, water supply and sewage treatment plants with ancillary road work, fire alarm systems, marine construction and ship building, pre-fabricated construction, structural engineering, design/build, EPC, engineering design, architectural design, shopping center and retail outlet construction, railroad construction, church construction, container transport, utility relocation, SOE, mechanical construction, garage construction and one fluidized bed incinerator.
• Sample Projects:
  - The "Big Dig," Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Co-Mediator)
  -  Dublin Port Tunnel, Dublin, Ireland (Sole Conciliator)
  - Co-Generation Power Plant, Islamabad, Pakistan (Party-Appointed Arbitrator)
  - Atlantic City/ Brigantine Highway, USA (Sole Mediator)
  - Jumbo Ferry Project, Puget Sound, Washington, USA (Sole Mediator)
  

• Engaged as a civil engineer in the U.S. and Germany, primarily engaged in construction project management and claims evaluation for the U.S. Corps of Engineers; field inspector for consulting civil engineers; taught surveying to students and taught nuclear defense design courses to architects and engineers; conducted construction cost research for U.S. Department of Defense.

CERTIFICATIONS:

• President's List, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (2008). 
• Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (2002). 
• Accredited Mediator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (2002).
• Accredited Mediator, CEDR, London (2002).
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (2000).
• Fellow, Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg (1998).
• Large Complex Case Panel, American Arbitration Association (1996).
• International Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (1993).
• Construction Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (1983).
• Commercial Mediator, American Arbitration Association (1990).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

•  Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (Board of Directors). 
  • U.S. Regional Representative Coordinator.
• Institute of Engineers Ireland.
• International Bar Association:
  • Mediation Committee.
  • International Construction Projects Committee, Vice Chair, Dispute Resolution Committee
• American Bar Association:
  • Section of Dispute Resolution (Co-Chair, Construction Committee). 
  • Section on Public Contract Law.
  • Forum Committee on Construction Industry.
• Society of Construction Law (UK).
• Technology and Construction Solicitors Association (TeCSA). 
• London Court of International Arbitration.
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
• Swiss Arbitration Association.
• International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (India)
• American Trial Lawyers Association;
• American Arbitration Association;
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association;
• New York State Bar Association;
• New Jersey State Bar Association;
• Who's Who in America - 60st Edition, 2006, et al;
• Who's Who in American Law - 9th Edition, 1996, et al.

PUBLICATIONS:

Madden, To Tech or Not to Tech in Selecting a Construction Third-Party Neutral, ARBITRATION JOURNAL OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Nov 2005) 

Newmark and Monaghan (General Editors), Butterworth's Mediators on Mediation, LEADING MEDIATOR PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRACTICE OF COMMERCIAL MEDIATION (Commentary Contributor), (Sep 2005) 

Madden, Construction Recipe for Success in Mediation, CONSTRUCTION, Construction Federation (Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 2003) 

Madden, Recipe for Success in Construction Mediation, AAA DISPUTE RESOLUTION JOURNAL (May-July 2001)

Madden, Why Mediate...And How: The Recipe for Success, INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION LAW (Salzburg Conference Series 2000)

Madden, Leading Edge Techniques for Managing International Arbitration Hearings, INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION LAW (Salzburg Conference Series 1998).

Madden, Mediation Ends Complex Construction Dispute, 18 THE PUNCH LIST 2 (1995).

Madden, How to Win at Arbitration, ADR, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESOLVE CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES, at 157 (1994).

Madden, How to Present Witness Evidence in an Arbitration-American Style, 3 SWISS ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, at 438 (1993).