Gerald S. Clay, Esq.
Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, Partnering Facilitator
Honolulu, Hawaii
Clay Chapman Iwamura Pulice & Nervell – Partner
Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, Partnering Facilitator
Partner, Clay Chapman Iwamura Pulice & Nervell, 1978 – Present; General Counsel, Lewers & Cooke Inc., 1974 – 1978; General Counsel/Secretary, Hyman Gurwin Nachman Friedman & Weingarden (Detroit, Michigan), 1969 – 1974.
Extensive experience mediating and arbitrating, construction, general commercial, and real property issues. Practice in construction law involving owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, design professionals and sureties. Remainder of practice involves commercial disputes including development, contract, corporate, partnership and securities. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Hawaii Law School teaching Construction Law, 2005. Adjunct Professor, Hawaii Pacific University teaching conflict resolution, 1989 to 2004.
Extensive experience mediating construction, general commercial, securities, corporate and real property disputes. Mediated multi-party, multi-issue disputes involving public and private parties. Since 1984, mediated over 400 commercial disputes. Successfully mediated a $34 million dispute involving two Fortune 500 companies and the State of Hawaii.
University of Michigan (JD-1967); University of Pittsburgh (B, Business Administration-1963).
Admitted to the Bar: Michigan (1967), Hawaii (1974).
American Bar Association (Forum on Construction and ADR Sections); Inter-Pacific (Asian/American) Bar Association; Association for Conflict Resolution; Hawaii State Bar Association (ADR Section, Past Chair); Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
Co-author, "The Complete Guide to Creative Mediation," ADR AND THE LAW, 1998 edition, AAA DISPUTE RESOLUTION JOURNAL, vol. 52, no. 2, Spring 1997; co-author, "The Complete Mediation Guide," INTER-PACIFIC BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, December 1996; HAWAII CONSTRUCTION LAW & MECHANICS' LIENS, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1990-2006; "Counseling Clients on Mediation," chapter 9, ADR PRACTICE BOOK, Wiley Law Publications, 1990; co-author, BEFORE YOU SUE: HOW TO GET JUSTICE WITHOUT GOING TO COURT, William Morrow & Co., 1987; co-author, "Should Lawyer-Mediators be Prohibited from Providing Legal Advice or Evaluation?" American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution; numerous mediation, arbitration and construction law articles for professional publications, including AAA DISPUTE RESOLUTION JOURNAL and HAWAII BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL.
$400 Per Hour
English
United States of America
Honolulu, HI
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