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Adrienne L. Isacoff has been practicing construction law since 1981, when she served for several years as Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. She serves as construction contract and disputes counsel for contractors, suppliers, developers, condominium associations and design professionals in all aspects of public, commercial and residential construction and procurement matters, including contract negotiation and drafting; bid protests; liens; bond claims; defective work, scheduling and delay claims; consumer fraud; OSHA claims; and minority and women-business enterprise certifications. She seeks to assist her clients to meet their goals through the appropriate mechanism, be it negotiated settlement, arbitration, litigation or appeals.
Ms. Isacoff also has an active alternative dispute resolution practice. She is a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals, serving as both arbitrator and mediator, and regularly presides over disputes involving construction claims from small to complex matters, as well as serving as a “Rule-7” arbitrator on consolidation and joinder issues. She also serves as a New Jersey Superior Court appointed mediator for construction disputes and for its foreclosure avoidance program and offers mediation services for private parties. Ms. Isacoff leverages decades of experience in case evaluation of construction matters to provide insightful, practical and creative guidance that often results in an amicable resolution of disputes that minimizes the expense, time consumption and uncertainty associated with the litigation process.
She has authored numerous articles and is a frequent lecturer on topics including lien and bond claims; bid preparation and protests; change orders and delay claims; consumer fraud issues; set-aside requirements in state and federal contracting; cooperative purchasing options for State contracts; and green building and sustainable design projects. She co-authored the chapter of the Council of Appellate Lawyers Insider’s Guide to the New Jersey Appellate Courts.
Ms. Isacoff served for several years as the Co-Editor of the New Jersey State Bar Association Construction Law Section newsletter and presently serves as its Co-Secretary. She also serves as a member of the Borough of Closter Planning Board.
Recent Speaking Engagements:
Co-panelist, "Recent Amendments to the New Jersey Construction Lien Law," Lorman Education Services Seminars, East Hanover, NJ, September 2011.
Co-panelist, "Public Contracting Requirements and Regulations," Lorman Education Services Seminars, Edison, NJ, October 2010.
Co-panelist, "New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act in Commercial and Residential Construction Disputes," NJICLE, New Brunswick, NJ, December 2009.
Co-panelist, "Change Orders in Construction Disputes," Lorman Education Services Seminars, Parsippany, NJ, July 2004.
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