Senior таргетолог · gambling, finance

Sign in Real Estate Construction Location: New York, NY Salary: 95000 Posted: January 24, 2017 Contact this candidate Resume: KEVIN J. CONNOLLY **-** **** ****** Astoria, NY 11106 516-***-**** *************@*****.*** Seasoned construction professional with extensive experience preventing problems and fixing troubled jobs. Heavy experience in construction-related matters, including drafting, negotiating and administering agreements with architects, engineers (of every flavor) and constructors. Successful completion of healthcare, educational, commercial, industrial and military projects. Resolved millions of dollars of mechanics’ liens filed against major expansion of medical center projects in Brooklyn and other contexts. Extensive experience handling imaging suites and specialty care installations Published expert in risk management, including insurance coverage, insurance claims, vetting insurance coverage required from other parties (tenants, contractors and more) as well as advanced risk management (captives, self-insurance and risk purchasing groups). Experience includes acquisition, financing, leasing, development and disposition of residential, commercial and institutional properties. Condo and Coop offerings and management of condo, coop and rental properties. Have handled synthetic leasing and mezzanine financing. Frequently called upon to handle innovation. Wrote the electronic and legal protocols for the 60 Hudson Street “TelCo Hotel” at a time when “co-location” was unknown outside the Internet Community. Major player in the commercialization and privatization of the Internet, serving as general counsel to the company that opened up the first expansion of Internet. Wrote the licenses and protocols for New York’s very first rooftop antenna farm (9 West 57th Street for Swig, Weiler). Have served as a member of the Internet Engineering Studies Group. Labor matters, including Davis-Bacon, collective bargaining, project labor agreements and resolution of jurisdictional disputes. Address prevailing wage mandates for DASNY financing. Published expert on New York’s floridly complicated Lien Law. EXPERIENCE Individual Private Practice June 2012 - present Insurance Law, to include coverage reviews, placement of coverage and maintenance of claims Compliance with law by contractors and developers •Commercial and residential real estate transactions •Mechanics' Lien enforcement and management •Construction contract drafting, negotiation disputes resolution, to include lump-sum, cost-plus with and without GMP, design-build, EPC and EPC/O paradigms •Commercial Property Casualty Insurance: structuring of programs and maintenance of claims •General commercial litigation, to include equipment leasing ANDERSON KILL & OLICK, P.C., NEW YORK, NY Shareholder March 2007 – June 2012 Worked with the real estate group to deliver integrated construction/risk management solutions for a variety of commercial, educational and health care projects Principal contract negotiator for a wide variety of construction-related matters Experienced in representing owners, developers, design professionals and constructors Advise real estate developers and constructors with respect to legal compliance, to include Construction Contracts Act, Miller Act, insurance coverage, Fair Labor Standards and Davis-Bacon, SPEDES (Anti-pollution) compliance Establishment and operation of captives, risk purchasing and risk retention groups Principal handler of all mechanic’s lien claims and title insurance claims. Development and delivery of internal and marketing-driven CLE programs, to include comprehensive training in property-casualty insurance coverage, bonding and mechanics’ liens ZETLIN & DECHIARA, NEW YORK, NY January 2006 - March 2007 Of Counsel Handled a wide variety of contract award and contract dispute matters Extensive responsibility for preparation of Owner-side contracts and development of risk management programs “Go” To” lawyer for all questions relating to insurance specifications and coverage. Heavy experience in brownfields transactions and associated remediation contracts DUVAL & STACHENFELD, NEW YORK, NY Partner/Construction Department Head October 2001 – September 2005 Founder of the firm's construction group Handle all construction projects for a major hedge fund including insurance Extensive transactional real estate experience includes acquisition, development, financing, leasing and disposition of commercial properties nationwide Major projects have included multiple conversions of legacy buildings to luxury residential condominiums, luxury residential developments, fit-outs for famous retailers, country clubs, higher educational institutions, industrial developments Successful, economical resolution of construction defects and claims ROBINSON SILVERMAN PEARCE ARONSOHN & BERMAN, New York, NY Senior Associate 1998 – 2001 Full charge of firm's construction contracting practice Extensive experience in risk management, to include development of insurance programs and monitoring for compliance and effectiveness Handled wide variety of development projects, including high-technology fitouts, rooftop development, large out-of-the-ground and sophisticated interiors projects Coordinated facility management programs (to include asbestos remediation and maintenance of historic buildings in San Francisco, Chicago and New York) for major Owner-Developer Participate in preparation, negotiation and closing of condominium and cooperative projects EATON & VAN WINKLE, New York, NY 1993 - 1997 Counsel Practiced with both the Business & Finance and Litigation groups, gaining experience in international trade, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and real estate transactions. Liaison with banking supervisory agents regarding deposit-taking and loan-making by foreign bank branches, including Royal Bank of Kuwait, United Bank for Africa and Royal Bank of Scotland Major player in the development of 60 Hudson Street as the first outpost in Silicon Alley, handling dozens of co-location and other high-tech deals, and handled all of the software licensing for a number of high-visibility financial software developers Successful representation of CORE, the Internet Council of Registrars, in opening the Internet Domain Name System to include .biz, .info, .per, .nom, .mus and .air. Successful defense of surety bond claims by contractors. General Commercial Litigation. Forfaiting. Alcoholic Beverage Control litigation. Successful representation of the liquidators of Bank of Credit and Commerce International (“BCCI”) and the rehabilitators of the New York Agency, United Bank for Africa plc. SHAPIRO & BYRNE, P.C., Mineola, NY Associate 1990 - 1992 Medical malpractice defense General representation of Westchester Square Medical Center, to include risk management, revocation of physicians’ privileges Representation of physicians before New York OPMC Establishment of risk retention group for physicians employed by WSMC EDUCATION FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, NY Juris Doctor, 1985 FORDHAM COLLEGE, New York, NY B.A., cum laude 1976 PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS and HONORS Honorary Member, The Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy and of the John Pershing Society within that Association. “Friend of WestPoint” Faculty member, The Practicing Law Institute (2007 - present) Author of insurance coverage chapters for NYS Bar Association monographs on construction and operation of commercial real estate. Presentation to American Association of Port Authorities, April 15, 2011 “Managing the Risks of Constructing, Owning and Operating Port Facilities” Elected to New York Metro Super Lawyers annually since 2009 for Surety Practice. Chapter 92 Warren's Weed New York Real Property: Mechanics Liens (Editor) RealEstateWeekly-December-2010.pdf "Co-ordinating your construction risk" Real Estate Weekly (December 2010) "Security for Contract Performance" The John Liner Review, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Summer 2010) Book Chapter: "Insuring The Construction Project," Legal Issues In Risk Management - A Policyholder's Guide (Aspen Publishers, 2009). "Mechanics liens, bonds and insolvency," Real Estate Weekly, Volume 56, Issue 10 (November 4, 2009) "Mind the Gap," Risk Management Magazine (October 2009) (with Robert M. Horkovich) "First Party Insurance and the FFE Project," Focus - New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association (May 2009) and Hospitality Lawyer's Risk Management Newsletter (August 2009) “Finding Value in Historical Insurance Coverage,” Presentation to Anderson Kill’s annual policy holder conference on the importance of studying a target company’s insurance coverage before closing a merger or other acquisition, September 18, 2008. “Handling the Risks of Underinsured Architects & Engineers,” New York Law Journal Outside Counsel Column (September 11, 2006). Law of Internet Security and Privacy (Aspen Law & Business (3rd Edn. 2004). This survey of technology law is now in its third edition. Marquis Who’s Who publications. Listed in (among other directories) Who’s Who in American Law since 1998 and Who’s Who in the World. Multiple presentations to my firms’ employees (mandatory continuing legal education), NY County Lawyers’ Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, various clients’ legal departments and the Practicing Law Institute regarding construction risk management (especially Wrap-Up Programs), with occasional forays into insurance coverage and risk management generally. Kevin J. Connolly Project Management Highlights The Internet Domain Name System Up until 1998, the vast majority of Internet addresses were assigned to only three “top-level” domains--.com, .net and .org. At that time began a phenomenon known as the Domain Name Wars, triggered by the proposal to open up the system and allow for the creation of an unlimited range of internet address-names. I had the privilege of working with Dr. Jonathan Postel, the World Intellectual Property Organization, The Internet Society, the United States Department of Commerce and a battery of leading computer scientists, sociologists, politicians and capitalists to overcome the opposition of the well-connected organization (Network Solutions) that had monopolized the world of domain names. I was counsel to CORE, the Internet Council of Registrars. I helped them draft the constitution of CORE, which was formed as a Verein under the Swiss Uniform Business Code. I vetted the specifications for the “Shared Registration System” whereby any accredited organization would have the ability to update the Zone Files for a given internet domain. I wrote the security and authentication protocols for the system and participated in hundreds of hours of acid testing before we finally went “live” with domain names under .biz and .info, I also wrote the contracts for the engineering, procurement, delivery and operation of the system. The project ran into a snag when a gang of thieves stole the core of the system from the secure facility where the prototype was being tested. Due to preparedness and insurance coverage, the system went live on schedule in 2001 at no increased cost to CORE. One Prudential Plaza, Chicago, Illinois The second-tallest structure in Chicago is also home to one of the largest antenna farms in North America. Most of the television stations in Chicago have located their masts on this building, and none of those masts was suitable for HDTV. I had to coordinate the demolition and removal of the existing masts, transfer of broadcast facilities to secondary sites some of them using unutilized "windows" at the Sears Tower, and others requiring the negotiation of licenses to install temporary facilities on other buildings and installation of new, HDTV-capable masts and antennas. The project was made especially interesting by the fact that there is simply no way to remove the masts or bring in new ones except by helicopter, and the Prudential Tower directly underlies the approach path for the principal instrument runway at O'Hare Airport. I had to develop an air operations plan, meet with the FAA in Chicago and Washington, and handle the whole risk management process for the entire project as well as create and negotiate contracts for the construction activities needed to abate the asbestos-based insulation of the roof, remove and replace the masts, and install the technological fitouts onto the masts. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. World Headquarters In 1997, The McGraw-Hill Companies closed a billion-dollar deal with the New York City Industrial Development Agency to consolidate its headquaners operations into New York City. The resulting lease, of 2.2 million square feet, represented an interior fitout that would have been daunting had it been simple office space that was being built. It was not simple office space. McGraw-Hill has grown into much more than just a publishing giant. Its Standard & Poor's subsidiary is the best known of McGraw-Hill's information businesses, but McGraw-Hill is also a major player in the construction industry (largely through its F.W. Dodge subsidiary) and in the information industry, serving as a quiet industry leader in B-to-B information services. In addition to coordinating the design and construction of the buildings, I negotiated and administered contracts for technology acquisition and installation, security systems, and privacy protection policies, procedures and systems, as well as furniture, fixtures and equipment for the seven thousand corporate employees that McGraw-Hill needed to relocate and support, ensuring compliance throughout with the requirements of the IDA and the tax exemption programs it made available to McGraw-Hill. McGraw-Hill Robotic E-commerce Fulfillment Centers In 1998, McGraw-Hill.com recognized the advantages of fulfilling orders from the State of Delaware. The result was a million-square foot robotic fulfillment center just outside Wilmington that utilizes state-of-the art systems to track inventory, allocate inventory to new shipments, pack and ship millions of books every week. The continued growth otMcGraw-Hill.com and the McGraw-Hill scholastic book business resulted in the replication of the facility at DeSoto Texas, in an underutilized site that required the construction of robotic bridges that connected three buildings and spanned the very active US Route 7. I assisted in the process of qualifying and selecting architects and construction managers, the selection of automation systems, and handled the award of contracts for design, construction, and technology installations. New York City Educational Construction Fund The ECF builds large, complex projects. My role on the legal team is focused on risk management. I coordinate the development and enforcement of policies pertaining to insurance to be maintained by developers, construction managers and trades, review the ECF's own policies, and supervise claims-handling process. When a tower crane collapsed on one of ECF's projects, the program that I developed was tested and successfully covered the costs incurred and prevented disruption of the project as soon as the Department of Buildings lifted its stop work order thirty days after the collapse. I also review and comment on financial security documents, including mezzanine financing and related complicated financing arrangements. United Nations The process of building peace includes many kinds of contracts for goods and services. I led the team that helped the UN develop and implement a comprehensive program for letters of credit and "first demand" independent bank guarantees to meet these special needs while preserving the UN's ability to compete in the marketplace for goods and services.I gained significant experience in transnational dealings during this project, especially international credit enhancement techniques. Tiger Woods Golf Clubs The Tiger Woods organization was selected to develop the world's largest golf facility, to be constructed in Dubai. I represented the architects, and negotiated a series of documents that satisfied the owners' requirements for the project with the scope of services and responsibilities that were consonant with the architects' expectations. I then applied these same forms and practices to a series of design projects for the architect, including construction of casino resorts in the Caribbean, and a series of resort projects in the Middle East and Australia. 60 Hudson Street I represented General Telecom, which in 1994 was the first international telephone carrier to take space in the old IT&T World Headquarters Building. I ended up having to write co-location protocols for sharing access to the bandwidth that was brought to the building, and coordinating the access agreements with real estate licenses that transformed the building into the Telephone Company Hotel. 60 Hudson Street remains the cornerstone of Silicon Alley and I made it happen. Maimonides Medical Center This center has been engaged in a major reconstruction and expansion of its facilities in Park Slope. The project has encountered numerous claims for delay and out-of-scope work, as well as nearly $50 Million in mechanics' liens, all of which were discharged without substantial expense to the Hospital. The Milstein Pavilion New York Presbyterian Hospital In 1998, a medical student, while leaving the building (which also housed Columbia University's School of Medicine) was struck on the head and killed by a brick that fell out of the curtain wall at a height of 50 stories. I was called upon to quarterback the process of qualifying a structural engineer, getting the original design architect of the building to return to participate in finding out what was going wrong with the façade of the building, and getting the curtain walls stabilized, which entailed the selective demolition of 25% of the exterior curtain wall of the building and its reconstruction, while carrying out a thorough investigation of the entire façade to ensure that there would be no recurrence of the tragic accident. All of this was carried out without disrupting patient care and the training of physicians over the eighteen months it took to perform the work. Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy The Long Gray Line has undertaken several projects intended to preserve and enhance the physical assets of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Occasioned by the bicentennial of the founding of the Academy as well as dissatisfaction with the handling of past projects by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and a shrinking government budget for service academies, the AOG has embarked on a novel approach to project delivery that takes advantage of its ability, as a private entity, to avoid many of the bureaucratic bottlenecks that have delayed and driven up the cost of past projects. Known as the "Margin of Excellence," the AOG is funneling gifts by graduates and friends of the academy into the enhancement of the Academy's physical plant as well as instructional programs. The projects include the construction of Randall Hall as an integral part of the Academy's athletic facilities, the construction of a new press box for Michie Stadium, the development of a life sports training facility for the use of the Academy's physical education department, construction of a new Rugby training and competition facility and the creation of a state of the art classroom for the Academy's Department of Military History. The last of these is required to do double duty by providing overflow exhibit space when needed for the West Point Museum. I handled the negotiation of all construction-related contracts for these projects (except the Hoffman Press Box), which I inherited from prior counsel. United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Coast Guard Academy has its own problems wit