Dispute Resolution Grounded in Industry Experience
40+ years
as a lawyer and construction industry executive
FELLOW
American College of Construction Lawyers
AAA PANELS
Arbitration and Mediation
Construction | Commercial | Energy
Nancy Greenwald serves as an arbitrator and mediator in construction, commercial, and energy disputes.
She is based in New England and is available for in-person and virtual proceedings nationwide.
SERVICES
ARBITRATION
MEDIATION
ON CALL NEUTRAL
EARLY CASE EVALUATION
DISCOVERY MEDIATION SERVICES
PROJECT TEAM
FACILITATION
DISPUTE SYSTEMS DESIGN
A Unique Perspective
Nancy Greenwald brings more than four decades as a lawyer and business executive to her arbitration and mediation practice. She serves on the American Arbitration Association's Arbitration and Mediation Panels for Construction, Commercial and Energy panels, and has been appointed as a neutral by numerous private parties and courts. She is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and an active member of the ABA Forum on Construction.
Inside the Industry
What distinguishes Ms. Greenwald's practice is direct experience as both attorney and builder. She served as General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer of a design-build construction and development firm she helped found — sitting on the owner-designer-contractor side of contracts, schedules, change orders, and disputes long before she resolved them as a neutral. That perspective shapes how she reads the dynamics of a construction case: where contracts strain, where projects actually go wrong, and what resolution paths the parties can live with. Her commercial practice draws on the same combination of legal and executive experience. She has specific experience mediating discovery disputes — a focused, cost-saving practice area where her judicial temperament and command of complex records help parties move past impasse efficiently.
Credentials
Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers. Member, ABA Forum on Construction. Former member, Executive and Leadership Council of the American Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Section, and co-author of the Section's submission to the ABA Future of Legal Services Commission. Admitted to practice in Connecticut and Virginia. J.D., Harvard Law School (cum laude), 1981. View Full Resume
EXPERIENCE
Arbitration —Arbitrated multi-million dollars of multi-party architectural and construction defect and delay claims involving public infrastructure, higher education facilities, public schools, manufacturing facilities, commercial buildings, historic preservation, and multi-family and single-family residences.
Mediation — Successfully mediated disputes involving multi-party claims for design errors, cost escalation, schedule impacts, and performance failures.
Types of Parties — Arbitrated and mediated multi-party disputes involving owners, contractors, subcontractors, designers, insurers, sureties and technology providers.
APPROACH TO CASE MANAGEMENT
• Active, hands-on approach to case management
• Collaborative process design with counsel, balancing thorough preparation with streamlined procedures to avoid unnecessary delay and expense
• Focus on right-sized discovery, damage calculations, and issue framing to create an efficient and thorough process
• Early identification of leverage points and decision risks
• Business-oriented, transparent, and highly organized
