Larry Leiby (born 1947) began his law practice in construction law in 1973 in South Florida. He founded and was the first chair of the Construction Law Committee of the Florida Bar Real Property Section (1976–1994). He was one of nine members of the original Florida Bar Construction Law Certification Committee appointed in 2004, later chaired that committee, and was in the first class of Florida Bar Board Certified Construction Lawyers in 2005.
He is a neutral in the JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Panel. He is a fellow in the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is a Certified Florida Circuit Court Civil Mediator, as well as an internationally certified mediator by the International Mediation Institute (IMI).[1]
Leiby has served as a mediator, arbitrator, insurance valuation umpire, and as a special master for the Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County. He has arbitrated disputes in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Alabama, the largest involving claims of eight figures. He has served as an advocate in construction disputes (pre-litigation negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration) since 1973. He has written and presented several appeals before the Florida appellate courts. He has drafted construction contracts and documents for contract administration for local governments, developers, contractors, and subcontractors.
He is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, ABA Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, Florida Bar Construction Law Committee, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, and Miami International Arbitration Society.
Leiby serves as an adjunct professor teaching construction law at the Florida International University College of Law.[2]
He has taught and lectured on construction law topics for the ABA Forum Committee on Construction, the Florida Bar, JAMS, the Construction Specifications Institute National Convention, the Tile Contractors Association National Convention, local bar associations, and several national, state, and local construction industry trade associations. He teaches continuing education courses for Florida state licensed contractors.
He was a member of the American Arbitration Association committee to develop training for construction arbitrators and was one of the arbitrator-training faculty teaching Construction Arbitration I (basic construction arbitration), and Construction Arbitration II (advanced case management techniques) (1996–1999).
He has been recognized for the following distinctions in construction law by peer review: