Paul Sandars, III

PAUL A. SANDARS, III, a partner at Javerbaum Wurgaft, is the former Managing Director of Lum, Drasco & Positan LLC. He has over forty-five years of experience in the areas of construction law, complex commercial litigation, and alternative dispute resolution matters. He specializes in representing property owners and contractors involved in residential, condominium, commercial, industrial, school, and public projects. He handles all aspects of construction law, including bid disputes, project management, delay claims, trials, arbitrations, mediations and appeals. He represents numerous condominium associations in complex transition litigation.
He has been an approved American Arbitration Association Construction Arbitrator for over 25 years and has arbitrated over 130 construction cases involving residential, commercial and industrial buildings, including art museums, houses of worship, automobile dealerships, veterinary hospitals, low-and mid-rise condominium projects, school and college buildings, factories, and myriad other building types. He has attended American Arbitration Association and other ADR training courses over the last quarter century and has presented numerous programs involving all aspects of construction arbitration. He is a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, as well as a New Jersey Court-Appointed Mediator, specializing in construction-related matters.
He also is a member of the Executive Committee of The Legal Netlink Alliance (LNA), which is a global referral organization for medium sized law firms. The LNA provides the firm with an integrated network of national and international referral sources for our clients.
He has been involved in the Leadership of the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, for over fifteen (15) years. He was a member of the Council, Co-Division Director of Division I, as well as past Co-Chair of the Construction Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Pro Bono Committees. He was also a past Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Section of Construction and Public Contract Law. He is listed in America’s Best Lawyers under Construction Law and has been named a New Jersey Super Lawyer® under Construction and Surety Law for over twenty-five years.
Mr. Sandars is an active member of the ABA Forum on Construction and the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey He is a frequent lecturer on construction law and litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution. He has published numerous articles on construction law and litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and OSHA litigation.