Amanda Schermer MacVey
Mandy understands that timely business decisions are key to avoiding costly project-related litigation. She manages the drafting of terms and conditions, drives the documentation of construction-related decisions and expenses, and tracks regulatory requirements to keep clients focused on their work.
Mandy’s procurement experience and contract negotiation experience are vital parts of her comprehensive client service; she utilizes various contracting methodologies and project delivery systems to fit the client and project. In order to eliminate or mitigate any disruption to work in the field, Mandy advises owners of long-term projects on industry best practices and strategies for claim avoidance and the timely resolution of contractor claims and disputes. She also offers regulatory consulting and advises utility owners.
Mandy has meaningful boots-on-the-ground experience in the construction industry, having spent nearly a decade in the field on a series of multi-billion-dollar complex construction projects. She provided frontline legal services that included contract negotiation, contract management and administration, project execution, claim avoidance, and dispute resolution through on-site assistance with the client’s day-to-day review of contracts, change orders, and other commercial issues.
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Experience
Representative Matters
- Served as boots-on-the-ground construction counsel to the owner's project management team on the multi-billion-dollar, multi-prime Iatan Project, recognized by Power magazine as its 2011 Project of the Year
- Obtained an arbitration partial award of over 91 percent of the owner's costs in a multi-million-dollar construction dispute
- Served as boots-on-the-ground counsel to the owner's project management team during the five-year construction life cycle of planning, procurement, and construction of the $1 billion LaCygne Environmental Retrofit Project, recognized by Power Engineering as the 2015 Project of the Year Runner-up
- Developed the regulatory strategy for construction of Iatan Unit 2 and LaCygne Environmental Retrofit, significantly minimizing disallowed project costs through ratemaking hearings before the Missouri and Kansas utility commissions
- Served as counsel to the owner during the four-year, $1 billion expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, recognized as Engineering News-Record New York’s Best Project and AIA New York Excelsior Award winner, 2022
- Served as construction counsel during the planning, procurement, and construction of a $1.5 billion complex sediment site environmental remediation located in Brooklyn, New York
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Credentials
Education
- J.D. cum laude University of Illinois College of Law 2005
- Judicial extern, Honorable Judge Michael J. Reagan, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- B.A. Psychology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2000
- Certificate Sustainable Capitalism and ESG Online Berkeley Law Executive Education 2022
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Member, Forum on the Construction Industry, American Bar Association
- Adjunct professor, UIC Law School, Construction Law
- Founding member, CHIEF
- Member, Maryland Building Performance Improvement Board, Montgomery County
Recognition
- Law Bulletin Media, Emerging Lawyer, Construction Law, 2016
- Legal 500, Construction, 2016, 2019, 2021 – 2023
Community
Pro Bono
- Member, Building Performance Improvement Board, Montgomery County, Maryland
- Outside general counsel, Street Law, Inc., 2016 – 2022