Joseph Grynbaum, P.E.
International Mediator, Professional Engineer (USA), Author

Career:

Joseph specializes in mediating complex multi-party commercial disputes with a focus on claims resolution of large engineering and construction projects. His personal mantra is “An ounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation”.

With over 35 years of international know-how, Joseph employs his professional mechanical engineer experience and trained mediator skills to open up channels of communication between disputing parties often resulting in creative opportunities for settlement.

Joseph was educated in Australia and has been living and working in the U.S. since 1980.  He has assisted many international clients doing business in countries including U.S., Canada, Russia, South Africa, Philippines, Pakistan, Jamaica, Guatemala and Honduras.

In addition to providing conflict avoidance and resolution services, Joseph also offers technical and expert witness consulting services for project owners, developers, lenders, contractors and attorney firms.

Joseph believes that mediation is aimed at solving a problem rather than rendering a decision. It promotes the continuation of the work, enables the development of future business if desirable, and often mends a strained business relationship.

Client Experience:

• Renewable Energy
• Utilities
• Construction
• Engineering

Recent Projects:

Mediation: Design and conduct a multi-party (17) mediation to avoid ongoing commercial litigation involving enforced demolition of commercial building in New York City; resulting from construction impacts from adjacent hotel complex. Litigation has been ongoing for 5-years and consolidated claims total over $12 million.

Technical Consulting: Technical audit of operations of biomass energy facility in Honduras for large multi-national Canadian company. Biomass fuel mix consists of palm oil waste product, energy crop grasses, tree wood byproduct and waste from cotton processing.

Expert Witness Consulting: Preparation of expert report for law firm representing resident plaintiffs to establish root cause of contaminated liquid discharging from stacks at coal-fired power generating plant, since three-unit plant began operating in late 1970’s.

Expert Technical Consulting: Represent plaintiff in international arbitration in South Africa to provide technical basis for diminished impact of coal quality on operations of utility power plants.

Qualifications and Accreditations

• Professional Engineer (Mechanical) licensed in three Northeast states in U.S.
• Trained advanced mediator with certification issued by Supreme Court of New York State
• Diploma of Mechanical Engineering from Caulfield Institute of Technology (Monash University)

Interests

• Promotion of mediated settlements
• Mitigating cultural differences in communication
• Opening lines of communication and conversation
• Environmental impact on imbedded energy technologies
• Industrial design