Herbert H. Gray, lll

Hal Gray has over twenty years’ experience as a Construction, Commercial, Business, Environmental and Real Estate dispute mediator and has mediated hundreds of disputes. Hal has recently been selected as a Master Mediator by Mediation.org, the American Arbitration Association’s mediation division, and was recently certified as a Mediator by the International Mediation Institute. He also has over thirty-five years’ of experience as a Construction, Commercial/Business and Real Estate Dispute arbitrator. He has served on the AAA’s Arbitration Panels since 1986 and during that time has served as either a single arbitrator, panel member or panel chair in over 200 cases. He has practiced Construction, Real Estate and Commercial/Business Law and Litigation for over thirty-five years. During that time, in his construction practice, he has represented owners, contractors, subcontractors, insurers, sureties, materialmen and design professionals in claims on construction projects, both public and private at all stages of the construction process and on all types of projects, both public and private. His general litigation practice has centered on large, complex commercial litigation of all types and involving just about every sort of commercial activity. Case Experience Appellate Banking & Finance Business Dissolution Commercial/Business Construction Contract Disputes Environmental Franchise Insurance Landlord/Tenant Legal Malpractice Personal Injury Probate Product Liability Professional Liability Professional Malpractice Property Damage Real Estate Torts Trusts / Estates Education Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1978 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1975 Memberships & Affiliations Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators Certified Mediator, International Mediation Institute Fellow, Past President, Director, member of Executive Committee, College of Commercial Arbitrators (Member, Judicial Education and Legislation Committees (Chair) Fellow and Past President, Georgia Arbitrators’ Forum Recipient, Justice Harold C. Clarke Award, given by the Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution for Outstanding Contribution to Dispute Resolution in Georgia Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers Member, State Bar of Georgia (Sections on Dispute Resolution, Past Chair, Member, Executive Committee 2011-, Webpage Committee 2010-2013, and General Practice and Trial ) Member, Atlanta Bar Association (Sections on Dispute Resolution, Past Chair, Member, Board of Directors and Program Chair 2010-2015, and Construction Law, Past Chair, Member, Board of Directors 2010-) Member, American Bar Association (Section on Dispute Resolution – Arbitration and Construction Committees and Forum on the Construction Industry – Arbitration and Design Committees) Fellow, Georgia Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators Fellow, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals Listed, The Top 100 Georgia Lawyers by Super Lawyer Magazine Named as Georgia Super Lawyer in both Alternative Dispute Resolution and Construction Law by Atlanta Magazine Listed, Best Lawyers in America for Construction Law Atlanta Construction Lawyer of the Year – 2019, Best Lawyers in America Listed as a Master Mediator by Mediation.org Member, Construction Industry/Real Estate/Environmental Arbitration Panel, Arbitration Association Member, Commercial Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association Member, Large and Complex Case Panel, American Arbitration Association Member, Mediation Panel, American Arbitration Association Member, Mediation Panel, International Center for Dispute Resolution Member, American Arbitration Association Construction Arbitration Rule 7 Revision Committee – 2009 Member, Distinguished Panel of Neutrals, Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (Construction and Insurance Panels) Faculty, American Arbitration Association University Member, Associated General Contractors of America, Georgia Branch Member, Civil Mediation and Arbitration Panels, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution Member, American Property Tax Counsel Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta (President, 1991-92; Executive Committee 1986-93) Trustee, Atlanta Lawyers Foundation, 1992-1999 (Chairman, 1995-96; Secretary, 1997-1999) Member, Phi Delta Phi, Lamar Inn Chapter, Emory University