Thomas F. Icard Jr.

Tom focuses his nationally recognized practice on construction-related matters, from review of contract documents, claims negotiation, and complex multi-party litigation. He is also regularly engaged as a neutral in alternative dispute resolution proceedings in construction cases and a broad range of other civil disputes.

Tom is a diplomate of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, as well as a member (by invitation) of the Florida Circuit Civil Mediator Society and the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He has served as a single arbitrator and as the chief arbitrator on a panel of three in matters involving major property damage claims, insurance coverage, securities, and other business disputes. He also has experience as a court-appointed special master in federal proceedings. 

Tom has represented both public and private owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, and sureties with respect to the construction of airport, power plant, municipal sewer system, port, highway and infrastructure, and hospital facilities, as well as hotel, office, and condominium buildings, the latter including turnover. Tom has also served as the neutral on a broad spectrum of more than 400 construction and other matters ranging from two to 19 parties, including jail, underground construction, underwater tunneling, and well drilling projects.

His trial experience as an advocate and his ADR experience as a neutral also includes employment, land use, condemnation, estate litigation, limited liability company and shareholder derivative actions, corporate ,and other commercial disputes, as well as personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, medical device and implant claims, and professional malpractice in matters with exposures ranging from $25,000 to more than $400 million.