Michael J. Vardaro

Managing partner at Zetlin & De Chiara LLP, Michael J. Vardaro represents clients in New York, New York, and the surrounding area. With a civil degree in engineering, he brings years of experience in the construction industry and focuses his practice on litigation, arbitration, risk management, professional licensing, negotiating contracts, and general business matters.  He has experience with complex construction issues arising on various types of projects including EPC, IPD, design-Build, power generation, manufacturing facilities, supply chain distribution facilities, datacenters, museums, healthcare, water treatment, bridges, commercial and mixed use buildings, laboratories, sustainable design and green construction, and building information modeling (BIM).The Legal 500 recognized him as a leading construction lawyer, he is a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers of Society of America, and for his high ethical standards and long list of successful results, he holds the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell.Admitted to practice in New York, Florida and New Jersey as well as the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,  United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and the United States Supreme Court.He is a member of the American Council of Engineering Companies, the New York Building Congress and serves on the Board of Directors at the Center for Active Design.* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.