Larry Leiby is of counsel to Malka & Kravitz, P.A., and a member of LB Consensus, LLC, an ADR services firm. He serves primarily as a mediator and arbitrator in construction disputes. He also teaches construction law at the Florida International University College of Law. He is the author of The Florida Construction Law Manual, Volume 8 of the Florida Practice Series on Westlaw (Reuters-Thomson-West Publishing), which he updates annually. Mr. Leiby received a lifetime achievement award in 2008 from the Florida Bar Construction Law Committee. He is rated as AV–preeminent in construction law by Martindale-Hubbell, and certified as a mediator by the Florida Bar and the International Mediation Institute. He is a fellow in the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and an AAA Master Arbitrator. Mr. Leiby can be reached at leiby@mkpalaw.com.