John W. Hinchey, Esq.

• Recipient of  Cornerstone Award for distinguished service to the construction bar by the American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law, 2006
• Former President (2008-2009) and Board of Governors, 2006-2008, American College of Construction Lawyers
• Past Chair, American Bar Association, Forum on  Construction Law, 1996
• Past Chair, Atlanta Bar Association, Construction Law Section, 1999-2000
• Past Chair, Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC), 2005
• Co-chair, International Bar Association, International Construction Projects Committee, 2009-2010 
• CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Distinguished Panel of Neutrals-Construction- ADR – Cross-border disputes
• Council of Distinguished Advisors and Guest Lecturer in arbitration subjects to The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2006-present
• Consistently recognized by Best Lawyers as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Construction matters, arbitration and ADR
• International Who's Who Legal - International Arbitration
• International Who's Who Legal -  International Mediation
• Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year", Atlanta, Best Lawyers in America, 2014
• Arbitration  “Lawyer of the Year", Washington, D.C., Best Lawyers in America, 2012
• “Top 100” Georgia SuperLawyer by Law & Politics Magazine, 2004-2010
• Chartered Arbitrator, Fellow and Diplomate in International Commercial Arbitration
• Institute for Energy Law Panel of Arbitrators
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Approved Faculty
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Presidential Panel of Arbitrators,
• Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Houston, TX
• Designated with the highest level ranking, 1st Band, Leading Individual Lawyers (Construction-Georgia), Chambers and Partners (2005-date) 
• Advisory Board, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Journal of Management, Procurement and Law
• Cited in Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, 2008-2010
• Top 10 “Most Highly Regarded Individuals-Global,” International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers, 2007-2010
• Recognized by Legal 500 United States as “thorough, competent and good at communicating issues,” 2010
• Georgia Trend’s “Legal Elite,” 2010
• Honorary Fellow in the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers
• Guest Lecturer, Georgia State University, Global Partners MBA Program, 2008-2010
• Admitted to practice: U.S. Supreme Court, Georgia Supreme Court, London Court of International Arbitration, U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit), U.S. Middle District Court (Georgia), U.S. Northern District Court (Georgia), U.S. Southern District Court (Georgia)

Representative Publications and Presentations

• Co-author, International Construction Arbitration Handbook, a two-author treatise published by Thomson Reuters, now in its 2016 edition, having been originally published in 2008
• Visiting lecturer on International Commercial Arbitration subjects, Pepperdine Law School, Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution (2009 - 2017)
• Co-author, College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), Guide to Best Practices in Commercial Arbitration, (4th edition, 2017)
• Speaker, “Dispute Resolution and Payment Issues”, ABA Forum on Construction Law, Regional Program, Atlanta, Georgia (November 4, 2016)
• Panelist, “Rules Convergence and ‘Flattening’ Among Leading Arbitral Institutions; Does the Choice of Seat Still Matter?”, 5th Annual Conference of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society, Atlanta, Georgia (October 10, 2016)
• Speaker, “Collaborative Dispute Resolution,” ABA Forum on Construction Law, Fall Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (October 6, 2016)
• Speaker, “Current Developments in Arbitration”, Arbitration Institute, Georgia Bar Association (August 5, 2016)
• Panelist, “Are Dispute Resolution Boards and Arbitration Redundant?”, Annual Meeting, American College of Construction Lawyers, Laguna Beach, California (February 19, 2016)
• Panelist, “Lessons for Effective Advocacy and Management of Proceedings in International Arbitration,” Atlanta Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia (February 12, 2016)
• Paper and panel presentation on “Demystifying International Arbitration”, American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law, October 8-9, 2015, Austin, TX
• Speaker and Panelist, “Management of Time and Cost in International Arbitration”, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Centenary Conference, Keble College, Oxford University (13 September 2015)
• Panelist, “Distinctions Between Arbitration Practices of US and UK Lawyers”, ABA Meeting, London, 800th Anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta (June 15, 2015)
• Speaker and panelist, joint program of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and the American Arbitration Association, Atlanta (May 27, 2015)
• Panelist, Annual Meeting of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Miami (February, 20, 2015)
• Chapter author, “International Arbitration”, published in Construction ADR, by the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law (2014)
• Panelist, Atlanta Arbitration Society (ATLAS) Conference on Africa-related Subjects, “Developments and Trends in Resolving Infrastructure Disputes” (November 4, 2014)
• Faculty Member, American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution Arbitration Institute, Washington, DC (June 6-7, 2014)
• Speaker and panelist, “What In-house and Litigation Counsel Say about Arbitration of Big Cases – The Neutrals Respond”, Superconference, San Francisco (December 13, 2013)
• Speaker, 2d Annual Construction Law Conference on “Effective Advocacy in Mediation and Arbitration”; Atlanta, Georgia; March 1, 2013
• Speaker and Panelist, JAMS/Atlanta Bar Association Seminar on Current Developments in International Arbitration; Atlanta, Georgia; February 26, 2013
• Chapter author, “Fast-track International Construction Arbitration”, published in Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation – The Fordham Papers (2012) (Nijoff, 2013)
• Panelist, American College of Construction Lawyers Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, “Developing a Practice in Arbitration and Mediation” (February 2013)
• Chapter author,“Dispute Resolution”, Chapter 12, Managing Gigaprojects – Advice From Those Who’ve Been There, Done That, a recent publication of  the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012
• Speaker and panelist; ABA Forum on Construction Law, 2012 Fall Program, Boston, Massachusetts, on the topic: “Cross-Border Dispute Resolution”
• Speaker and panelist; Inaugural Conference of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society, “The United States and its Place in the International Arbitration System of the 21st Century: Trendsetter, Outlier or One in a Crowd,” (April 16, 2012)
• Speaker and panelist; Seventh Annual Fordham Law School Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, King’s College, London (April 26–27, 2012)
• Speaker, presentations by the American and Canadian Colleges of Construction Law, in conjunction with the 2012 International Construction Law Conference of the Society of Construction Law, Melbourne, Australia (May 6-8, 2012)
• Author, “Rethinking Conflict in Construction Project Delivery and Dispute Resolution,” Vol. 29, Part 1,  International Construction Law Review, January, 2012
• Speaker and Panelist at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Conference on Costs of International Arbitration, London (September, 2011)
• Panelist, 5th Annual Arbitration Institute, Atlanta, August 19, 2011, on “Advanced Arbitration Case Management”
• Keynote Speaker and Panelist, Society of Construction Law of Australia, Annual Conference, Sydney, August 5-7, 2011, on “Rethinking Adversarialism”
• 8th International Litigation and Arbitration Conference, Florida Bar Association (February 12, 2011), Miami, Florida.  Topic: “Regional Developments in the United States”
• Contributing author, JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Newsletter (2009-2011)
• Co-author, Handbook on Arbitration Practice, Chapter 26 “An Arbitrator’s Authority to Award Attorney Fees for Bad-Faith”, published by the American Arbitration Association (2010, 2015)
• Co-author, Construction Law Glossary,  publication by the American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law (2010)
• Speaker, Arbitration Conference, Society of Indian Law Firms, New Delhi, November 27, 2010
• Speaker on international commercial arbitration subjects, Indian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Mumbai, India, December 2, 2010
• Guest lecturer, Georgia State University, Global Partners MBA Program (2008-2011)
• Panelist and Moderator, 4th Annual Arbitration Institute, co-sponsored by State Bar of Georgia, Dispute Resolution Section and Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Atlanta, 2010)
• Speaker and Panelist, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, ABA Midyear Meeting on the topics: “Current Trends and Developments in International Arbitration” and “Reigning in Costs and Delays in Commercial and Construction Arbitration,” (Orlando, 2010
• Speaker and Panelist, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, ABA Midyear Meeting on the topics: “Current Trends and Developments in International Arbitration” and “Reigning in Costs and Delays in Commercial and Construction Arbitration,” (Orlando, 2010)
• Chapter author, “Construction Dispute Resolution”, published in  International Construction Law: A Guide for Cross-Border Transactions, Chapter 10, by the American Bar Association (2009)
• Co-author, Chapter 5 Preface, Justin Sweet Anthology, published by the American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law (2009)
• Author, “Taming Construction Disputes Through ‘Rapid Resolution’”, Editorial, Engineering News-Record (ENR) (July 8, 2009)
• Speaker and Panelist, The 3-D’s of International Business Transactions, a conference sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, on the topic: “Presenting Your Case to an International Tribunal” (Atlanta, 2009)
• Speaker and Panelist, 2009 Neutrals Conference, 16th Annual Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute, on the topic: “Is Arbitration Broken?” (Atlanta, 2009)
• Speaker and Panelist, Construction Managers of America (CMAA) Annual Conference on the topic: “What Construction Managers Should Know about Dispute Resolution”, (Orlando, 2009)
• Program Chair and Moderator, The Next Wave of Construction Dispute Resolution, The Seminar Group (Atlanta, 2009)
• Panelist, Resolving Construction Law Issues Across the 49th Parallel, sponsored by Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys and JAMS (May 28, 2009), Chicago, Illinois
• Author, “Taming Construction Disputes Through Rapid Resolution,” published in Engineering News Record (July 08, 2009)
• Co-presenter, American Arbitration Association Global Webinar; September 10, 2009; Topic: “Hot Topics in International Construction Dispute Resolution”
• Panelist, Associated Owners & Developers, 2009 National Conference, Atlanta; (September 15, 2009); Topic:  “Managing the Risks and Obligations of Electronic Discovery; Sanctions, Spiraling Costs and Accessibility”
• Panelist, Construction SuperConference--2008, San Francisco, California (December, 10-12, 2008); Topic: “From the Other Side of the Bench: Views of Cross-Border Construction Mediators and Arbitrators About Dos and Don’ts of Case Presentation and Cost Control”
• Co-instructor, JAMS Institute, Arbitration Training Workshop, New York (October 25, 2008)
• Chair, International Construction Law Conference, Sponsored by the American College of Construction Lawyers and the Society of Construction Law, London (October 5, 2008)
• Panelist, American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting, New York (August 9, 2008): Topic: “The Emerging Global Order in International Construction ‘Disputology’; The Top 10 Cutting-edge ADR Processes Employed in Construction World-wide”
• Co-author, “A Perspective From the United States: Tensions Between ‘Getting it Right’ and ‘Getting it Done’”, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal (April, 2008)
• Co-author, “Methods for Discovery in Arbitration,” Georgia Bar Journal, Vol. 13, No. 6 (April, 2008)
• Speaker: “Construction Defect Litigation”, Condominiums: Opportunities & Pitfalls in Today’s Environment.  The Seminar Group, Atlanta, Georgia (March, 2007)
• Keynote Speaker and Panelist for the Annual Meeting of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.  (June 2007) Vernon, British Columbia
• Speaker and Panelist.  “Achieving Efficiency With Fairness”,  ADR Institute, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution (April 2007) Washington, D.C.

• M.Litt., (Comparative Law), Oxford University, England
• LL.M., (International Law), Harvard Law School
• LL.B., Emory University
• A.B., Emory University
• Clerkship, Supreme Court of Pakistan (1967)