News | May 27, 2025
Secretariat Announces Newest Managing Directors
Congratulations to our recently promoted Managing Directors: Deven Bowles, Erica Greulich, Greg Johnson, Zack Kilgore, Gareth McDermott, Tony Nedinsky, Michael Pogue, and Ivy Tse.
Mr. Smith is a construction management professional specializing in providing project controls, claims consulting, and dispute resolution services to owners, contractors, law firms, insurers, and sureties within the construction industry.
Ishmael Smith is a construction professional specializing in providing project controls services to owners, contractors, law firms, insurers, and sureties within the industry. His experience includes performing various cost and schedule analyses on capital projects within the industrial, commercial, infrastructure, energy, power, oil, gas, and chemical sectors.
Before joining Secretariat, Mr. Smith worked for an international engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor within their energy/power business unit providing cost control, planning & scheduling, change management, and program management services to projects and programs ranging from $500K to $5B.
Secretariat Announces Newest Managing Directors
Congratulations to our recently promoted Managing Directors: Deven Bowles, Erica Greulich, Greg Johnson, Zack Kilgore, Gareth McDermott, Tony Nedinsky, Michael Pogue, and Ivy Tse.
Guardians of Finance Integrity
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) has cemented its role as a global financial watchdog, using its influence to safeguard the integrity of the U.S. dollar and the broader international financial system. Recent regulatory actions related to Iraq and Libya demonstrate a proactive approach to combating illicit financial flows, setting a precedent for oversight in other high-risk jurisdictions, including Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Ukraine, which are likely to undergo major post-conflict reconstruction.
Jury Trial Victory for Marathon Oil Co. in Landmark $123.7M Force Majeure Case
Managing Director Bob Broxson provided expert reports, deposition, and trial testimony on behalf of Marathon Oil Co. in a high-stakes, precedent-setting contract dispute arising from a natural gas delivery impeded in 2021 by Winter Storm Uri.