Daniel R. Zorrilla, J.D., BSBC, CGC, CFCC

Daniel R. Zorrilla leads Oxley as President and serves as a testifying expert on construction schedule delay, disruption, lost productivity, cumulative impact, construction defects, contract administration, construction costs, and related damages. Dan has been with Oxley since 2015, after consulting with Trace Management from 2008. He has been in construction since 1991, beginning in the trades, and in consulting and expert work since 2008, with a return to project management in 2014–2015. His background spans the trades, project management, forensic consulting and the practice of law. Work through Oxley is technical consulting, not legal representation.

Dan began in the fire sprinkler trade, estimating, designing, and installing systems. Dan managed construction for national and regional general contractors. From 1999 to 2005, he worked for Suffolk Construction in its West Palm Beach office, rising from project engineer to project manager on mid-rise and high-rise residential projects in South Florida. From 2005 to 2008, he was a senior project manager in the Tampa office of Hardin Construction (acquired by DPR Construction in 2013), managing construction of a $28 million condominium in Tampa and a $124 million resort in Puerto Rico. From 2008 to 2014, he worked as a senior consultant with Trace Management performing schedule, pay application and delay analyses in support of expert reports and construction claims, and, after earning his J.D. in 2011, practiced law for about a year on litigated matters. He is a member of The Florida Bar and does not practice law. After moving into consulting in 2008, he returned to the contractor side from 2014 to 2015 as a senior project manager for West Palm Beach-based KAST Construction on the $145 million Westin Sarasota hotel and Vue Sarasota condominium. Dan has been with Oxley since 2015, after consulting with Trace Management from 2008.

That combination of field, management and analytical experience lets Dan explain complex time and cost issues clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, and mediators. His project experience includes high-rise condominiums, hotels, student housing, infrastructure, highways and bridges, airports, levees, federal facilities, and industrial projects. He is a Florida Certified General Contractor, a Panelist of the American Arbitration Association, a Florida Supreme Court Certified County and Circuit Court Mediator, and a Member of the Construction Law Committee of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar.

Dan has testified in more than 40 cases, in litigation, including federal court, and in arbitration. He has been retained as a consultant or expert in more than 100 construction matters. He has testified as a construction defect expert in court and in arbitration, and was appointed arbitrator by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in about 50 cases. Arbitrator appointments are conflict-checked separately from expert engagements. We act for only one party on a project, and fees do not depend on findings.

Dan has been retained on behalf of and adverse to owners, general contractors and subcontractors.

Licenses & Certifications

• Florida Certified General Contractor CGC1506197
• Member, The Florida Bar
• AACE International Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC)
• Panelist, American Arbitration Association
• Florida Supreme Court Certified County and Circuit Court Mediator (Florida Courts mediator lookup)
• Member, Construction Law Committee, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, The Florida Bar
• LEED Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council

Speaking & Events

• Dan presented with Brett Henson, Shareholder, Carlton Fields, and a county aviation attorney, at the Florida Airports Council’s 2026 annual conference on construction procurement and Florida’s Local Government Prompt Payment Act, addressing project-management practice. July 28, 2026, Fort Lauderdale (session listing; details)
• Oxley is a sponsor of the 2027 Construction Law Institute, March 18–20, 2027, Orlando
• All events

Practice Areas

• Schedule delay and time impact analysis
• Disruption, lost productivity, and cumulative impact
• Acceleration, resequencing, and supplementation
• Termination and completion costs
• Construction defects and remediation damages
• Cost-plus and GMP cost recovery
• Contract administration and industry standards

Education

• J.D., Stetson University College of Law, 2011
• B.S. in Building Construction (BSBC), University of Florida, 2000

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