Experts & Advisors
Pasha Ameli
Managing Director
Ankura – Main Office
2000 K Street NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20006
+1.202.419.1420 Main
+1.949.610.5600 Mobile
Pasha Ameli is a Managing Director at Ankura, based in Washington, DC. He is a registered professional civil engineer with expertise in construction cost advisory, quantification of damages, calculation of lost productivity, construction cost estimation, and allocation of the responsibility of damages.
Experience
Pasha’s project experience includes solar farms, rare earth mineral extraction plants, hazardous material recycling facilities, transit centers, wastewater treatment plants, sport arenas, performing arts centers, hospitality, class A office buildings, multifamily residential complexes, and custom single-family homes.
Pasha has authored numerous expert reports that led to successful settlements. He has testified in trials and arbitration hearings.
His graduate research study was supported by United States Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Basic Energy Sciences. It focused on the study and numerical modeling of the alteration of fractured rocks due to coupled chemical and mechanical processes.
Pasha has been a member of the Society of Construction Law, North America (SCLNA) board of directors since 2020 and currently serves as vice-chairman of the board of directors and chair of the 2026 Annual SCLNA Conference in Nashville.
- Education
- PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
- MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
- BS, Civil and Structural Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Certifications
- Professional Engineer (CA)
- Xactimate
- Affiliations
- Society of Construction Law North America, Board Member, Young Professionals Liaison Officer
- American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law
- Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering, International
- Languages
- Fluent Persian
- Fluent Turkish
