Commissioner Geoffrey S. Yarema

Commissioner Geoffrey S. Yarema is an attorney with Nossaman LLP, a national law firm. He chairs the firm's nationally pre-eminent Infrastructure Practice Group from the firm’s Los Angeles, California office. He has helped pioneer innovative procurement, contracting and financing structures, for large public works projects and has proven himself an essential advisor to public agencies seeking to make effective use of innovative forms of contracts. With three decades of experience in the field, he has been sought out by more than 25 U.S. state departments of transportation and regional transportation agencies, frequently called upon to act as Special Assistant Attorney General on groundbreaking infrastructure projects throughout North America. He received his BS in Environmental Sciences from the University of Florida and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.