Ron Yarbrough has more than thirty years experience representing general contractors, subcontractors and owners in contract negotiation, construction claims, litigation and arbitration; representing both sureties and claimants in performance and payment bond disputes; representing both fidelity insurers and insureds in disputes involving employee dishonesty claims, fraud and other financial losses; and general commercial litigation. He is recognized by Best Lawyers® in America in the fields of Construction Law and Litigation-Construction. Ron is a frequent speaker on subjects in which he concentrates his practice and is the author of a number of articles on these subjects. Prior to law practice, he was Executive Vice President for Administration at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. For approximately twenty years he was a member of the American Arbitration Association's panel of arbitrators (construction). Ron served as Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Millsaps College Else School of Management. He has held a number of leadership positions in professional and civic activities, including Vice-Chairs Committee of the American Bar Association's Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Past Chairman, Board of Trustees, Mississippi Museum of Art and Past President, National Kidney Foundation of Mississippi.

Speeches & Publications

• "Rights and Remedies Under Mississippi's New Public Construction Bond Statute," 51 Mississippi Law Journal 351, 1980 (author).
• "Mississippi Construction Law," Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1981 (co-author)
• "Mississippi Construction Law Update," Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors, 1984 (co-author and lecturer)
• "Mississippi Construction Law: What Do You Do When…?" National Business Institute, 1987 and 1988 (co-author and lecturer)
• "Payment Rights on Construction Projects in Mississippi," Professional Educations Systems, 1988 (co-author and lecturer)
• "Bid Bonds," Handling Fidelity, Surety and Financial Risk Claims, 2nd Ed., John Wiley and Sons, 1990 (author)
• "Mississippi Law," Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, John Wiley and Sons, 1992 and all subsequent supplements (author)
• "Bonds and Liens on Mississippi Construction Projects," Lorman Education Services, 1994 (co-author and lecturer)
• "Fifty State Public Construction Contracting," John Wiley and Sons, 1995 (co-author)
• Mississippi Chapter, "Design/Build Project Delivery Systems," American Bar Association, 1996 (author)
• "The Most Important Questions Asked About Performance Bonds," American Bar Association, 1997 (co-author)
• "Discovery of Information From An Insurer," 3 Fidelity Law Association Journal 71, 1997 (co-author)
• "Thou Shalt Not Steal: 'Manifest Intent' and the Eighth Commandment In the New Millennium," American Bar Association, 2000 (author and lecturer)
• "A Tale of Two Circuits: Expanded Liability for the Completing Surety,"
  Fidelity & Surety Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association, 2002 (author)
• Mississippi Chapter, "Performance Bond Manual of the 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Federal Jurisdictions," American Bar Association, 2006 (author)
• Mississippi Chapter, "The Law of Motor Vehicle Dealer Bonds," American Bar Association, 2006 (author)
• Mississippi Chapter, Payment Bond Manual, Third Edition, American Bar Association, 2006 (author)
• Mississippi Chapter, "Design Build Deskbook" Fourth Edition, American Bar Association, 2010 (author)

Community & Professional Activities

• American Bar Association - Forum on the Construction Industry
• American Bar Association - Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (Vice-Chairs Committee,2001-2006)
• Mississippi Bar Association
• Capital Area Bar Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
• Surety Claims Institute
• National Bond Claim Association