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Surety and Fidelity

The Firm’s Surety and Fidelity Section has attorneys experienced in surety bond litigation/claims resolution and fidelity bond claims and coverage issues. Members of this section are frequent speakers and authors on surety and fidelity bond topics, including contract and commercial surety bonds and fidelity bond issues. Attorneys in this section are active members of the American Bar Association Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and have presented papers at ABA-sponsored meetings, at the Fidelity Law Association and at Surety Claims Institute. This section of the Firm has been represented on the Vice Chairs’ Committee of the American Bar Association’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee.

Publications

  • “Rights and Remedies Under Mississippi’s New Public Construction Bond Statute,” 51 Mississippi Law Journal 351, 1980 (author)
  • “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)
  • “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)

Primary Contacts

  • Samuel C. Kelly
  • Ron A. Yarbrough

Practice Attorneys

  • Samuel C. Kelly
  • Ron A. Yarbrough

Related News

  • Brunini Named Best Law Firm in Mississippi for Third Year in a Row
  • Benchmark Litigation has named the Brunini firm Mississippi’s “Firm of the Year” for 2016. David Kaufman and Patrick McDowell accepted the award for the firm at the Benchmark Litigation Awards ceremony in New York City on February 11.

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