Fidelity and Surety Law

Contract Surety Claims
Subdivision Bonds
License and Permit Bonds
Fidelity Bonds
Commercial Surety
Federal Contracts Litigation 

Construction Law

Alternative Disute Resolution
Contract Preparation and Negotiation
Construction Litigation 

Government Contracts 

Bid Protests 
Contract Claims 

Insurance Coverage 

Commercial Crime/Fidelity 
Insolvency 
Insurance Fraud 
Reinsurance

Co-Author, Overview and Introduction to the 1986 Form 24 Financial Institution Bond, Tort and Insurance Practice Section;
Author, The Surety and the Federal Government: Negotiating a Minefield, Surety Claims Institute (2005);Co-Author, Pursuit of the Surety; 
Rights Against a Principal and Indemnitors when the Surety Settles Claims Requiring Future Performance, Surety Claims Institute(1996)

AV Peer Review Rated: Martindale-Hubbell

Chosen for inclusion in "Maryland´s Super Lawyers® 2007" for Construction/Surety

Maryland 
District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland 

University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 1973, with honors, Order of the Coif, Margaret E. Coonan Memorial Prize, American Jurisprudence Award)

 

Tulane University (B.A. 1968)

Member: District of Columbia Bar Association 
Member: Maryland State Bar Association 
Member: American Bar Association
Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
Forum on the Construction Industry 
Defense Research Institute 
Surety and Fidelity Claims Institute
National Bond Claims AssociationAssistant Attorney General and Principal Counsel, Surety and Fidelity claim Institute, Maryland Transportation Authority, 1979-1981
Assistant Manager and Attorney, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland 1977-1979