Surety, Bonds & Public Procurement

Representation of sureties and contractors in surety bond claims and public-contract matters, including counsel to a surety in a dispute involving one of the hemisphere's most significant public works.

Surety and public-contract matters sit at the intersection of construction, credit and public procurement. When a bonded contractor is in trouble, the surety, the owner and the contractor each carry different exposure — and the outcome usually turns on how the bond, the underlying contract and the applicable procurement rules fit together.

Jerry represents both sureties and contractors in bond claims and public-contract disputes, including service as counsel to the surety in a dispute arising from one of the hemisphere's most significant public works. He counsels clients through a claim from first notice, with close attention to the procurement framework that governs public projects across the jurisdictions where he practices.

When a bonded contractor defaults, the surety faces fast, consequential decisions — whether to finance, take over, tender a completion contractor or deny. Jerry counsels sureties and contractors through those decisions and their aftermath, coordinating the bond, the construction contract and the public-procurement rules that govern the work.