CA Trial Court Re-Affirms Surety’s Right To Settle Contractor’s Affirmative Claim SMTD Law recently resolved a contentious case for a Surety client which demonstrated the power of a surety’s indemnity agreement. The project was the rehabilitation and accessibility upgrades at two low-income public housing sites. The Owner terminated the Contractor’s [...]
SMTD Law Sponsors Women In Construction Event We are pleased to announce that SMTD Law Firm is sponsoring The Women In Construction West Coast Conference 2019 held on March 28-29, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach, CA. The Mission WIC of the West’s mission is to promote and [...]
Justice Kavanaugh Addresses Mandatory Arbitration The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on January 8, 2019 in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 2019 U.S. LEXIS 566 (2019). Justice Kavanaugh wrote for the unanimous Court in his first opinion as a Supreme Court justice. [...]
We are pleased to announce that SMTD Law Partner, Michael J. Timpane will be speaking at the Fidelity & Surety Law 2019 Midwinter Conference on January 17th, 2019 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The event is sponsored by the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Fidelity and Surety Law [...]
May 2018: SMTD Law LLP partner Jonathan Dunn will present at an American Bar Association on the issue of damages in complex cases, addressing the intricacies of damages in large cases from the viewpoint of contractors, owners and subcontractors involved in such cases, and include tricks and traps for presenting [...]
SMTD Law LLP and partner Jonathan Dunn were mentioned in the President’s message, and Jonathan Dunn wrote a feature article in the latest edition of the Associated General Contractors of California magazine, California Constructor (May 2018). The message and article can be found here.
On April 19-20, 2018, SMTD Law LLP partners Ali Salamirad, Michael Timpane and Marilyn Klinger will attend the 25th annual Western States Surety Conference at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle, Washington. #smtdlaw
On April 26-27, 2018, SMTD Law LLP partners Marilyn Klinger and Ali Salamirad will attend the Women in Construction – West Coast Conference at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ms. Klinger is on the Board of Directors and SMTD Law LLP is a proud sponsor. #smtdlaw
On April 11-13, 2018, SMTD Law LLP partners Jonathan Dunn, Christopher Morrow and Marilyn Klinger will attend the ABA Forum on Construction Law at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. #smtdlaw
Please join us for a Lunch & Learn session on Thursday, April 5th 2018 at the Contra Costa Country Club. Guest speakers, Marilyn Klinger and Michael Timpane of SMTD Law, LLP, will be presenting on the new California legislative law, AB 1701. Please RSVP to Joe at [email protected] by March 22nd. Note, [...]