10th Annual
Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference
1999

SPEAKERS & THEIR TOPICS

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David T. Knight, Esq.
Lara L. Jones, Esq.
Hill, Ward & Henderson
"Discovery and Protection of the Surety and Fidelity Insurers' Data Base"

Van Butler
BankInsure, Inc.
Samuel H. Poteet, Jr., Esq.
Manier & Herod
Nashville, Tennessee
" Fidelity Law and Financial Institution Bond Update"

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Michael J. Sugar, Jr., Esq.
Forcon International Corp.
Tampa, Florida
"Tops for the Surety Claims Handler:
Sugars's Safe Seven"

Thomas C. Finley, Esq.
National American Insurance Company
"The Tender of DefenseLetter: A Few Reasons It's a Good Thing"

Michael T. Trocke, Esq.
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P.
"FIDELITY COVERAGE AIN'T WHAT IT
USED TO BE -- OR IS IT?"
Commercial Crime Policies:
Coverage Issues Related to Third Party Claims
Settled by the Insured & Direct Third Party Claims Against the Insured

Courtney T. Wolff, Esq.
Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland
David Krebs, Esq.
Preaus, Roddy & Krebs, LLP
"Protection of Contract Balances in the Hands of Federal Owners"

Gregory R. Veal, Esq.
Bovis, Kyle & Burch, L.L.C.
Atlanta, Georgia
"Fallout From Fraud - Forged / Unauthorized Bonds"

Timothy J. Burson, Esq.
Bovis, Kyle & Burch, L.L.C.
Atlanta, Georgia
"Review of Bankruptcy Discharge Principles Against Fidelity and Surety Indemnitors"

Guy W. Harrison, Esq.
Kimbrell & Hamann, P.A.
Miami, Florida
"Surety Law Update"

Maura Z. Pelleteri, Esq.
Diane L. Matthews
Preaus, Roddy & Krebs, LLP
"Whose Agent is it Anyway?
The Consequences of an Agent's Actions"

Steven G. Schember, Esq.
Christian A. Petersen, Esq.
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
&
Jack R. Pociask, Esq.
Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland
"Watch Out! The Gator Will Bite You!
Idiosyncrasies of Florida Law That All Claims Persons Should Know"

James F. Crowder, Jr., Esq.
Kimbrell & Hamann, P.A.
Miami, Florida
"The Financial Institution Bond, Surety's Right to
Subrogation or Assignment of Insured's Claim Against CPA's"

Richard P. Goldberg, AIA, CSI
Forcon International - N.E., LLC
Avon, Connecticut
"Design Build Project Delivery - New Challenges for the Surety"

Robert A. Koenig, Esq.
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P.
"Maximizing Bond Protection Against Mechanics Liens"

L. Graves Stiff, III, Esq.
Scott Dickens, Esq.
Starnes & Atchison, L.L.P.
"The Preclusive Effect on the Surety of a Default
Judgement Entered Against the Principal"

Timothy A. Hunt, Esq.
Hill, Ward & Henderson
"Revisiting Latent Defects - A Painful Walk Down Memory Lane"

Thomas L. Selden, Esq.
Scott Dickens, Esq.
Starnes & Atchison, L.L.P.
"The Recovery of Attorney's Fees under the Miller Act and
Selected States' Public Works Statutes"