Fidelity and Surety Lawyers
419 verified fidelity and surety attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Fidelity and Surety counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
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Louie Franklin Elmore is a lawyer practicing construction law, fidelity and surety, construction claims and 3 other areas of law. Louie received a B.A...
John Raymond Felice is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, insurance coverage, insurance defense and 4 other areas of law. John received a B.A. d...
Kevin J Russell is a lawyer practicing commercial insurance, fidelity and surety, construction litigation and 2 other areas of law. Kevin received a B...
Charles P Kelly is a lawyer practicing commercial, construction law, construction litigation and 3 other areas of law. Charles received a B.A. degree ...
David Downing Gilliss is a lawyer practicing administrative hearings and appeals, fidelity and surety bonds, fidelity and surety and 5 other areas of ...
Attorney Robert D. Curran, a former Municipal Court Judge, has been practicing law since 1987, with a clear focus on advocating for personal injury vi...
Thomas James SanFilippo is a lawyer practicing personal injury, premises liability, property damage and 38 other areas of law. Thomas received a B.A. ...
Jonathan L Bullock is a lawyer practicing general litigation defense in state and federal courts, fidelity and surety, litigation and 8 other areas of...
Mr. Christopher Richard Ward is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, construction, transportation/logistics and 3 other areas of law.
Mark Harry Klusmeier is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, construction, appellate practice and 6 other areas of law. Mark received a B.A. degre...
Deborah Ilana Hollander is a lawyer practicing business, commercial, fidelity and surety and 2 other areas of law. Deborah received a B.A. degree from...
Terrence Lee Brookie is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, contracts, fidelity and surety and 3 other areas of law. Terrence received a B.A. d...
Daniel M. Chen is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, business litigation, trust litigation and 1139 other areas of law.
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Dennis St. John Mulvihill is a lawyer practicing bad faith litigation, class actions, commercial litigation and 11 other areas of law.
David Craig Veis is a lawyer practicing construction, insurance, fidelity and surety and 2 other areas of law. David received a B.A. degree from Unive...
Albert Dale Clary, a partner at Long Law Firm, devotes the majority of his practice to construction law and often represents architects and engineers ...
John Arnold Moore is a lawyer practicing appellate practice, banking litigation, complex litigation and 4 other areas of law. John received a B.A. deg...
Robert W. McCann is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, construction, insurance and 2 other areas of law.
Carol A. Pisano is a lawyer practicing alternate dispute resolution, mediation, insurance defense and 7 other areas of law.
Robert A. Prentice is a lawyer practicing construction litigation, alternative dispute resolution, mediation and 8 other areas of law.
John Edwin Partelow is a lawyer practicing construction law, chancery and equity, commercial litigation and 3 other areas of law. John received a B.A....
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Mr. Gerard P Sunderland is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, construction law, bankruptcy and 2 other areas of law.
Stuart Daniel Baker is a lawyer practicing aids litigation, accident insurance, accidents and 207 other areas of law. Stuart received a B.A. degree fr...
Jeremy Andrew Gogel is a lawyer practicing toxic torts, torts, civil liability and 306 other areas of law. Jeremy received a B.S.B.A. degree from Univ...
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William P Krauss is a lawyer practicing insurance, construction law, appellate practice and 6 other areas of law. William received a B.A. degree from ...
Darryl Weissman is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, antitrust and trade regulation, litigation and 1 other area of law. Darryl received a B.A....
Eric J Levine is a lawyer practicing litigation, fidelity and surety, business litigation and 1 other area of law. Eric received a B.A. degree from Un...
David P. Benjamin practices at Benjamin, Vana, Martinez & Cano LLP Read Full Bio
George J. Bachrach is a lawyer practicing construction law, fidelity and surety, bankruptcy.
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Michele-Lynn E. Luke is a lawyer practicing insurance, insurance defense, fidelity and surety and 4 other areas of law.
Edward Zampino is a lawyer practicing appellate, bad faith litigation, commercial general liability and 8 other areas of law. Edward received a B.A. d...
Gary J Rouse is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, fidelity and surety, construction law and 6 other areas of law. Gary has been licensed for ...
Thomas Joseph Casamassima is a lawyer practicing construction law, fidelity and surety, commercial litigation. Thomas received a degree from Universit...
Patrick Robert Kingsley is a lawyer practicing arbitration, mediation, corporate & incorporation and 13 other areas of law. Patrick received a B.A. de...
Julia Ming Hua Wei is a lawyer practicing bankruptcy, bankruptcy arbitration, bankruptcy chapter 7 and 175 other areas of law. Julia received a B.A. d...
Thomas Francis Breen is a lawyer practicing accountants professional liability, accountants professional liability defense, alternative dispute resolu...
Ellen G. Robinson is a lawyer practicing insurance, rico, fidelity and surety.
Mr. Marvin Andrew Riddle is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, products liability, commercial litigation and 4 other areas of law.
Dawn Cheryl Stewart is a lawyer practicing civil rights, elder law, election campaigns & political law and 7 other areas of law. Dawn received a B.A. ...
Edward Graham Gallagher is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, construction law. Edward received a B.A. degree from Williams College in 1968, and...
William H. Hoofnagle III is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, mediation and 43 other areas of law.
Robert Gibbs Watt is a lawyer practicing construction, fidelity and surety, international construction and 3 other areas of law. Robert received a B.A...
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Mr. Michael Keeley is a lawyer practicing professional liability, insurance litigation & counsel, fidelity and surety and 1 other area of law.
Ms. Kelly Allbritton Katzman is a lawyer practicing fidelity and surety, construction law.
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Douglas Allen McTyier is a lawyer practicing business, civil practice, insurance and 9 other areas of law. Douglas received a B.B.A. degree from Memph...
Alan Strain is a lawyer practicing appeals, arbitration, civil litigation and 3 other areas of law. Alan received a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt Univer...
Mr. William Dixon Robertson III is a lawyer practicing construction law, construction contracts, construction claims and 2 other areas of law.
Craig Russell Blackman is a lawyer practicing business, public finance & tax exempt finance, nonprofit and religious organizations and 5 other areas o...
William Hunt Woods is a lawyer practicing litigation, fidelity and surety, insurance and 5 other areas of law. William received a B.S. degree from The...
Joel Hall Rathbone is a lawyer practicing commercial & bankruptcy law, automobile insurance, banking and 10 other areas of law. Joel received a B.A. d...
Thomas Spencer Shore, Jr. is a lawyer practicing corporate law, fidelity and surety, director and officer liability and 2 other areas of law. Thomas r...
George M. Mitchell, Q.C. is a lawyer practicing administration law, fidelity and surety, construction law and 2 other areas of law.
Jonathan Spencer Bondy is a lawyer practicing commercial, litigation, construction and 1 other area of law. Jonathan received a B.S. degree from Unive...
What is Fidelity and Surety?
Fidelity and Surety is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, fidelity and surety sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way fidelity and surety works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Fidelity and Surety attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Fidelity and Surety lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 419 verified fidelity and surety attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Fidelity and Surety attorney?
Most people contact a fidelity and surety lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for fidelity and surety representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a fidelity and surety lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 419 fidelity and surety attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Fidelity and Surety attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a fidelity and surety lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of fidelity and surety experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Fidelity and Surety lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a fidelity and surety lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for fidelity and surety attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side fidelity and surety work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing fidelity and surety needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about fidelity and surety
How quickly can a fidelity and surety lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a fidelity and surety lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many fidelity and surety attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical fidelity and surety matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are fidelity and surety lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between fidelity and surety and the related practice areas?
Fidelity and Surety overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find fidelity and surety attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the fidelity and surety roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Fidelity and Surety Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Fidelity and Surety by State
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