Surety Law and Fidelity Law in Maryland and DC

Niles Barton’s fidelity and surety practice group has extensive and broad experience assisting and representing fidelity insurers and sureties in contract surety, fidelity and commercial surety bond matters. Our attorneys are actively involved in the American Bar Association’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, the Fidelity Law Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Mid-Atlantic Surety Association.

Fidelity Law

Our fidelity practice focuses on assisting fidelity insurers and sureties in matters arising from claims upon commercial crime policies, financial institution bonds, and other fidelity instruments. We take pride in helping our clients address both routine and complex coverage issues and in pursuing and defending their interests in litigation. In addition, we regularly handle fidelity recovery matters, including criminal restitution, banking and accountant liability, and bankruptcy nondischarge litigation.

Niles Barton handles fidelity claims, litigation and legal matters involving:

• Asset and fidelity recovery
• Banking and accountant liability recovery
• Commercial crime policies
• Employee dishonesty and theft coverage
• ERISA bonds
• Financial institution bonds
• Litigation
• Nondischarge litigation in bankruptcy
• Restitution

Surety Law

Niles Barton’s surety practice has extensive experience representing sureties and commercial construction enterprises both in providing legal opinions concerning coverage and in representing their interests in litigation, including proceedings in state and federal trial and appellate courts, administrative agencies, arbitration panels and in mediation. Our surety attorneys handle performance and payment bond claims, negotiation, litigation and protection and pursuit of indemnity rights. In addition to contract surety matters, we advise our surety clients with respect to numerous commercial surety bond matters, including fiduciary bonds, public official bonds, license and permit bonds and other statutory and miscellaneous bond matters.

Our attorneys represent sureties in the following bonding issues and legal matters:

• Commercial surety bonds
• Contractual rights
• Fiduciary bonds
• Probate bonds
• License and permit bonds
• Litigation
• Performance and payment bond claims
• Protection and pursuit of indemnity rights
• Public official bonds
• Recovery of funds
• Surety claims