The depth of experience of the surety lawyers at Ford Nassen & Baldwin places them in the forefront of the surety law practice area.  Their practices includes representing sureties in contract defaults, payment and performance bond claims resolution, litigation and arbitrations involving disputes arising from federal state and private construction projects, alternative dispute resolution of bond claims, and in both formal and informal proceedings before administrative and regulatory agencies, boards of contract appeals and state and federal trial and appellate courts.  Ford Nassen & Baldwin lawyers regularly assist sureties in the evaluation and resolution of present and potential problems associated with troubled principals and projects, as well as defending and prosecuting surety claims arising from construction contract bonds and other commercial surety bonds.  The majority of the firm’s shareholders have an extensive practice in surety representation, each having worked in support of the surety industry in excess of 20 years of continuous practice.

In addition to their practices, the attorneys of Ford Nassen & Baldwin are also actively involved in the key construction and surety industry organizations.  Several of the firm’s attorneys have earned national reputations in their practice areas through such involvement and hold key board and committee positions with national, state, and local contractor and surety associations.  They frequently address and provide publications for industry groups on surety and public and private construction law issues and are active in local, state, and national bar association groups dedicated to construction and surety law, including the Fidelity & Surety Law Committee of the American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, and the Dallas, Austin, and Texas Bar Association Construction Law Sections.