Sam Poteet is a principal with Manier & Herod, practicing in the areas of surety law, financial institution bonds, fidelity law, directors & officers, errors & omissions, taxation, estate and business law. He is a frequent speaker at the ABA, Fidelity Law Association, and Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Association meetings.

Mr. Poteet has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1986.

Mr. Poteet is the current Chair of the American Bar Association Fidelity & Surety Law Committee.  Mr. Poteet has previously served as a Vice-Chair for the Fidelity & Surety Law Committee.

Mr. Poteet has handled surety claims and workouts/bankruptcy for numerous sureties.  He also handles fidelity and financial institution bond claims and litigation. In addition, he has handled numerous purchase and sale transactions of businesses. Additionally, he handles estate tax planning for numerous large estates, many involving closely-held businesses.

Mr. Poteet is a Nashville Bar Foundation Fellow.

Mr. Poteet received his B.S. in Accounting (1979) from Tennessee Technological Institute and his J.D. (1982) from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Program Chair, American Bar Association 2010 Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Mid-Winter Meeting in San Francisco, CA

What Happens When the Insured Fails?  Analyzing the Impact on Coverage Under the Financial Institution Bond and the Commercial Crime Policy, co-author, Fidelity Law Association Annual Meeting, 2009, Philadelphia, PA

Rights Under the Indemnity Agreement to Minimize Loss, co-author and co-presenter, ABA 2009 Spring Surety Meeting in LaJolla, CA

A Three-Way Street:  The Perspective of the Underwriter, Broker and Claims Representative, co-author and co-presenter, Nineteenth Annual Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, 2008, Charleston, SC

Loan Loss Coverage Under Financial Institution Bonds, co-author, 2008 ABA TIPS Annual meeting

Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Performance Bond, Construction Owners Association of America, Inc., Owners Leadership Conference, co-presenter and co-author, 2004

U. S. Insolvency Law and the Intersection with Surety Bonds and Trade Credit Insurance, International Credit Insurance and Surety Association, San Francisco, CA, co-author and co-presenter, 2004

The ABC’s of the Surety Claims Process, The Educational and Memorial Foundation of the TSCPA 2004 Construction Conference, co-author and co-presenter

Program Chair, Fidelity Program, ABA Mid-Winter Meeting, 2002

Contractor Claims and Bankruptcy, NASBP Region 3 Annual Meeting, 2002

The Investigation and Handling of Large Surety Claims, International Association of Defense Counsel, Summer Program, 2001

Bad Faith and Unfair Claims – Handling Practice Issues, Fidelity Law Association Annual Meeting, co-author and co-presenter, 2001

Fidelity Law Update, Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Association, 2001

Continuity Plan Workshop, 1999 AICPA National Construction Industry Conference

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