Manier & Herod has maintained a substantial practice in the area of surety law for many years. Manier & Herod’s surety lawyers are actively involved in negotiations with project owners, creditors, and financially troubled contractors during all stages of the construction process. The firm’s surety lawyers have expertise in matters concerning default, project completion, and financing arrangements. In addition to those lawyers with engineering expertise, the firm's surety practitioners include certified public accountants and attorneys with corporate finance backgrounds. Attorneys in this practice area frequently publish and lecture on various topics related to surety law.

Manier & Herod also frequently represents sureties in large bankruptcy proceedings throughout the United States involving contractors, subcontractors, and project owners. The firm's attorneys represent the interests of sureties in pre-petition and post-petition negotiations of reorganization plans, conflicts regarding unpaid proceeds of bonded contracts, negotiations regarding assumption of bonded obligations, completion of bonded obligations, and other issues affecting the surety. Manier & Herod often assists sureties in negotiation of terms and security for new, renewal, and distressed surety accounts, including the negotiation and preparation of surety credit documents.

The firm's attorneys are actively involved as members, officers, and directors of the National Bond Claims Association, Surety Claims Institute, Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Association, Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, Fidelity and Surety Law Section of the American Bar Association, and International Association of Defense Counsel (Fidelity & Surety Law Committee). The firm's surety lawyers frequently represent sureties in state and federal court, including bankruptcy courts throughout the United States. The firm also represents surety clients in relation to projects throughout the United States and the World.

The following is a list of attorneys who practice in the area of surety law. Click a name below for that attorney's profile.

Michael E. Collins
J. Michael Franks
John M. Gillum
Mary Paty Lynn LeVan
Thomas T. Pennington
Sam H. Poteet, Jr.
Jeffrey S. Price
Philip L. Robertson
Fred C. Statum III
Dr. Patricia Till
Scott C. Williams