SMTD Law LLP is proud to sponsor “Just Cure It!” – a charity tennis tournament hosted at The Newport Beach Tennis Club. Just Cure It Breast Cancer Charity Tournament takes place October 3-5 and October 10-12 to bring awareness and raise funds to find a cure for breast cancer. 1 [...]
SMTD Law LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Bauman, Attorney at Law, to the Firm's Oakland office. Mr. Bauman joins our firm with a focus on construction litigation, representing clients in a wide range of disputes, including breach of contract, project delays, mechanics liens, liquidated damages, performance [...]
SMTD Law attorneys Ali Salamirad and Marilyn Klinger are attending the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Surety Claims Institute (SCI), June 25-27 at the Equinox Golf Resort & Spa in Manchester, Vermont. They will also be on a panel with Dennis O’Neill of Beacon Consulting during the opening presentation titled [...]
SMTD Law LLP partner Ali Salamirad will be speaking at the 26th Annual Eastern Bond Claims Review on Monday, May 12 in Short Hills, NJ. SMTD Law LLP is proud to sponsor this excellent event bringing together many of the surety industry's top professionals. He will be presenting “Golden State [...]
SMTD Law attorney Ali Salamirad will be attending the 2025 TIPS FSLC Spring Surety Conference, New and Old Frontiers in Bankruptcy, May 22-23 at the Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. The program will explore the evolution of bankruptcy law and hot topics that will shape the [...]
SMTD Law attorneys Ali Salamirad and Marilyn Klinger will be attending the 2025 Western States Surety Conference that will be held May 1-2 at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle Washington. Don’t miss Marilyn Klinger at the seminar on Friday as she joins a dynamic panel discussing mediation as a human [...]
SMTD Law LLP partner Ali Salamirad will be attending the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo that will be held April 27 - 30 at the JW Marriott Nashville in downtown Nashville, TN. Event Details: https://www.nasbp.org/networking-events/upcoming-events/annual-meeting/nasbp-2025-annual-meeting-expo/
We are honored to announce partner Ali Salamirad has been appointed to the NASBP Attorney Advisory Council (AAC). The AAC, inaugurated by NASBP in 2015, is comprised of distinguished attorneys with broad and deep knowledge and experience in various relevant sectors of the industry, including contract and commercial surety, construction, [...]
On March 12, 2024, the Department of Industrial Relations, in PW Case 2021-010, issued a coverage determination finding the Eastwood Framework Street Improvement for Wet Utilities Project was not a public work and therefore was not subject to prevailing wage requirements despite the contract calling for the payment of prevailing [...]
On November 21, 2024, Katrina S. Hagen signed a Decision of the Director of Industrial Relations that determined less than $10,000 in unpaid prevailing wages was owed by SMTD’s client and reduced the penalty rate against it from $200 per day per worker to the statutory minimum. This result followed [...]