The ABA 2024 Fidelity & Surety Law Midwinter Conference convened January 24th through the 26th at The Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria in New Orleans focus on exceptional construction, surety, and fidelity programs packed with leading attorneys and consultants in the industry. The construction program explored the critical legal and practical concepts [...]
SMTD Law LLP partner Jonathan Dunn will be attending IR Global Annual Conference in Amsterdam September 9 – 12, 2023. The conference welcomes members from across the globe that are part of the IR Global Group. Jonathan Dunn has been a member for a number of years and is the [...]
Pearlman 2023: Building Relationships – Keeping Them Strong SMTD Law LLP will be attending the upcoming Pearlman 2023 Conference on Wednesday, September 6 thru Saturday, September 9, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. SMTD attorneys Michael J. Timpane, Marilyn Klinger, Robert J. Berens and Ali Salamirad will be attending. SMTD Law will [...]
SMTD is proud to announce that Ali Salamirad has been selected as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America. The CLSA is an invitation-only international honorary association composed of preeminent lawyers specializing in construction law and related fields. Fellowship is limited and selective, with lawyers being invited into [...]
SMTD Law LLP managing partner Marilyn Klinger’s NASBP virtual seminar, “How Do We Resolve the Dispute? Arbitration/Mediation and the Traditional Bond Forms" will be held Tuesday, July 11 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific. Ms. Klinger will discuss arbitration and mediation requirements related to traditional bonds -- AIA, ConsensusDocs, EJCDC [...]
Partner Jonathan Dunn, assisted by Senior Attorney Teresa Polk, recently obtained a complete defense award at arbitration for a general contractor client in a disputed subcontractor termination and payment claim. The subcontractor claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, asserting a lien and bond claim, and alleged it was [...]
SMTD Law is honored to announce that we have, again, been recognized and named by Chambers and Partners as a United States California Construction Law firm. In addition, we congratulate four of SMTD’s partners, Marilyn Klinger, Jonathan J. Dunn, Ali Salamirad and Mike Timpane for their individual ranking by Chambers [...]
SMTD Law attorneys Marilyn Klinger, Jennifer Needs and Neelam Molnar are attending the 2023 Women In Construction – West Coast Conference on April 18-19, 2023. Women In Construction (“WIC”) West Coast Conference is a one-of-a-kind conference designed to promote and advance women in all fields and positions within the construction [...]
Written by Ali Salamirad, Partner at SMTD Law LLP It is still too early to know how many banks will suffer the same, or similar, fate as SVB. It seems certain, however, that commercial real estate and construction lending from smaller regional lenders will tighten. As a result, an owner’s access to [...]
Written by Ali Salamirad, Partner at SMTD Law LLP The SVB collapse will impact many construction industry companies including project owners, general contractors and their sub-tiers - most of whom don't bank directly with the defunct lender. Additional regional bank failures will only make things exponentially worse. Here is what [...]