The Steele Law Firm, P.C. manages and litigates large volume performance and payment bond claims as a result of principal default and failure.  We negotiate and draft contracts on behalf of sureties pertaining to financing principals, and project takeover and tender.  We also represent sureties in addressing withholdings, offsets, tax and mechanic’s liens, levies, and other encumbrances on project funds, including acts of owners, judgment creditors, bankruptcy trustees and the Internal Revenue Service.  We work with sureties on indemnification issues, subrogation, and disputes pertaining to priority to collateral and contract funds. 

We also represent sureties on a multitude of non-construction bond instruments including cigarette/tobacco tax bonds, trucking, rail and transportation bonds, and employment related bonds.