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Suretyship
"In
a most charming and disarming way, George Calkins is able to
wear down the parties to the point
that they will
do anything
to settle the case--the obvious goal of a mediator. The key thing
for me is that he got the job done."
Marilyn Klinger, Esq.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
Los Angeles, CA 90017
George Calkins is among the most experienced mediators/ arbitrators
in suretyship practice
and litigation today. He has extensive experience resolving complex
suretyship-based disputes
involving performance bonds, payment bonds and fidelity bonds.
His suretyship experience includes bonds for public works and commercial projects, as well
as underlying indemnity
agreements. He has mediated numerous disputes among surety companies
and principals
regarding indemnitor responsibility to the surety for payments
on performance and payment
bonds.
Representative suretyship cases include the following complex
disputes:
- University of California at San Francisco Medical School,
San Francisco (administration building: drywall/plaster contractor/surety
dispute
with contractor)
- Japantown Peace Plaza, San Francisco
(dispute between surety, principals of general contractor and
the City and County of San Francisco)
- City Hall, Walnut
Creek (surety response to failed renovation/improvement project)
- Municipality in Los Angeles County (performance bond surety
dispute over multi- story parking garage)
- Two major Southern
California hospitals (disputes between contractors and sureties)
- Five star hotel (dispute between subcontractors, their sureties
and the general contractor)
- City of Laguna Hills (agreement
dispute between contractor and surety)
What other experts say… "George
Calkins should be on any construction lawyer's short list of
mediators. His broad base
of experience and thoughtful preparation for each mediation distinguishes
him from his peers. His strongest assets are his credibility
and tireless work ethic. He settles complex cases at every phase
of litigation, and that is the measure of an exceptional mediator."
Bennett J. Lee, Esq.
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP
San Francisco, California
"George is a Closer, which
is needed for a good mediator. Unlike other mediators who put
their eight hours in and go home,
George works hard 8, 10, 12 hours, or whatever it takes, often
with follow-up effort in the days or weeks to come. George is
in an elite group of only a few mediators in California we use
voluntarily for our difficult and contentious construction claims."
Robert C. Niesley, Esq.
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP
Irvine, California
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