Jack Burch, Christina Craddock and Tim Burson to Present Seminar Topics at Surety & Fidelity Seminar

Jack Burch, Christina Craddock and Tim Burson will be among the featured speakers at the 23rd Annual Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, April 18-20, 2012 in Clearwater, Florida.  Christina is presenting with Capitol Insurance Company's Ron Wills and is addressing fraud and misrepresentation and the impact of such on bond claims.  Jack Burch is joined by Chubb & Sons Insurance Group's Christine Romeo and is discussing cutting edge strategies for bond claim professionals.  Tim Burson and Liberty Mutual's Judith Bufler will be speaking about the effect of Statutes of Descent and Distribution on commercial probate bonds for administrators and personal representatives.  The Southern Surety and Fidelity Claims Conference is an annual gathering of Surety Bond and Fidelity Claims Professionals and Attorneys from across the United States to discuss and review important developments and strategies used in responding to surety bond and fidelity insurance loss claims and issues. 

Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC is a founding sponsor of the seminar.  After 10 conferences in Atlanta--the conference now rotates annually between Charleston, SC, New Orleans, LA and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.

Five BKB Attorneys named as 2012 Super Lawyers

Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC is pleased to announce that the following 5 attorneys have been selected as Super Lawyers in Georgia for 2012.

Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  This designation is a significant honor as no more than 5% of lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers.

The Bovis, Kyle and Burch attorneys honored with this designation are:

John V. Burch  (Construction/Surety)

Steven J. Kyle (Personal Injury/Product Liability)

Gregory T. Presmanes (Workers' Compensation)

James E. Singer (General Litigation)

Gregory R. Veal (Construction/Surety)

Congratulations to all of the aforementioned partners on this accomplishment.

Super Lawyers was first published in 1991 by Law & Politics and was acquired by Thomson Reuters, Legal in 2010.  Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars can be found online at www.superlawyers.com

 

 

Law of Probate Bonds slates Tim Burson for Two Chapters

Tim Burson has been tapped to prepare two chapters in the ABA’s scheduled 2011 publication of The Law of Probate Bonds (2nd Edition).  Sharron Sergeant of CNA Surety and Jeffrey M. Frank of the Chicago Albert Crafton firm are the editors of this book published by the Torts and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association.  Tim will be preparing a chapter addressing the liability of probate sureties for estate loans and another chapter addressing the liability of a probate surety for losses caused by the actions of a bond principal which occurred before the bond was issued.  In the first edition of the ABA’s Law of Probate Bonds, published in 2001, Tim prepared Chapter 10—“Penal Sum Issues Relating to Probate Bonds.”