Richard S. Wisner

Richard S. Wisner

Partner
Mann, Berens & Wisner, LLP
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
Phone: (602) 258-6223
Fax: (602) 258-6212
E-mail:


Areas of Practice:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction
  • Fidelity and Surety

Court Admissions:

  • Arizona, 2001
  • Illinois, 1961
  • United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Education:

  • DePaul University, J.D., 1960
  • Loyola University, B.A., 1957

Professional Memberships and Activities:

  • American Bar Association
    Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
    Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Past Committee Chair
    Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
    National Institute on Financial Institution Bonds, Former Faculty Member
  • Defense Research Institute
  • International Association of Defense Counsel
  • National Bond Claim Association, Former Director
    2003 recipient of the Roswell Bottum Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Surety Claims Institute, Director and Chair of the Site Evaluation Committee
  • State Bar of Arizona
    Construction Law Section
  • Maricopa County Bar Association
  • State Bar of Illinois
  • Surety Association of Arizona

Presentations:

  • Mr. Wisner has given hundreds of presentations before the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the ABA, the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the National Bond Claim Association and the Surety Claim Institute.

Publications:

  • Co-Author of The ABC's of Contractors' Surety Bonds, 81 Illinois Bar Journal 244 (May, 1994)
  • Co-Author of Recent Surety Cases, Surety Claims Institute, 1996
  • Salvage and Subrogation, Financial Institution Bonds, Volume 2, American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Committee on Fidelity and Surety Law, May, 1992
  • Subrogation Rights of Surety on a Fidelity Bond Against Officers and Directors of Insured Corporation, 18 Forum No. 2, Winter 1983
  • Banker's Blanket Bonds, Clause E, Recent Decisions, 39 Insurance Counsel Journal 305, July 1972
  • Recent Case Law on Bid Bonds, 38 Insurance Counsel Journal 565, October 1971
  • Editor, Bond Default Manual, published by the American Bar Association, 1987
  • Participant, Performance Bond Default, Four Directors Compared and Contrasted, Video Seminar, by the American Bar Association, 1987

Personal Information:

  • Mr. Wisner is a jazz and classical music aficionado. He spends his time away from the office with his wife Andy, enjoying all that drew them to the southwest: hiking, biking, golf and exploring the Valley's best restaurants. Dick and Andy have three grown children.


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AREAS OF PRACTICE
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Surety and Construction Law



Mann, Berens & Wisner has, since its inception, maintained a substantial practice in the area of surety law.  The firm’s surety lawyers have experience actively negotiating with project owners, creditors and financially troubled contractors.  Our lawyers have expertise in matters concerning default, project completion and takeovers by sureties and financing arrangements.  MBW provides representation and guidance in all phases of litigation involving such matters as construction disputes, bond claims, and contract defaults. For our surety clients, we aggressively pursue defaulting bond principals for indemnity. MBW’s surety clients include nearly all the sureties that issue bonds in Arizona and Nevada.

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