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 AT A GLANCE
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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