Cynthia E. Rodgers-Waire
Partner
Phone: 410-659-1310
Fax: 410-659-1350
Email: crodgers-waire@wcslaw.com
Articles by Ms. Rodgers-Waire
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Construction Law
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Contract drafting, review and negotiation on behalf of owners, developers, contractors and subcontractors.
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Advice and consultation regarding contract performance, claims, and payment issues.
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Dispute resolution on behalf of owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers, including litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
Surety Law
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Investigation and defense of performance bond claims
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Investigation and defense of payment bond claims
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Negotiation and drafting of takeover agreements, tender agreements, and financing arrangements with principals
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Investigation and pursuit of salvage from indemnitors and other sources
Fidelity Law
- Investigation and defense of claims against various types of fidelity bonds and policies
- Investigation and pursuit of salvage for fidelity bond losses
Bankruptcy Law
- Preparation of proofs of claim, defense of adversary proceedings including preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, pursuit of nondischargeability complaints, filing of lift stay motions, and drafting and negotiation of cash collateral arrangements
Noteworthy Experience
- Regular representation of sureties, fidelity insurers, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in federal and state trial and appellate courts and mediation and arbitration proceedings
- Representation of national REIT in employee theft cases resulting in multi-million dollar judgments
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- Contributing Author to the Surety´s Indemnity Agreement: Law Practice, 2d Ed. Chapter 3, in the areas of Documents and Agreements related to the Indemnity Agreement. Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association (Marilyn Klinger and George J. Bachrach, Eds. 2008).
- Co-Author: "A Primer on the Tucker Act" (Surety Claims Institute Annual Meeting in June, 2008).
- Author: "Consultant and Expert Witness Claim Files: Are They an Open Book?" (18th Annual Northeast Surety and Fidelity Claims Conference in September, 2007).
- Contributing Author to The Payment Bond Manual, Third Edition (Maryland section). Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association (Wayne D. Lambert, Todd R. Braggins, and J. Blake Wilcox, Eds. 2006).
- Contributing Author to The Performance Bond Manual (Maryland section). Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association (Lawrence Lerner and Theodore M. Baum, Eds. 2006).
- Co-Author: "Surety´s Rights to the Contract Funds in the Principal´s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case," 35 Tort & Ins. Law Journal 1 (Fall, 1999)
- Author: "The Surety´s Use of Prompt Payment Statutes to Obtain Control of Contract Funds," presented at the Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, October, 1998
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AWARDS AND HONORS |
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Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America®" for Construction Law, 2010
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- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
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- University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 1992, with honors)
- University of Virginia (B.A. 1989)
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- Member: Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, Tort & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association
- Member: Forum on the Construction Industry, American Bar Association
- Baltimore Building Congress & Exchange, Ambassador Committee
- Professional Women in Construction – D.C. Chapter
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