Counsel steeped in firsthand experience. That’s Larry’s edge. This highly skilled fidelity and surety attorney also is a licensed professional engineer who worked on construction projects around the United States before he went on to pass the first of two state bar examinations.

During the early part of Larry’s career, he worked as a tunnel engineer for Peter Kiewit Sons’ Company, where he contributed to projects throughout the United States, including the Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel on Interstate 70 in Colorado. Now, instead of building infrastructure, Larry uses his engineering experience to build relationships with and provide legal counsel to a loyal following of fidelity, surety and construction clients. It’s his ability to immediately understand a problem and identify solutions that attracts them – no learning curve required.

Larry, who maintains his certification as a licensed professional engineer in Colorado, joined Levy & Craig in 1996 and specializes in construction, fidelity and surety law. He serves such clients as Allied Insurance Company, the Cincinnati Insurance Company, Old Republic Surety Company, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and Lithko Contracting, Inc.

In addition, Larry has appeared in U.S. District Court, state court, and agency and administrative forums of 14 states and the District of Columbia representing clients in contract surety, commercial bonds and construction law matters. He also has represented sureties, contractors, owners and design professionals in complex construction claims involving contract defaults, takeovers, relets, changes, changed conditions, modifications and delays.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
> Completed numerous construction surety project obligations on jobs
   throughout the United States
> Handled payment and performance bond claims and competing claims
   from banks, developers and others on numerous projects
> Handled numerous fidelity claims for employee dishonesty.

ACTIVITIES
> Member, American Bar Association, since 1980
       > Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
       > Litigation, Construction Litigation Committee, Public Contract Law
       > Vice-chair and member, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section,
          Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
> Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, since 1981
> Member, National Society of Professional Engineers, since 1984
> Member, Eastern Chapter, Kansas Engineering Society, since 1984
> Member, Western Chapter, Missouri Society of Professional
   Engineers, since 1984
> Member, National Bond Claim Association, since 1987
> Member, Surety Claims Institute, since 1985
> Past president and member, Board of Trustees, Congregation Beth
   Torah, since 1989
> Member, Board of Directors, Medical Missions Foundation, since 2005
> Member, Board of Directors, The Family Conservancy, since 2006

PUBLISHED WORKS/PRESENTATIONS
> “Tying Together Termination for Convenience in Government
   Contracts,” Pepperdine Law Review, 711, 1980
> “The Most Important Questions a Surety Can Ask About Bad Faith
   Claims” (editor), ABA-TIPS/FSLC, 1993
> Chapter 13, “Salvage Subrogation Considerations” (co-author),
   Bond Default Manual, 2nd Edition, ABA-TIPS/FSLC, 1995
> Chapter 15, “Worker Compensation Bonds” (co-author), The Law of
   Miscellaneous and Commercial Surety Bonds, ABA-TIPS/FSLC, 2001
> “The 50 Most Commonly Asked Questions Concerning Performance
   Bonds” (co-editor), ABA-TIPS/FSLC, 1997
> Co-editor, “CGL/Builder’s Risk Monograph,” ABA-TTIPS/FSLC, 2004
> Co-editor, “Performance Bond Manual of the 50 States, District of
   Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Federal Jurisdictions,” ABA-TTIPS/FSLC,
   2006
> Presenter, “Open/Running Accounts - The Surety’s Liability,” National
   Bond Claims Association, 1992
> Presenter, “Effective Utilization of Mediation,” National Bond Claims
   Association, 2001

EDUCATION
> J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, Calif., 1980
       > Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
       > Member, Law Review, 1979-1980
> B.S., Civil Engineering, The City College of the City University of
   New York, New York, N.Y., 1971
       > Chi Epsilon National Honor Society in Civil Engineering

BAR ADMISSIONS
> California, 1980
> Missouri, 1981
> U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1983
> U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 2000
> U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1981

HONORS
> Super Lawyers, since 2007