AI Transformation in Surety: Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications

Founding member of Dry Law PLLC, a firm with services extending across the country with a team of attorneys licensed in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico.  Ryan’s practice focuses on the resolution of complex construction claims with an emphasis on both creativity and efficiency. Throughout his career, he has successfully obtained over $60 million in collateral orders through injunctions filed all over the South, including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia.

 Acting as national counsel for several sureties, Ryan understands the ins and outs of surety and construction law and that the definition of a victory is unique to each new matter.

His involvement in the early stages of the bonding process—from negotiating bond forms with obligees to drafting indemnity agreements—provides Ryan with the opportunity to counsel his clients throughout the life cycle of a dispute. Doing so pays dividends for his clients as these complex disputes often require collaborative, creative solutions.

When not practicing law, Ryan enjoys fishing with his three children, and drinking wine on the dock with his wife when the fish are not biting.

Douglass F. Wynne, Jr. Is a partner with the law firm of Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he practices in the firm’s Construction & Surety Practice Group.  Mr. Wynne graduated from Tulane University (B.S. 2005) and from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (J.D. 2008).

Michael Sugar is President of Forcon International. Prior to joining Forcon, Michael spent 6 years with Clark Construction as a Project Manager.

As the President of Forcon, Michael currently oversees the day-to-day operations of the Company and manages a staff of 16 employees and 100+ consultants. He actively consults on Surety projects and serves as an expert witness on various Construction related issues for both Sureties and Contractors.  In his spare time, Michael and his wife (Julie), enjoy travelling the world with their 3 children as well as cheering on the Seminoles, Lightning, Bucs and Rays.