Bonding Reservation Projects and Tribal and Indian-Owned Construction Firms

Edward Rubacha, a partner with Jennings, Haug & Cunningham, LLP in the Construction and Surety Section, has been active in tribal construction for over nineteen years. He represents contractors and sureties dealing with tribes and tribal entities on reservation projects. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Arizona, California, Colorado, including the United States Supreme Court, and a number of tribal courts as well. Mr. Rubacha frequently speaks about contracting and bonding on Indian reservations. He is author of “Reservations About the Reservation: Concerns When Dealing With Native American Tribes and Tribal Entities,” “Construction Contracts with Indian Tribes or on Tribal Lands,” The Construction Lawyer, Winter 2006, and “Successful Bonding of Reservation Projects and Tribal Entities,” Pearlman Association 2007.

Michael D. Williams is President of CCI Surety, Inc. (CCI), a managing general underwriting company (MGU) with significant levels of underwriting authority for several corporate surety companies, with the ability to underwrite nationwide and utilizing many different tools to approve hard-to-place, non-standard, challenged contractor accounts that include U.S. SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program, collateral, funds control, bond backs, and third party indemnity. He is also President of North American Construction Services, Inc. (NACS), a nationwide surety and non-surety funds control/escrow company incorporated in 1991. Earlier in his career he was with The Aetna Casualty & Surety Company 1982-1989, Amwest Surety Insurance Company 1989-1991, and MGU-The Fairfield Company 1991-1998.