PHOENIX (January 20, 2025)— Chad Schexnayder, a partner with Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod Waterfall (JKW) was recently honored for his contributions to the surety and fidelity industry by the American Bar Association’s Tort & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Fidelity and Surety Law Committee with the 2025 Martin J Andrew Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is preceded as a firm recipient of the award by William Haug, who received the honor in 2011.
The Martin J. Andrew Award for Lifetime Achievement in Fidelity and Surety Law is the highest award given by the TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law Committee. It is considered the pinnacle of achievement for anyone practicing fidelity and/or surety law.
For more than 45 years, Chad has focused his legal practice in commercial litigation with extensive experience in complex business disputes, surety and fidelity law, construction law and litigation, bankruptcy, and real estate disputes. He has been the practice leader for JKW’s surety and fidelity law group, representing insurance companies across the U.S., while growing the firm’s surety and fidelity law practice by engaging and mentoring attorneys.
A member of the American Bar Association for nearly four decades, Chad has actively served in a variety of roles, ranging from presenter, moderator and program chair at dozens of conferences across the nation to author, editor and contributor of some of the American Bar Association’s most successful and widely utilized legal reference manuals and publications. He served as the 2020 – 2021 chair of the association’s TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, following in the footsteps of William F. Haug who served as the committee’s chair from 1983-1984, and after several years on its leadership committee. Chad is regarded in the industry as a leading authority on bankruptcy, construction law, complex surety bond disputes, as well as other surety and fidelity matters.
About Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod Waterfall LLP
JKW is a full-service litigation and business law firm with extensive trial, litigation management, dispute resolution and complex litigation experience. The firm’s attorneys address a wide range of legal matters for businesses and individuals in the areas of antitrust, attorney regulation and ethics, appellate law, business law and litigation, banking, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, civil rights and constitutional law, commercial real estate, construction, corporate law, employment, environmental, comprehensive estate planning, trusts, probate and administration services, family law, fidelity and surety, government relations and lobbying, insurance defense and coverage, medical and professional malpractice, municipal law, personal injury, energy regulatory matters and tribal law, as well as alternative dispute resolution. JKW has offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico to serve clients in the Southwest and throughout the United States. For additional information, visit jkwlawyers.com.
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