J. Michael Franks

Construction, Mediation
One Nashville Place, Suite 2200, 150 Fourth Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 372192494


Construction

Admitted

1974, Tennessee; U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Law School

Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1974

Law School Graduation Year

1974

College

Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1971

Memberships

Nashville, Tennessee and American (Member: Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, 1980; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1984) Bar Associations.

Biographical

Co-Author: Arbitration and the Contract Surety: Inclusion and Preclusion, Tort and Insurance Journal, Vol. 32 No. 4, Summer 1997; Fifty State Public Construction Contracting, Chapter 44, Wiley Law Publications, Tennessee, 1995; Prepetition Planning for Contract Sureties, The Construction Lawyer, August 1995; Specific Performance of the Indemnity Agreement, The Construction Lawyer, April 1992; Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, Chapter 43, Wiley Law Publications, Tennessee, 1992; A Defense of Established Landmarks: Claims of Construction Sureties to Contract Funds Under Chapter 11, Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Fall 1989; Entitlement to Contract Funds Among Competing Surety, Lender, Contractor and the Internal Revenue Service, The Construction Lawyer, November 1989. Member, National Bond Claims Association. Director, Surety Claims Institute, 1994—. Director, Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Association, 1990-2000. Director, Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, 1985-1993.

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