Bernanke to give deposition in AIG bailout lawsuit
A U.S. judge has ordered that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can be questioned in a lawsuit against the government filed by the former head of American International Group Inc.
Education
Law School/Year: University of San Diego School of Law, 1998
College/Year: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995
Bar Admissions
California; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts; Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Practice Areas
Construction Contracts; Litigation
Professional Background and Experience
Jeffrey B. Baird is a partner at Marks, Finch, Thornton & Baird LLP. His practice focuses on construction industry clients. Baird specializes in the negotiation, drafting, and litigation of all types of construction contracts for clients of all sizes and specialties. Baird has negotiated and litigated contracts for design-build, lease-leaseback, construction management (including at-risk), cost plus, and hard bid/lump sum delivery systems, both at the prime contract and trade contract levels.
Over the past decade, Baird has negotiated terms for lease-leaseback and construction management contracts for firm clients with school districts throughout California. Baird also regularly consults with firm clients on the negotiation of specific contract forms, including AIA and ConsensusDocs, and contract specific issues (e.g. indemnity, scheduling obligations, notice, and claim provisions). Baird also regularly counsels clients regarding project disputes and claim evaluation, including subcontractor defaults, notice obligations, project closeout requirements, payment rights, administrative claim procedures, and dispute resolution options. Recently, Baird has had the opportunity to negotiate several contracts involving hundreds of millions of dollars in construction. Baird also successfully negotiated the pre-litigation resolution of delay, productivity, and extra work claims on behalf of contractors with several different local public agencies. Similarly, Baird recently represented multiple contractors on the resolution of extra work and delay claims on several federal works of improvement.
Baird’s litigation practice also includes local, state, and federal bid protests; public and private construction claims, including mechanic’s lien foreclosures, extra work claims, stop notice claims, bid enforcement, contract defaults, surety obligations, and Federal Contract Disputes Act and Miller Act claims. Baird also participates in discussion panels and presentations on legal topics involving construction matters, including recent presentations about the impact of statutory indemnity changes on construction contracts.
Professional Affiliations
State Bar of California, San Diego County Bar Association, Associated General Contractors of America, Associated Builders and Contractors, San Diego County Taxpayers Association. Baird was named a Top 10 San Diego Construction and Real Estate Law attorney in 2008, 2011 and 2012.
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A U.S. judge has ordered that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can be questioned in a lawsuit against the government filed by the former head of American International Group Inc.
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