Leawood, Kan. – November 3, 2026: Rouse Frets White, P.C. has launched its Surety and Fidelity Law Practice Group headed by senior attorneys Carol Smith and Matt Geary.
Carol, who is chair of the practice group, is a leading attorney in her field and a well-known author and presenter on surety and fidelity topics who works with some of the largest surety and fidelity underwriters in the country. She is a past chair of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice (TIPS) Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and sits on the Board of Directors of the Surety Claims Institute.
Matt has extensive experience representing surety companies in a wide variety of litigation and arbitration claim situations and is also a frequent presenter and author on topics impacting the surety industry.
As a group, the law firm’s surety and fidelity law attorneys analyze and defend claims on performance and payment bonds, commercial bonds, financial institution bonds, and commercial crime policies.
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