Edward D. Lodgen

Practice Groups

Practice includes all aspects of fidelity and surety law, construction law, subrogation and general business and trial litigation with an emphasis in the representation of surety companies in the negotiation and completion of bonded projects, litigation of contested claims, claims of bad faith, and the prosecution of indemnity and recovery actions.
Has assisted companies in ensuring compliance with California Regulations.
Member of the Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Pro Bono Committee.

Great West Contractors, Inc. v. WSS Industrial Construction, Inc. , 162 Cal.App.4th 581 (Cal.App. 2008) Defended surety against a claim by a contractor seeking payment under a statutory public works payment bond. The Court of Appeal ruled that the surety had no liability to plaintiff based upon the plaintiff's failure to comply with the strict licensing requirements imposed on California contractors.

American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section and the Section of Business Law)
American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
Surety Claims Association of Los Angeles

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D. (1991), Staff writer and Business and Directory Editor, Entertainment Law Journal
University of California, Berkeley, B.A. (1987)

Delving Deep Into The California Contractor's License Issue: Do Not Take The "Certificate of License" At Face Value
ABA Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Newsletter (Summer 2008)
Delving Deep Into The California Contractor's License Issue: Do Not Take The "Certificate of License" At Face Value
(May 19, 2008)
Contractor's State License Bonds Desk Reference
ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (Edward D. Lodgen, Catherine Squillace and Mark D. Herbert, eds. 2006)
Case Offers Some Clarity for Those Making, Receiving Section 998 Offers
Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 8, 2003)
The Law of Miscellaneous and Commercial Bonds, Chapter 2, Law of Developers or Subdivision Bonds
David C. Veis, Joseph C. Glavin, Jr., and Armen Shahinian, with Laura P. Nash, Edward D. Lodgen, and Andrew Kent (ABA Tort and Insurance Practice, Kaslow & King, eds. 2001)
Subdivision Bonds, Chapter 12
The Law of Suretyship, Second Edition (Summer 2000)
Post-trial Warfare
Daily Journal Corp. (April 14, 2000)

Getting Past the Certificate of Licensure - The Who, What and When of Imposing Strict Contractor's License Requirements
Surety Claims Association of Los Angeles (SCALA), Los Angeles, California (June 26, 2008)
Contractor License Bond Claims
ABA, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY (January 26-27, 2006)