Anne L. Meyers, Managing Partner
During her almost three decades of dedicated service to clients, ANNE L. MEYERS has been an invaluable legal and business resource to small and middle market businesses, with particular emphasis in the surety, insurance and construction industries. She is intimately familiar and conversant with the “nuts and bolts” involved in most construction disputes, such as performance schedules, scope of work, change orders, unforeseen conditions, design vs. construction defects, payment terms and other recurring issues, and she has represented contractors, subcontractors, project managers, architects, project owners, investors and sureties. Ms. Meyers is equally comfortable and adept advising clients on general business matters including personnel, business financing, regulatory compliance, mergers, acquisition and sales, labor and employment law, and business succession planning. She founded the firm in 1995 and has managed its considerable growth since then. She served as outside general counsel for a publicly traded company during a period of dramatic growth through acquisition and also spent several years early in her career as attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
A versatile attorney known for her pragmatism, innate business sense and negotiating skill, Ms. Meyers’ ability to favorably resolve construction disputes without resorting to litigation is partly attributable to her being “on the other side” – as a part-owner and principal of a construction material supply company, a surety company and an adjusting company – early in her career. She possesses the ability, rare among attorneys, to find her way around a job site legally, physically and business-wise.
Because of these attributes Ms. Meyers has been very involved in the mediation process. She is a trained mediator, has had extensive experience as a participant in dozens of mediations in many jurisdictions and has acted as mediator in a number of matters.
Anne Meyers has written extensively on topics of interest to the bonding industry and has spoken at local and national conferences on a variety of construction, business and legal issues. She is a graduate of Capital University Law School and The Ohio State University.