William F. Haug Phoenix, Arizona
| phone | (602) 234-7806 |
| fax | 602-277-5595 |
| wfh@jhc-law.com | |
Mr. Haug is an experienced litigator with an extensive background in civil litigation. His trial and litigation experience includes complex construction and fidelity and surety disputes representing all aspects of the construction industry, including both public and private owners, architects and engineers, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and sureties.
His experience also includes more than 35 years in alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Haug regularly serves as sole arbitrator, panelist and panel chair arbitrator in commercial and construction related matters, including contract disputes and construction or design defect disputes involving roadways, tunnels and parks, underground utilities, municipal and military projects, commercial and residential developments, as well as delay and acceleration disputes.
Mr. Haug joined the Firm as a partner in 1981. He now serves as Of Counsel.
Mr. Haug is a graduate of Phoenix College (B.A. 1951) and the University of Arizona (B.S. 1953 and LLB, 1956).
Mr. Haug is AV rated.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
- Served as National Bond Counsel for a Surety Company overseeing surety claims throughout the United States
- Successfully defended sureties on bad faith claims
- Obtained defense judgments in all types of fidelity cases both in State and Federal Courts
- Represented contractor in mechanic lien suit involving a multi-million dollar electric generating plant
- Successfully represented subcontractors in lawsuits involving pay when paid and pay if paid clauses
- Served as Chair of Arbitration panel involving a multi-million dollar claim on a condominium project
- Arbitration panel member on a multi-million dollar dispute involving a huge freeway and drainage project
- Successfully mediated many construction disputes
- Drafted and secured the adoption by the Arizona Legislature of Arizona Public Works bonding statutes, lien release and discharge bond statutes on private projects and bonding provisions in the Arizona Uniform Probate Code
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Creighton School Board (1966-75)
- Phoenix Retriever Club (1970-90)
- Camelback Little League, President
- Areas of Practice:
- Lawsuits & Disputes
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- Real Estate
- Construction Law
- Fidelity & Surety Law
- Bar Admissions:
- Arizona
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Education:
- University of Arizona College of Law, Tucson, Arizona,
1956
LLB - University of Arizona,
1953
B.S.
Major: Accounting - Phoenix College,
1951
B.A.
- Published Works:
- Surety's Liability: Bonds, Arizona Construction Law 2d Ed., State Bar of Arizona, 1994
- Little Miller Act, Mechanics Lien Discharge Bond statutes and the Bond provision in Arizona's Uniform Probate Statutes
- "Bankruptcy 1984 v. Surety's Rights to Contract Proceeds", Co-Author with (Janis M. Haug), 1985
- Dodge vs. Fidelity & Deposit - The Final Chapter, Tips Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Newsletter, Spring/Summer, 1992
- Decision by Insurer Not to Defend Insured Against Claims Cognizable under Bonds, 12 Forum 410, 1976
- Financing your "Solvent" Principal -- Success Failure, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, San Francisco, CA, January, 1996
- "Representing the Lender, in Construction Defaults: Rights, Duties and Liabilities", Co-Author with (Julianne C. Wheeler), 1989
- "Financing the Contractor", Co-Author with (Thomas A. Joyce, Chicago ABA, 1987
- "50 State Construction Lien and Bond Law, Second Edition", Co-Author with (James L. Csontos), 2000
- "Why Won't Sureties Do What You Want Them To Do?", Co-Author with (Mark E. Barker), State Bar of Arizona, Construction Section Monthly Seminar, February, 2001
- "Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Laws", Co-Author with (James L. Csontos), 1995
- "Arizona Construction Law", Co-Author with (Mark E. Barker & James L. Csontos), State Bar of Arizona, 1994
- "Current Bankruptcy Issues in Wiley Construction Law Update", Co-Author with (Chad L. Schexnayder), 1992
- "Nevada" and "New Mexico", 1991
- "Representing the Owner Against the Bank", 1990
- "Representing the Lender", Co-Author with (and Julianne C. Wheeler), 1989
- Financing the Contractor, Co-Author with (Thomas A. Joyce), 1987
- "Contractor's Rights And Remedies When The Owner Breaches", 1985
- "Surety's Liability: Bonds", 1978
- "Contractors License Bonds - Claims and Problems"
- "Conflicts Between Sureties", 1970
- "Little Miller Act", 5 Ariz Bar J., 1969
- "Need For Little Miller Act In Arizona", February, 1969
- "Actions Against Fidelity Carrier", National Institute: Fidelity Bond, 1991
- "Action Against Fidelity Carrier", in National Institute On Employee Dishones, 1983
- "Effect of Decision by Insurer Not to Defend Insured Against Claims Cognizable Under Bonds", 12 Forum 410, 1976
- "Liability of Surety Limited to Risks Assumed in Fidelity Contract", 10 Forum 91, 1974
- "Fraudulent or Dishonest Acts", in 8 Forum 615, 1973
- "Public Official Bonds - Judgments Against Principal As Binding Surety", 34 Ins. Couns. J. 573, 1967
- Representative Cases:
- National Bank of Arizona v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 193 Ariz. 581, 975 P.2d 711 (Ariz. App. 1999)
- Cannon Dist. No. 50 v. W.E.S Construct. Co., Inc., 177 Ariz. 526, 869 P.2d 500 (1994)
- Dodge v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, 161 Ariz. 344, 778 P.2d 1240 (1989)
- Pioneer Roofing Co. v. Mardian Construct Co., 152 Ariz. 455, 733 P.2d, 652 (1986)
- Employers' Administrative Services, Inc. v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co., 147 Ariz. 202, 709 P. 2d 559 (1985)
- Murdock-Bryant Const., Inc. v. Pearson, 146 Ariz. 48, 703 P. 2d 1197 (1985)
- J.R. Norton Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., 116 Ariz. 427, 569 P.2d 857 (Ariz. 1977)
- U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Christoffel, 115 Ariz. 507, 566 P.2d, 308 (Ariz. 1977)
- Maryland Gas Co. v. Clements, 15 Ariz. 216, 487 P.2d, 437 (1971)
- Lincoln Technical Institute of Arizona, Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., 927 Supp. 376 (D. Ariz. 1994)
- Honors and Awards:
- ISO Silver Award for Excellence in Surety Bond Promotion, presented by the Surety Association of Arizona, 1998
- Martin J. Andrews Award for Lifetime Achievement in Fidelity and Surety Law, presented by the Fidelity & Surety Law Committee and Insurance Trial Practice Section of the American Bar Association, 2001
- "Silver Star Award" from the Governor of Arizona for his involvement in creating the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education, 2004
- August 2005 Volunteer Lawyer Program, Attorney of the Month for his 50-year ongoing commitment to Pro Bono service
- Honored for his 50 years of exemplary services in the field of Construction and Surety by the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona, 2006
- Arizona Supreme Court Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, 2007
- Recipient of the Walter E. Craig Distinguished Service Award from Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education, 2007
- Inducted into Maricopa County Bar Hall of Fame, 2008
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- State Bar of Arizona
- President, 1982 - 1983
- State Bar of Arizona, Construction Law Section
- State Bar of Arizona, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
- Maricopa County Bar Association
- President, 1975
- Maricopa County Bar
- AssociationConstruction Law Committee
- Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education
- President, 1994
- American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Trial Practice Section
- Past Secretary and Financial Officer
- American Bar Association
- Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Chairman, 1983 - 1984
- American Bar Association
- Forum on the Construction Industry Hard Hat Case Note Editor, 1980s
- American Bar Foundation
- Life Member, 1991
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Construction Law and Litigation Committee
- Defense Research Institute
- Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
- Surety Association of Arizona
- Honorary Member
- American Arbitration Association (Complex Case Panel)
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Maricopa County Bar Association - Volunteer Lawyers Program
