Jarrod Stone

Jarrod W. Stone is a Shareholder with Manier & Herod, where he is the Chair the firm’s Surety and Fidelity Department. He represents sureties in distressed contractor transactions and workouts, intercreditor transactions, surety credit facilities, bankruptcies, performance bond defaults, payment bond claims, and virtually every aspect of surety law. Jarrod W. Stone is a Shareholder with Manier & Herod, where he practices in the areas of surety law, construction law, insurance law, and general commercial law. He also represents sureties in distressed contractor transactions and workouts, intercreditor transactions, surety credit facilities, bankruptcies, performance bond defaults, payment bond claims, and virtually every aspect of surety law. Mr. Stone received his B.S. (2001), magna cum laude, from Middle Tennessee State University. He received his J.D. (2004), summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, and Order of Barristers from the University of Tennessee College of Law. While at the College of Law, Mr. Stone competed on the National Moot Court Team, for which he was awarded the Susan B. Devitt National Moot Court Award. He also competed on the College of Law’s National Trial Team, for which he received a Medal for Excellence in Advocacy from the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Stone also twice won the College of Law’s Advocate’s Prize Moot Court Competition. Mr. Stone was admitted to practice in Tennessee in 2004 and was subsequently admitted to practice in Kentucky in 2011 and in Ohio in 2016. Mr. Stone is admitted to practice in all federal and state courts in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Arkansas. Mr. Stone has represented sureties and fidelity insurers in relation to disputes arising in a number of states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Mr. Stone is also a frequent author and presenter on topics related to surety law and construction law. He Co-Chaired the Surety Program at the ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee’s 2016 Midwinter Meeting held in New York. He more recently served as Program Chair for the 2019 National Bond Claims Meeting in Georgia. He also often conducts in-house seminars and CE presentations for his clients. Specialties: Surety Litigation Construction Litigation Insurance Litigation