BRUCE B. WAUGH

Mr. Waugh was born in Topeka, Kansas.  He earned a B.S. in architecture at the University of Kansas. He graduated with Distinction from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law in 1977, where he was a member of the Bench and Robe Society, on the Board of Editors of the Urban Lawyer and the UMKC Law Review.  He completed the Kansas Bar Association Civil Practice Mediation Training in 1996.

His practice focuses primarily on surety law, construction law and construction law mediation.  He is a vice-chair of the ABA Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, and a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Construction Law Committee.  He co-authored with Carol Smith the chapter, Bonds – Bid, Performance, Payment for the Kansas Construction Law Manual published by the Kansas Bar Association.  He has presented seminars on numerous construction law issues, primarily from the surety’s perspective.