Alana L. Porrazzo
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Areas Of Practice
- Surety & Fidelity
- Construction Law
- Litigation
- Appellate
- Securities Litigation
- Government Investigations and Enforcement Proceedings
- Business Law
- Creditors' Rights
- Insurance Defense & Coverage
- Mediation & Arbitration
Overview
Bar Admissions
Education
Published Works
Honors and Awards
Professional Associations and Memberships
Classes and Seminars
Languages
Ms. Porrazzo is a commercial litigator whose primary practice areas include surety and fidelity and construction law. Her practice emphasizes defending bond claims and bad faith allegations, litigating performance defaults, prosecuting subrogation and indemnity claims, and representing sureties in principal and indemnitor bankruptcies.
Ms. Porrazzo began her legal career at a private law firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she represented sureties and contractors in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitrations, mediations, and administrative hearings. She joined Jennings Haug Cunningham in April 2018.
Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
- J.D. - 2016
- Honors: cum laude
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- B.A. - 2009
Published Works
- Two Important Eye-Opening Surety Bankruptcy Issues (Part 4 of 4)
- Editor, The Quick Reference Guide to Western States Surety & Fidelity Law, WSSC, LLC (2020).
- Co-Author, Fifteen Years of Chapter 15 for the Surety, ABA TIPS FSLC Newsletter (Spring 2020).
- Co-Author, Surety Aspects of Bankruptcy Law and Practice (forthcoming 2020).
- Confessions of Judgment: New Year, New Rules in New York(January 2020).
- Author, A New Subchapter for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, Monitor (Fall Conference Issue, 2019)
- Cause to Revisit Liquidated Damages in your Equipment Finance Leases?(February 2019).
- Arizona's Judgment Validity and Renewal Deadline Extended from Five to Ten Years(August 2018).
- "Default Interest Held Unenforceable Penalty: In re Altadena Lincoln Crossing LLC" (September 25, 2018)
- "When Prevailing Wages Do Not Prevail: The Davis-Bacon Act in the Context of Public-Private Partnerships after CityCenterDC," The Construction Lawyer (Winter 2018)
- "Multimillion-Dollar Commas and ‘Magic Words’: The In re Deepwater Horizon Additional Insured Dispute," Tulane Maritime Law Journal (2016)
- "The Rise of the Exoneration Clause: The Second Circuit Holds a Downstream Covenant Not to Sue Enforceable in Sompo Japan Insurance Co. of America v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.," Tulane Maritime Law Journal (2015)
Honors and Awards
- ABA Forum on Construction Law Student Writing Competition (winner), 2017
- Ray Forrester Award for Constitutional Law, 2014
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Subcommittee
- Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Division (2019-present)
- Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Subcommittee, Law Division (2019-present)
- American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry, Member
- State Bar of Arizona, Construction Law Section, Member
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, “Far Away From Neutral Shores: Initial Decision Maker Maladministration,” Midwest Surety and Construction Claims Conference (July 30, 2021)
- Speaker, “Just Answer the Question! The Surety’s 30(b)(6) Deposition,” Western States Surety Conference (June 25, 2021)
- Speaker, “Taking the Sting Out of Bankruptcy: Practical Scenarios Faced by the Contract Surety,” ABA Fidelity and Surety Law 2021 Virtual Midwinter Conference: Construction Lawyer as Disaster Artist (February 4, 2021)
- Speaker, “Apologies from Arizona: Thirty Years after Dodge,” Western States Surety Conference (Seattle, April 26, 2019)
- Speaker, “Construction Law: Advanced Issues and Answers,” National Business Institute (New Orleans, March 2018)
Languages
- French
- Croatian