R. Earl Welbaum
Partner

Telephone: (305) 441-8900
Fax: (305) 441-2255
Email: ewelbaum@welbaum.com


Education

  • B.A., University of Miami, 1954

  • L.L.B., University of Miami School of Law, 1959

Admitted to Practice

  • Florida

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

  • United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit

  • United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
R. Earl Welbaum

Earl Welbaum was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After law school, Mr. Welbaum clerked for Chief Judge Mallory H. Horton in the Florida Third District Court of Appeal. Mr. Welbaum joined the firm in 1960 and practices commercial litigation, with an emphasis on surety, fidelity, insurance, and building construction law. He has represented numerous real estate developers, contractors, sureties and others in building construction related matters and has spoken and published extensively on building construction law.

Areas of Concentration

  • Construction Litigation
  • Surety and Fidelity Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation

PROFESSIONAL AND cOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Fellow of the American Bar Association
  • International Association Defense Counsel
    - Chairman, Fidelity and Surety Committee, 1988-1989
    - Vice Chairman, Architects, Engineers and Construction Litigation     
      Committee, 1990-1991
  • University of Miami
    - Member, Sports Hall of Fame
    - President, Sports Hall of Fame Committee, 1999-2001
    - Omicron Delta Kappa
    - Iron Arrow Society
  • Fellow of the Florida Bar Foundation

HONORS & PUBLICATIONS

  • "The Surety's Do Nothing Often-Is It Safe?" (Mid-Winter Meeting, Surety and Fidelity Committee, American Bar Association, 1981)
  • "Collusion With the Insured" (National Institute, 1983 and 1991)
  • "Discharged Defenses: How Will They Survive The Coming Decade?" (Annual Meeting, Fidelity and Surety Committee, American Bar Association, 1989)