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When an insurer is posting an appeal bond involving a judgment in excess of their policy limits, the natural concern is how to cap their exposure to their policy...

In the course of providing appeal bonds, we occasionally encounter situations where appellants only provide a bond to cover part of the judgment amount. Most state and federal statutes...

Never have appeal bonds been highlighted in the news as much as they were earlier this year when Donald Trump went through the process to obtain one in his...

In the spirit of the Zen proverb that says, “It takes a wise person to learn from their mistakes, but an even wiser person to learn from others.”, we...

For civil defense attorneys, “bond” is a four-letter word in more ways than one when it comes to appeals, because appeal bonds only come into play when something didn’t...

When appealing a money judgment, one of the critical steps that needs to be taken early on is deciding how to stay the judgment from being enforced by the...

A few years ago, I received a call from an appellant who was appealing a roughly $1 million judgment. The appellant wanted to get an appeal bond to stay...

Posted: July 19th, 2023 What does the collapse of banks like Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank have to do with appeal bonds? A lot actually and in...

While supersedeas bonds are by far the most common form of security used by appellants to stay enforcement of a judgment, there are a limited number of jurisdictions that...

When appellants don’t timely stay enforcement of a judgment, it can lead to severe consequences. In this article, we aim to educate attorneys on the most common reasons for...