Background
Witten, Keith was born in 1947.
Witten, Keith was born in 1947.
Auburn University (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1968). University of Kansas (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Worked at Sandler, Balkin, Hellman, Weinstein & Witten, P. C. (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Fidelity and Surety Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Kansas, Missouri and United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. United States. Claims Court. United States. Supreme Court.
Member, Board of Editors, Kansas Law Review, 1969-1971.
Author: "Recovery of Damages for Delay Against Sureties on Public Work Bonds," 20 The Forum 640 (1985). "Barn Burning and What Can Be Done To Prevent lieutenant," 22 Torts and Insurance Law Journal 511 (1987).
"Surety"s Liability for Consequential Damages Under Payment and Performance Bonds," Surety Claims Institute, June 24, 1988. Chapter 17-Kansas-Fifth State Construction Lein and Bond Law (Wiley Law 1992).
"Fidelity Law Update," Surety Claims Institute, June 24, 1994.
"Other Exclusions Under Commercial Crime Policy," American Bar Association-Treasury Inflation Protected Securities-Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Program, November 1996. Company-Author: "Recent Developments in Missouri: Mechanic"s Lien Law," 55 U.M.K.C. Law Review 593 (1987). "Current Developments in Bad Faith Litigation Involving the Performance and Payment Bond Surety," 28 Tort and Insurance Law Journal 611 (1993).
Chapter 10 - "Performance, Payment and Bid Bonds," Missouri Construction Law (Mo.Bar 1994).
"Salvage/Subrogation Considerations," Chapter-Bond Defaults (American Bar Association 1995). Chapter 9, "Other Exclusions," Commercial Crime Policy (American Bar Association 1996).
Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Kansas and American Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar (Vice Chair, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, 1996).
Surety Claims Institute (Company-Chair, Program Committee, 1994).
Member, Board of Editors, Kansas Law Review, 1969-1971.