Our Attorneys

"Be wise."

Kurt C. Faux was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1987, the Nevada State Bar in 1988, the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit in 1992, the U.S. Claims Court and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993. Mr. Faux received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus in 1982, and his Juris Doctor Degree from Brigham Young University Law School in 1987, where he was the editor of the Journal of Legal Studies in 1985 and a member of the Law Review in 1986.

Mr. Faux's practice is devoted to the representation of sureties, insurers, contractors and others involved in the construction industry. Mr. Faux represents a number of construction trade organizations in various matters before courts and governmental entities. He is Counsel for the Southern Nevada Air Conditioning Refrigeration Service Contractors Association and the Plumbers and Mechanical Contractors of Nevada. Mr. Faux served as lead trial counsel for the Associated Builders and Contractors in its lawsuit against Nevada's Governor, the Southern Nevada Water Authority and various unions to overturn state mandated project labor agreements. The National Spa and Pool Institute retained Mr. Faux to successfully defeat, through litigation, ordinances enacted by the City of Las Vegas. He successfully represented the surety in U.S. v. D Bar D Enterprises, Inc. 772 F. Supp. 1167 (D. Nev. 1991).

Mr. Faux is an invited speaker to and has written papers for numerous groups concerning surety bonds, Nevada construction law, and legal ethics. He has also conducted in-house seminars for various sureties and construction associations. The following is an example of some of these presentations:

Mechanics' Lien Law and Strategies in Nevada - August 2, 2000 (National Business Institute)

Bond Issues - July 24, 2000 (Credit Managers Association, Western Regional Conference)

Nevada Construction Law - July 14, 2000 (The Seminar Group)

Nevada Construction Law - September 21, 1999 (National Business Institute)

Nevada Construction Law - June 24, 1999 (Law Seminar International)

Mechanics' Lien Law and Strategies in Nevada - May 21, 1999 (National Business Institute) including Performance Payment Bond, (Public) Subdivision, and Miscellaneous Bonds

Practical Legal Ethics in Nevada - December 9, 1998 (National Business Institute)

Nevada Construction Law - 1998 (National Business Institute)

Nevada Construction Law - June 25, 1998 (Law Seminar International)

Practical Legal Ethics in Nevada - December 19, 1997 (National Business Institute)

"Application of Insurance Bad Faith Principles To Surety and Fidelity Claims Handling -or- Surety and Bad Faith Claims Handling Revisited -You've Got To Be Kidding," co-author, Southern Surety and Fidelity Claims Conference, May, 1992

Mr. Faux regularly attends the ABA Surety and Construction mid-winter meeting and the Western States Surety Conference. He is also a member of the Southern California Surety Claims Association.

Some of the organizations in which Mr. Faux is involved are: Court Annexed Panel of Arbitrators (1992 - ), Nevada State Bar Attorney Disciplinary Committee (1993 - ), Nevada State Bar Attorney Fee Dispute Committee (1999-), the American Bar Association (Torts and Insurance Practice Section), Forum Committee of the Construction Industry, and the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee.