overview
Jacquelyn A. Klima’s practice focuses on surety defense, commercial litigation and appeals.
Practice Areas
Bio
Jacquelyn is experienced in the analysis of claims against performance bonds, payment bonds, and other commercial bond forms; pursuit of exoneration and indemnification from bond principals and indemnitors; recovery of contract balances; and all aspects of litigation from the receipt of a claim through the appeals process.
Jacquelyn also handles general contract disputes, construction litigation, professional liability defense, and defense of title insurance carriers. She is fluent in Spanish.
credentials
Affiliations
- State Bar of Michigan
- Appellate Practice Section, Council Member
- State Bar of Ohio
- State Bar of Florida
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Chicago Surety Claims Association
- DRI Fidelity and Surety
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
- Detroit Bar Association
Bar and Court Admissions
- Michigan
- Florida
- Ohio
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Clerkship
- Prehearing Attorney, Michigan Court of Appeals
- Law Clerk, the Honorable Stephen J. Markman, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Education
- Wayne State University Law School, J.D.
- magna cum laude
- Associate Editor, Wayne Law Review
- Gold & Silver Key Certificate Recipient for academic performance
- Eastern Michigan University, B.A., B.B.A.
- summa cum laude
Insights & News
May 17, 2023
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May 13, 2020
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March 17, 2020
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July 16, 2019
Two Kerr Russell Attorneys Presenting at the Seventh Annual Midwest Surety & Construction Claims Conference
July 9, 2018
Kerr Russell - DBusiness Magazine's "Faces of Corporate Law 2018"
February 9, 2018
Kerr Russell supports "Life is a Cabaret" American Cancer Society Relay for Life event
January 26, 2018
Download Kerr Russell's updated firm brochure and overview of services
December 18, 2017
Kerr Russell team makes holiday donations to Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Wigs 4 Kids, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ann Arbor, and Children's Hospital of Michigan
November 30, 2017
Merry and bright ... Kerr Russell welcomes the holiday season
November 27, 2017
Jacquelyn Klima and Mark Cunningham present “Payment Bond: Beyond Labor and Material – Prompt Pay Act Liability, Interest, Service Charges, Time-Price Differential, and ‘Other’ Damages; and When is the Surety’s Consent Required..."
November 3, 2017
Kerr Russell launches new advertising in upcoming issues of dbusiness and Crain's Detroit
November 1, 2017
Kerr Russell ranked in the 2018 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list nationally in 1 practice area and regionally in 17 practice areas
October 6, 2017
Team spirit ... for some great causes
September 27, 2017
business Magazine covers Kerr Russell's participation in Detroit Chinese Business Association International Golf Outing
August 10, 2017
A culture of giving
April 10, 2016
Max Sneyd and Jacquelyn Klima obtained a $3.7 million judgment and a permanent injunction for Nedschroef Detroit Corp. in a federal case involving trademark infringement and the theft of trade secrets. The judgment was affirmed by the Sixth Circuit Court
Representative Matters
Analysis of commercial bond claims
Exoneration/indemnification of bond principals and indemnitors
General contract disputes
Construction litigation
Surety defense litigation
Appeals