Professionals
Elizabeth G. Dorfman Partner
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Beth focuses on construction, surety and government contracts. She joined Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald as a first-year associate after having clerked at the firm as a summer associate. Beth also clerked for a Maryland-based law firm where she completed research, investigation, and drafting in all areas of complex litigation matters, including insurance defense, business, and corporate issues.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association

Publications and Presentations

  • Co-Author: "Bonding the Public Private Partnership Project: Perspectives from the Surety," American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, Mid-Winter Meeting, 2009
  • Co-Author: "Strategies for Preparing and Pursuing an Effective Claim for Overpayment," 20th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, September 2009
  • Co-Author: "Revisiting the Surety's Financing Option When the Bond Does Not Expressly Provide for Performance," 19th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, September 2008.
  • Co-Author: "Holding the Owner To His Word (or Silence) - Waiver As A Defense To Liquidated Damages," From The Ground Up, Summer 2003.
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Education

  • University of Maryland, J.D., 2004, with honors
  • Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2001, cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Virginia