Overview
Aaron G. Weishaar is a partner at Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, where he represents a broad range of clients, from large national surety companies and international corporations to local businesses and individuals. His practice primarily focuses on construction law, fidelity and surety bond claims and litigation, commercial litigation, and business matters. The depth of Aaron’s experience brings creativity in finding paths for clients to resolve their disputes.
- DRI – Lawyers Representing Business
- Fidelity and Surety Leadership Committee, Chair, 2024-2025
- Fidelity and Surety Leadership Committee, Vice Chair, 2022-2024
- American Bar Association
- Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
- Forum on Construction Law
- Regional Union Construction Center
- ACG of Missouri
- St. Louis Supplier/Service Provider Council, Elected Co-Chair, 2011-2012
- Missouri Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of St. Louis
- Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers®, “Rising Stars”
- Construction/Surety, (2010–2012)
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Construction Law, (2024–2026)
- Personal Injury – Defendants, (2025-2026)
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, (2026)
- “Managing Beyond the Contract,” BJC Construction 201, March 2025
- “Scope and Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses and Requirements,” ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, 2018 Fidelity and Surety Law Midwinter Conference, January 2018
- “Missouri Mechanic’s Liens,” BJC Construction 101, September 2017
- “Statutes of Limitation and The Duty of the Surety to Investigate,” Defense Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 2015
- “Missouri Mechanic’s Liens,” AGC St. Louis, Supplier/Service Provider Council, September 2012
- “Missouri Mechanic’s Liens,” AGC St. Louis, Supplier/Service Provider Council, August 2008
- “Lien Waivers,” AGC St. Louis, Supplier/Service Provider Council, August 2008
- “Negotiating the Intersection Between the Exceptions to Sunshine Laws and the Duty to Cooperate by Insureds and Bond Principals,” 19th Annual Northeast Surety and Fidelity Claims Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2008
- “Construction Lien Law in Illinois,” Lorman Education Services, Fairview Heights, Illinois, April 2006
- “Scope and Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses and Requirements,” The Brief, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Fall 2018 Vol. 48 No.1
- “Mortgage Broker Bonds: Who are they intended to benefit and what to do when a default is taken against a bond principal,” Defense Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 2011
- “Is Munsey Trust Alive? Recent Cases Involving the Payment Bond Surety’s Subrogation Rights,” 18th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2007
- “Jurisdictional Choices in Bond Litigation,” 17th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2006
- “The Use and Misuse of the General Indemnity Agreement,” 16th Annual Northeast Surety and Fidelity Claims Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2005
- “Suretyship Update: Missouri: Law and Practice Pertaining to Construction Bonds and Other Surety Bonds,” Missouri Bar CLE, 2005
- “Liquidated Damages: Have the Courts Gone Too Far? Have Upper Tier Contracting Parties Gone Too Far?,” 15th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 2004
- “Letters of Credit, What are they and what do I do with one?,” 13th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 2002
- “What is ‘Property’ Under Fidelity Bond Coverage?,” 12th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 2001
- “Named Obligee’s Rights Under the Payment Bond (Are There Any?); Rights and Limitations on the Obligee’s Rights on Exhaustion of Performance Bond Penalties,” 10th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, Iselin, NJ, 1999
