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Leo & Weber, P.C.
1 N. LaSalle Suite 3600
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phone: 312.857.0910
Fax: 312.857.1240
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Leo & Weber, P.C.
20 W. Michigan
New Buffalo, MI 49117
Phone: 269.469.1355
Fax: 269.469.2316
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Michael J. Weber 
One N. LaSalle Street
Suite 3600
Chicago, Illinois 60602
 

Communication Center 
Phone: 312-857-0910
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: 312-857-1240
Web site: http://www.leoweber.com


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Michael J. Weber is the co-founder and primary shareholder of Leo & Weber P.C., which he established with T. Scott Leo in 1998. Mr. Weber is a 1983 graduate of the Indiana University School of Law, where he also attended undergraduate school and received his Bachelor of Science. Michael has authored numerous articles in the area of fidelity and surety law, and he has regularly lectured for the American Bar Association.

Mr. Weber concentrates his practice in the areas of fidelity and surety law, commercial law, transactional matters, and construction law. He has been successfully representing sureties and fidelity carriers in complex litigation since 1983. Mr. Weber's extensive trial experience includes representation of three sureties in the Enron-related litigation in JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., et al. , in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which involved over one billion dollars in losses claimed from eleven surety companies on bonds issued on behalf of Enron affiliated companies.

Prior to establishing the firm Leo & Weber P.C., Michael was a partner with the law firm of Pretzel & Stouffer, where his practice was focused on surety and fidelity law, construction law and commercial litigation. Mr. Weber is admitted to the Illinois and Michigan bars, and the United States District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and Eastern District of Wisconsin.

He is also is a member of the American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, for which he serves as a Vice-Chair of the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, as well as being an active member of the National Bond Claims Association and Chicago Surety Claims Association.

Current Employment Position(s):
Member
Areas of Practice:
Fidelity and Surety Bonds
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
General Litigation
Litigation
Transactional Matters
Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 2006
Illinois, 1983
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1983
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2000
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2002
Education:
Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 1983
J.D.


Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 1980
B.S.
Major:  Finance


Published Works:
Not So Fast . . . ."Send" is a Four-Letter Word: The Implications of Electronic Discovery, Fidelity Law Association Journal, Vol. XV, October, 2009


ATMs and Check Fraud: Life after Interior Crafts and the Depositary Bank's Obligation to Honor Restrictive Indorsements (Co-written with Robert K. Grennan), American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, November, 2007


Employee Forgeiy Results in Stiict Liability for the ATM, For the Defense, March, 2007


Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Check Please? Not So Fast - The Impact of the "Check 21" Act on Check Fraud Claims, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, Mid-Winter Meeting, January, 2005


ATM's and Check Fraud Who's Watching The Store?, Fidelity Law Association, 2003


Jurisdiction in Cyberspace - The Mysterious Beyond, Fidelity Program of the American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, New York, January, 2001


Who's Watching The Store? - The Impact of a Professional's Neglect on the Probate Bond Surety, Tort & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, 2000


Construction Law in Illinois, Chapter 10; Surety Bonds, Ill. Inst. For CLE, 1999


Construction Law in Illinois, Chapter 10; Surety Bonds, Ill. Inst. For CLE, 1998


Construction Law in Illinois, Chapter 10; Surety Bonds, Ill. Inst. For CLE, 1997


Illinois State Statute and Commentary, Payment Bond Manual, American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1995


Illinois Section: Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law (Co-Author), Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995


Motions for Summary Judgment and the Financial Institution Bond - Throwing Caution to the Wind (Co-Author), The Brief, American Bar Association, Vol. 24, No. l, Fall, 1994


Protecting the Project: The Role of the Surety, Troubled Construction Loans: Law and Practice Chapter 4, Wiley Law Publications, 1991


Illinois State Statute and Commentary, Payment Bond Manual, American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1991


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Speaker, Not So Fast . . . ."Send" is a Four-Letter Word: The Implications of Electronic Discovery, Fidelity Law Association, 2009


Speaker, ATMs and Check Fraud: Life after Interior Crafts and the Depositary Bank's Obligation to Honor Restrictive Indorsements, American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, 2007


Speaker, Check Please? Not so Fast - the Impact of the "Check 21" Act on Check Fraud Claims, American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Annual Mid-Winter Meeting, 2005


Speaker, ATM's and Check Fraud Who's Watching the Store?, Fidelity Law Association, 2003


Speaker, Who's Watching the Store? - The Impact of a Professional's Neglect on the Probate Bond Surety, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee of the Tort & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, 2001


Speaker, The Mysterious Beyond - Jurisdictional Issues in Cyberspace, Fidelity & Surety Law Committee of the Tort & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, 2001


Speaker, A Day Late and a Dollar Short - Failure to Notify the Surety of Default and Termination, National Bond Claims Association Annual Meeting, Kiawah Island, S.C., 1999


Speaker, Tort and Insurance Practice Section - Fidelity and Surety Program, Mock Mediation, American Bar Association, Mid-Winter Meeting, New York, 1997


Co-Moderator, Defense Research Institute, IADC Fidelity Program, Chicago, IL, 1995


Speaker, Motions for Summary Judgment and the Financial Institution Bond-Fidelity and Surety Program, American Bar Association, Mid-Winter Meeting, New York, 1993


Speaker, Exposure to Surety of Consequential Damages under Performance and Payment Bonds, Defense Research Institute, IADC, Chicago, 1992


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1996 - 1998
Vice Chair, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee


Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys


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