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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
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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.
- Member
- Fidelity and Surety Bonds
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- General Litigation
- Litigation
- Transactional Matters
- 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
- Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana,
1983
J.D.
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA,
1980
B.S. Major: Finance
- 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
- 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
- American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section,
1996
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1998
- Vice Chair, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
- Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys
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