Bradford Carver is an experienced trial lawyer with a particular emphasis on surety, fidelity and construction litigation. He began his legal practice in 1980 as an attorney in the surety department of Travelers Indemnity Company and since moving into private practice several years later, has developed a reputation for top-quality representation in the area.

Mr. Carver is also experienced in handling bankruptcy, products liability, toxic torts and environmental litigation.  

His reported cases include:

• Dowd Plumbing Corp. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America, 73 Mass.App.Ct. 1120, 2009 (Mass.App.Ct. 2009)
• Reliance Insurance Company v. City of Boston, 71 Mass. App. 550, 884 N.E.2d 524 (2008)
• C&I Steel, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, 70 Mass. App. 653, 876 N.E. 2d 442 (2007)
• Williams v. Ashland Engineering, 45 F.3d 488 (1st Cir. 1995)
• Jefferson Bank v. Progressive Casualty Ins. Co., 965 F.2d 1274 (3d. Cir. 1992)
• Broadway National Bank v. Progressive Casualty Ins. Co., 775 F.Supp. 123 (NYDC 1991).

Mr. Carver joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in July 2005 to open the firm's Boston office where he is the partner-in-charge. He is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee and Director of the firm’s Northeast Region. Previously Mr. Carver was a founding partner with the Boston law firm of Cetrulo & Capone LLP for 10 years.

Mr. Carver was an attorney in the surety department at Travelers Indemnity Company from 1980 to 1983. He then entered private practice and expanded his focus into other areas of litigation.

Mr. Carver is active in the American Bar Association. He is a member and vice-chair of the ABA's Fidelity and Surety Law Committee. He is also a member of the ABA’s Tort and Insurance Practice Committee, Fidelity and Surety Sub-Committee and the Forum on the Construction Industry. Mr. Carver’s professional memberships also include the Surety Claims Institute and the National Bond Claims Association.

Since 2005, Mr. Carver has been named annually to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Construction / Surety by New England Super Lawyers & Rising Stars magazine. In addition, he holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability. Mr. Carver has lectured and written extensively on fidelity and surety topics. His publications include:

• Contributor, “Payment Bond Manual, Third Edition,” sections on Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, The American Bar Association, April 2006.
• Contributor, “The Law of Motor Vehicle Dealer Bonds,” ABA-TIPS, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, American Bar Association, 2006.
• Contributor, “Performance Bond Manual” sections on Massachusetts and Vermont law, ABA-TIPS, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, American Bar Association, 2006.
• Contributor, “Annotated Financial Institution Bond,” ABA-TIPS, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, American Bar Association, 2004.
• Chapter, "Loss and Causation," “Handling Fidelity Bond Claims,’ Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the American Bar Association, 1999.
• "The Auditor's Responsibility to Detect Fraud," “Fidelity Law Association Journal,” Volume IV, September 1998.
• Contributor, “Performance Bonds: The Most Important Question a Surety Can Ask,” ABA-TIPS, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the American Bar Association, 1997.
• Contributor, “Miscellaneous Bonds,” ABA-TIPS, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the American Bar Association, 1993.
• "The Authorized Representative Exclusion," paper for the National Bond Claims Association, 1996.

Mr. Carver has lectured extensively on the topics of fidelity and surety. He has spoken before the American Bar Association, New England Bond Claims Association, National Association of Independent Sureties, National Bond Claims Association, Chicago Surety Claims Association, and Fidelity Law Association.

A sampling of his presentations includes:

• “Faithful Performance: The Intersection of  Fidelity and Surety,” 2009 Mid-Winter Meeting, ABA’s Tort and Insurance Practice Committee, Fidelity and Surety Sub-Committee, New York, New York, January 2009.
• “Litigating the Big Dig,” Hinshaw’s 2007 Insurance Services Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, May 2007.
• "Fidelity Bonds, The Duty to Mitigate," Surety Claims Institute.
• "The Authorized Representative Exclusion: Placing the Risk Where it Ought to Be," National Bond Claims Association.
• "ERISA Pre-Emption of Surety Bond Claims," National Association of Independent Sureties.
• "ERISA Pre-Emption of Surety Bond Claims," New England Bond Claims Association.