Samuel Bodurtha focuses his practice in the area of professional liability with particular emphasis on the representation of attorneys in liability matters. He also represents insurance companies in coverage matters, providing coverage opinions and litigating coverage disputes.

Mr. Bodurtha handles all phases of litigation in federal and state courts, including drafting motions and memoranda and preparing matters for hearing. Mr. Bodurtha also manages case discovery plans, evidence and case administration. Mr. Bodurtha joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in June 2008. Previously he was for four years an associate with Higgins, Cavanagh and Cooney, LLP, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he handled a vast array of cases involving products liability, premises liability, transportation law, insurance coverage, corporate successor liability and insurance defense.

While in law school, Mr. Bodurtha worked as a research assistant to Dean Gerald Korngold. Prior to law school, he was a case assistant at Goodwin Procter, LLP, in Boston.

Mr. Bodurtha is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, American Bar Association, Defense Counsel of Rhode Island and the Defense Research Institute. During law school, Mr. Bodurtha assisted Dean Gerald Horngold in the research and analysis of state and federal case law for the republishing of the textbook “Private Land Use Arrangements.” He also assisted with the editing of the textbook “Property Stories,” which was edited by Deans Korngold and Morriss, both faculty members at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.