CHICAGO ―
John E. Sebastian, a Partner in the
Chicago office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, has been named as a vice-chair of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee. The appointment becomes effective August 1, 2010.
Mr. Sebastian is chair of Hinshaw’s
Fidelity &
Surety Practice Group and focuses his practice primarily in the areas of surety bond, construction and commercial litigation. He has represented sureties, contractors, architects, engineers, design/builders, and trade contractors in payment disputes, design defect claims, delay claims, defective work claims, and contractor, subcontractor and owner bankruptcies. Mr. Sebastian also handles complex commercial litigation involving fidelity bond claims, common law fraud, breach of contract matters and preserving and prosecuting creditors’ claims in bankruptcy.
Founded in 1934, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in 24 offices spanning 12 states, including
Arizona,
California,
Florida,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
Hinshaw offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, business law and corporate transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, estate planning and taxation matters. The firm represents a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include alarm and security services, construction, financial services, health care, hospitality, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Hinshaw clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.