LoMonte, Douglas E.

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.