Matthew Horowitz is a partner in the Hartford, Connecticut Law Firm of Wolf, Horowitz & Etlinger, LLC. Mr. Horowitz graduated from Tufts University in 1973 and New York University School of Law in 1976. He is a member of the Connecticut, Massachusetts, District of Columbia and Texas Bars. Over the last 35 years, he has engaged in a varied litigation practice. For approximately 23 years, his practice has focused primarily on fidelity and surety claims and litigation in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He has co-chaired the surety presentation at the ABA Fidelity and Surety Mid-Year Meeting and presented papers at the ABA Fidelity and Surety Mid-Year Meeting, the Northeast Surety and Fidelity Conference, the National Bond Claims Association Conference and the Surety Claim Institute. He is a co-editor of the TIPS Law of Performance Bonds Manual and the TIPS CGLlBuilder’s Risk Monograph and he is a contributor to numerous TIPS publications, including the Miscellaneous Bond Monograph, the Law of Commercial Surety and Miscellaneous Bonds and the Law of Payment Bond Manual.
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Damned if You Do or Damned if You Don’t? Avoiding Indemnity Pitfalls if Principal’s Defenses Fail
John W. Dreste, a Partner with the law firm of Ernstrom & Dreste, LLP, concentrates his practice on complex commercial construction litigation. He focuses on matter involving suretyship, fidelity bonds, general construction and other areas impacting the surety, fidelity, and construction industries. Mr. Dreste’s practice, though litigation oriented, involves extensive claims analysis and investigation and includes negotiation, mediation and other informal methods of dispute resolution. Mr. Dreste regularly defends sureties on issues involving bonds that are fraudulently induced or are otherwise unenforceable. Mr. Dreste has lectured, and has authored various articles, on subjects pertinent to the surety and construction industries.
Thomas K. O’Gara, an associate with Ernstrom & Dreste, LLP, works with sureties, corporations and contractors on a wide array of surety, commercial and construction issues. Mr. O’Gara has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts relating to surety law, construction matters and complex commercial litigation. Mr. O’Gara is a frequent author and speaker on current issues impacting the surety and construction industries.