John J. Petro

• Founding Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers
• Member, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
• Chairman of Fidelity, Surety and Public Contract Law Committee (1983-1984)
• Member, Columbus, Ohio State and American Bar Associations
• Member, American Bar Association Public Contract Law
• Member, American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
• Member, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section
• Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Committee Vice Chairman (1976-1979, 1980-1982) Committee Chairman (1989-1980)
• Subcommittee Chairman, Editorial Subcommittee for Fidelity and Surety News, a publication of American Bar Association,Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee

ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, ABA Section of Tort Insurance Practice, American Arbitration Association Mediation Panel, American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators

• Author of various articles and publications for the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, including:
• “Is Arbitration Compulsory in Construction Contracts?”, January, 1969, 3 The Forum 185.
• “Contract Changes and Extras Clause Improperly Applied–The Contractor’s Refusal to Perform”, August, 1974 10 The Forum 29
• “Contractor’s Warranties and Representations”, January, 1978
• “Banks as Bailees: Liability of the Bankers Blanket Bond Surety for Safe Depsoit Box and Night Depository Losses”, August, 1983
• “Surety Dilemma (Duty to Investigate)” – National Institute on Employee Dishonesty, November, 1983
• “National Institute on Fidelity Bonds” – 1991
• “National Institute on Commercial Crime Policy” – 1996
• “Preparing and Presenting the Complex SuretyCase to a Jury” – ABA TIPS Fidelity and Surety LawCommittee, May, 1998
• ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry “The Rumble In The Jungle – Letters of Credit, Bonding and Default Insurance,” April 2012

Speeches, Panel Discussions, and Seminars:

• American Bar Association – Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
• “Resolving Disparities Between Specifications and Industry Standards”, April, 1977
• “The Subcontract Document: An Analysis of Certain Subcontract Clauses”, December, 1977
• “Practical Considerations In the Selection andUse of Construction Experts – Pre-Litigation Selection andUse of Construction Experts – Pre-Litigation Selection and Use of Experts”, January, 1988.
• American Bar Association – Construction Committee of the Litigation Section
• “Contractor Defaults and Suretyship Made Simple”, August, 1977
• B. Warren Hart Memorial Lecture – “Seven Steps to Resolving Construction Contract Claims – Determine the Rights and Obligations of the Surety”, June, 1983
• Panelist – Construction Litigation Program, ABA Annual Meeting, August, 1988
• Practicing Law Institute
• “Construction Default: The Contractors Bond”, 1975
• “Construction Claims: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
• “Construction Contracts: 1984, 1985, 1986
• “Construction Contracts and Litigation”, 1987, 1988, 1989
• Engineering News – Record
• “Construction Claims”, 1977, 1978, 1979
• “Conference on Construction Claims & Disputes for Owners, Architects & Engineers: The Best Defense, The Best Offense”, 1981
• Engineering News – Record, continued:
• “Construction Claims & Disputes for Owners, Developers, Architects & Engineers”, 1982, 1983
• Ohio State University – Ohio Contractors Association
• “Legal Aspects of Construction Contracting” – 1978
• New York Law Journal
• “Construction Litigation” – 1979
• The Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association
• “DRI’s Construction Failures” Insurance and bonding Issues Seminar” – 1986
• National Association of Surety Bond Producers
• Panelist – “Surety Claims” – Joint Regional Meeting, Pheasant Run, IL – August, 1983
• Lecturer – “Contract Surety Claims” – Scottsdale, AZ – December 1986, and Ft. Lauderdale, FL – February, 1987
• Panelist – “The Claims Process” – Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA – April, 1987
• Lecturer – “Contract Suretyship” – Regional Meeting, Galena, IL – August, 1998
• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
• Speaker, August, 1986, and February, 1988
• The Florida Bar
• “Construction Contract Litigation XII” – May, 1988
• Contributing Author:
• 1. “Construction Subcontracting: A Legal Guide for Industry Professionals” Wiley Law Publications, 1991
• 2. “Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law” Wiley Law Publications, 1992
• Ohio Department of Transportation – Conaway Conference 2014, 15

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