Theodore A. Boundas Executive Principal CHICAGO | LONDON	200 E. Randolph Dr., Suite 7200 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: (312) 946-4210 Fax: (312) 946-4272 Email: tboundas@bswb.com click here to download vCard
Theodore A. Boundas has spent more than 25 years specializing in the fields of directors and officers, financial institutions and professional liability insurance. Throughout his practice, Ted has spoken frequently on professional liability and directors and officers insurance issues at conferences throughout the United States, as well as at international conferences in London, Tokyo, Bangkok and Manila. He also has served as the Chair of the American Bar Association Subcommittee on Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage Litigation. Ted authored Directors' and Officers' Insurance: A Digest of Cases (4th Edition, 1995), as well as several articles in publications such as the Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Japan Insurance News and Review of Financial Services Regulation. Ted recently co-authored with Teri Lee Ferro a chapter in the new book, The ART of Risk Management, by Christopher L. Culp. The book, published by Wiley Finance, focuses on alternative risk transfer, capital structure and the convergence of insurance and capital markets. The chapter addresses the convergence of insurance and investment banking in connection with Representations and Warranties Insurance and other insurance products designed to facilitate corporate transactions.	Practice Areas Insurance Coverage Litigation Regulatory Consulting Underwriting Consulting

Admissions

Illinois, 1964

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1964

U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1988

U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1973

Illinois Supreme Court, 1964

New York State Court, 1993


Education

J.D., Harvard University, 1964

B.A., Villanova University, 1961


Honors / Associations

American Bar Association

International Bar Association

Illinois Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

Asia Pacific Lawyers Association


Publications

Spoke on "Lloyds and the London Insurance Markets," at the Practicing Law Institute, April 1999

Delivered "Handling the Complex D & O Claims Involving a Sick of Dying Corporate Insured: The Ramifications of Insolvency," at the PLUS International Conference in New York, New York, November 1999

Invited to moderate the PLUS International Conference in Palm Springs, California and spoke on professional liability in Latin America November 1998

Authored Directors' and Officers' Insurance: A Digest of Cases (4th Edition 1995)

"Directors' and Officers' Liability Coverage: Exclusion of Suits by Regulators," 23 Tort & Insurance L.J. 2869 1992 (co-author Robert L. Suomala)

"The U.S. Savings and Loan Rescue: Implications for D & O Insurance and the Liabilities of Directors, Officers and Affiliated Professionals," Part I and Part II, Japan Insurance News (1990)

"Obtaining Insurance for Directors and Officers," Review of Financial Services Regulation (1986)

Distinctions

Ted has been recognized as an expert practitioner in Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers. The Expert Guide series recognizes top practitioners in their field and is distributed throughout the insurance, reinsurance, and legal community. (2006)

Plus1 Award - Ted was recognized with the prestigious Plus1 Award by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) . The Plus1 Award is presented to a person whose efforts have contributed substantially to the advancement and the image of the professional liability industry. Read more (2005)

AV Rated - Ted is very proud of having earned an AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating. Ted has had that honor for over 18 years.