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.