Tressler is proud to be a Bronze Sponsor of the 2026 National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues (FETTI) Conference, which will take place at The Union League Club of Chicago from September 23 to 25. Tressler attorney Linda Bondi Morrison will present “Back to the Future: Recent Developments in Silica-Related Litigation.” Having served on the FETTI board for more than two decades, Linda brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the discussion. Tressler attorney Michael J. DiSantis will also be in attendance, as he currently serves as the secretary of FETTI. We look forward to an insightful three-day event!

Each year, FETTI convenes in the Chicago area to host a world-class seminar on a broad range of environmental issues. At the seminar, nationally recognized speakers offer informative programs to enhance members’ understanding of the ever-changing environmental and toxic tort issues they face in their professions.

About Linda’s Presentation

When: 
Friday, September 25, 2026, from 8:00 am CT to 9:00 am CT

Where: 
The Union League Club of Chicago
65 W Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL, 60604

Attendees will learn about the resurgence of silica-related bodily injury claims from exposure to fabricated stone, key policy provisions, and recent cases and rulings.

Click Here to Learn More and Register for the 32nd Annual Conference.

About FETTI

FETTI is designed to provide environmental insurance industry professionals with updates and education on the latest trends associated with environmental and toxic tort issues. FETTI’s audience generally consists of insurance professionals, attorneys, and supporting consultants. Learn more: www.fetti.org/conference.

About Linda Bondi Morrison

Linda Bondi Morrison is the Managing Partner of Tressler’s Orange County, California office. She represents insurance companies in complex litigation and coverage matters involving general and professional liability, excess exposures, and extracontractual liability, including environmental and toxic torts, construction defects, and advertising/personal injury. Linda has over 30 years of experience representing insurers in environmental and toxic tort matters in some of the largest and most complex cases nationwide. She has extensive experience in matters involving complex insurance programs and the allocation and coverage challenges they present. Linda has represented clients as trial counsel in a number of significant, complex matters in California and across the country. She was a member of the FETTI board for over two decades. Linda regularly speaks at national conferences and is an elected fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel.

About Michael J. DiSantis

Michael J. DiSantis serves as the Secretary of FETTI. Michael is a partner in the Insurance and Litigation Practice Groups and practices in Tressler’s Pittsburgh office, which he opened in 2016. Michael focuses his practice in the areas of insurance coverage analysis and insurance coverage litigation, assisting insurance companies in resolving complex disputes. He has represented insurance companies in litigated coverage and bad faith cases in federal and state courts throughout the country. Michael has experience in evaluating coverage in claims arising out of environmental risks, toxic torts, and asbestos, and has spoken about modern environmental impairment insurance at the FETTI Conference.

About Tressler LLP

Headquartered in Chicago, with ten offices located in six states, Tressler LLP is a national law firm comprised primarily of attorneys who devote their practice to the representation of the insurance industry in coverage analysis and resolution, litigation, underwriting consultation, product development, claims management, and reinsurance.

In addition, Tressler has one of the most experienced and multi-faceted government law practices in Illinois, and has attorneys who represent clients in commercial litigation, defense litigation, corporate transactions, employment law and litigation, intellectual property, and condominium and common interest community association law.

For more information, please visit www.tresslerllp.com.