Patrick J. Wielinski

Patrick J. Wielinski (Chapter 3) is a principal in the law firm of Cokinos Young in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. He practices in the areas of construction, insurance coverage, and risk management. Mr. Wielinski is past chair of the Insurance Law Secton of the State Bar of Texas. He regularly lectures to construction, insurance, and legal groups on insurance coverage and risk management issues, including the Forum on the Construction Industry and the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Section of Litigation of the ABA. He is the author of Insurance for Defective Construction, 2nd edition and has authored numerous other publications for insurance, construction, and legal organizations. He is also the coauthor of Contractual Risk Transfer: Strategies for Contractual Indemnity and Insurance Provisions. Mr. Wielinski is a member of the AGC of America Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management Committee and monitors the status of the law and the filing of amicus curiae briefs in cases involving insurance coverage affecting the construction industry.