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| | Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Appellate, Banking & Financing, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights, Class Action Litigation, Civil Rights Defense, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Construction Law, Director & Officer Liability, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Fidelity & Surety, General Liability Litigation, Government, Health Care, Insurance Coverage, Insurance and Reinsurance, Labor & Employment, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Municipal Liability, Personal Injury Defense, Public Law, Products Liability Litigation, Professional Liability, Regulatory, Real Estate, School Law, Securities, Taxation, Transportation, White Collar Crime and Workers' Compensation Defense. | | Year Established: 1934 | Firm Profile:
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with 475 lawyers in 25 offices. The firm offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, corporate and business law, environmental, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, and wealth preservation and taxation matters. The firm provides services to a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include construction, financial services, health care, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Firm clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.Hinshaw was founded in 1934. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, and maintains offices in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. | | Firm Size: 475 |
Other Office Locations of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
Belleville, Illinois, U.S.A.
Crystal Lake, Illinois, U.S.A.
Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S.A.
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.A.
Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A.
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.A.
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
Schererville, Indiana, U.S.A.
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS | | Christopher J. Borders (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Political Science, high honors, 1985); University of California, Davis, Martin Luther King School of Law (J.D., 1988). Past Secretary, Intellectual Property Committee, Association of Corporate Counsel. Past Member, Law Committee, Promotion Marketing Association. Member, Intellectual Property Section, State Bar of California. Member, Litigation Section, State Bar of California. Member, Insurance Committee, Defense Research Insitute. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Defense(25%, 3); Professional Liability Defense(25%, 4); Construction Defects(5%, 3); Insurance Bad Faith Defense(5%, 1); Intellectual Property(40%, 7). Email: Christopher J. Borders | | Cassidy E. Chivers (Partner) born Fremont, California, October 13, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: California State University at Chico (B.A., with honors, 1995); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Architects and Engineers Liability; Design Professionals Liability. Email: Cassidy E. Chivers | | Kevin L. Cifarelli (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, October 16, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., Law & Society with Criminal Justice emphasis, 1994); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1997). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Entertainment Law. Member: San Francisco and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Legal Malpractice Defense; Accountants Liability; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Insurance Coverage Defense; Construction Litigation. Email: Kevin L. Cifarelli | | David I. Dalby (Partner) born Lafayette, Indiana, September 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 1995, Colorado and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Ball State University (B.S., 1979); Fordham University (M.A., 1981); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1984). Presenter: "Recent Professional Liability Insurance Coverage Case Developments," Mid-Year Meeting of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (ARPL), San Antonio Texas, February 2004; "Recent Developments In Lawyers' Professional Liability," The Lawyers' Club of San Francisco, September 1999; "Vicarious Liability and Limited Liability Partnerships - Minimizing Personal Exposure For The Errors Of Others," The Lawyers' Club of San Francisco, May 1996. Panelist: "California State Auto. Assn. v. Parichan: Transactional Legal Malpractice," Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California & Nevada, August 2001; "How Not To Get Sued For What Someone Else Didn't Do: Malpractice and Ethical Problems Arising When Lawyers Practice Together," Contra Costa County Bar Association, M.C.L.E. Spectacular, November 1995. Co-Author: "Corporate Directors and Officers Liability, Insurance and Risk Management," Executive Enterprises Publications Co., Inc., 1989. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; Colorado Bar Association. Reported Cases: Bugna v. Fike (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 229 95 Cal.Rptr.2d 161; Winding Creek v. McGlashen (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 933 52 Cal.Rptr.2d 236; Holden v. Hagopian (9th Cir. 1992) 978 F.2d 1115. Practice Areas: Attorneys Professional Liability; Insurance Litigation and Coverage; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law and Litigation. Email: David I. Dalby | | Ronald E. Mallen (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1967, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1983, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Stanford University (B.S. in Ch.E., 1964); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif. Member, Thurston Society (President, 1966-1967). Assistant Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 1966-1967. Author: "Legal Malpractice," West Publishing 4th Ed. 1996; "Preventing Legal Malpractice," West Publishing 2d Edition, 1996. Research Attorney to Raymond E. Peters, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, 1967-1968. Faculty Member and Member, Board of Directors, Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 1977-1982. Arbitrator and pro tem Judge, San Francisco Superior Court. Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," 1994—. Super Lawyers. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; The State Bar of California (Member, Client Protection Board, 1977-1978); American Bar Association (Member: Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability, 1991-1998, Chair, 1995-1998; Standing Committee on Lawyer Competence, 1986-1991; Member, Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability, 1976-1986, Chairman, 1982-1985; Consortium on Professional Competence, 1983-1985; Editorial Board, ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual on Professional Conduct, 1984— (Chair, 1995); Section of Tort and Insurance Practice; Arrangements Chairman, 1981-1982, Membership Chairman, 1980-1981 and Chairman, 1978-1979, Committee on Professional and 'Officers' & 'Directors' Liability Law, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability, 1991—); International Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel (Chairman, 1981-1983; Member: Legal Malpractice Committee, 1976—; Special Committee on Defense Counsel Practice Management, 1988-1992); California Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Chairman, Lawyers Professional Liability Committee, 1981-1984). American Bar Foundation; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice Defense; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Legal Malpractice Insurance Coverage; Insurance Policy Drafting and Construction. Email: Ronald E. Mallen | | Anne D. O'Niell (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana (inactive); 1985, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); Tulane University (J.D. cum laude, 1982). Author: "Significant Developments in Environmental Insurance Coverage Litigation," Practising Law Inst., A4-477, 1995. Co-Author: "Selected Insurance Coverage Issues In Construction Defect Litigation In California And Nevada," Hinshaw & Culbertson publication, 2004. Member: San Francisco County and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of California; DRI. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Litigation; Bad Faith; Insurance Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions Litigation; ADR/Mediation. Email: Anne D. O'Niell | | Robert J. Romero (Partner) born Alameda, California, February 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Education: California State University at Sacramento (B.A., Government, 1985); University of California School of Law, King Hall, Davis (J.D., 1988). Editor, Legal Malpractice: The Law Office Guide to Purchasing Legal Malpractice Insurance 1995-1999 Editions, West Publishing. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Executive Committee, Insurance Practice Section), Napa County Bar Association; State Bar of California; San Francisco Court Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Counsel; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Agent and Broker Errors and Omissions Liability. Email: Robert J. Romero | | Paul E. Vallone (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, September 27, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, California; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1986); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Alperin v. Vatican Bank, 242 F.Supp.2d 686, (N.D.Cal.2003). Bartoni-Corsi Produce, Inc. v. Wells Fargo Bank (9th Cir. 1997) 130 F.3d 857. Bugna v. Fife, 80 Cal.App.4th 229, 95 Cal.Rptr.2d 161 (2000). California State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Parichan, Renberg, Crossman & Harvey, 84 Cal.App.4th 702, 101 Cal.Rptr.2d 72 (2000). Coscia v. McKenna & Cuneo, 25 Cal.4th 1194, 108 Cal.Rptr.2d 471, 25 P.3d 670 (2001). Knapp v. Doherty, 123 Cal.App.4th 76, 20 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (2004). Roberts v. Sentry Life Insurance Co., 76 Cal.App.4th 375, 90 Cal.Rptr.2d 408 (1999). Sewald v. Pyatt & Silvestri, Chtd, 161 F.Supp.2d 1074, (N.D.Cal.2001). Viner v. Sweet, 30 Cal.4th 1232, 135 Cal.Rptr.2d 629, 70 P.3d 1046 (2003). Walker v. Ace American Ins. Co., 121 Cal.App.4th 1017, 18 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (2004). Wilson v. Parker, Covert & Chidester, 28 Cal.4th 811, 123 Cal.Rptr.2d 19, 50 P.3d 733 (2002). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Professional Liability; Banking Law; Finance; Appellate Practice; Fidelity and Surety; Directors and Officers Liability. Email: Paul E. Vallone | | David L. Winnett (Partner) born Alton, Illinois, May 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois; 2002, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1992); Southern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Author: "Law Firm Not Allowed to Withdraw Despite a Concurrent Representation Conflict," Lawyers for the Profession Alert, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP website, May 2004; "Legal Malpractice Plaintiffs' Claims Fail When Unable to Show More Favorable Result 'But For' Transactional Malpractice," Lawyers for the Profession Alert, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP website, May 2004; "Accused Patent Infringer's Invocation of Attorney-Client Privilege Does Not Lead to Inference that Legal Opinion was Unfavorable," Lawyers for the Profession Alert, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP website, November 9, 2004; "Proof of Actual Innocence Not Required to Establish Legal Malpractice for Allowing Convicted Client to Serve Prison Sentence Longer than Court was Authorized to Impose," Lawyers for the Profession Alert, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP website, March 25, 2005; "Plaintiffs Entitled to Spoliation Instruction Against Defendant — Attorney Who Did Not Destroy Evidence But Concealed Dismissal of Underlying Case for Nine Years," Lawyers for the Profession Alert, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP website, April 25, 2006; "Law Firms Disqualified for Inducing Consultant to Violate Duties in Loyalty and Confidentiality to Former Client," Lawyers for the Profession Alert, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP website, June 15, 2006. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Legal Malpractice Defense; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; General Liability Defense; Products Liability Defense. Email: David L. Winnett | | Bradley M. Zamczyk (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, June 12, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1985); Santa Clara University ( J.D., 1990). Recipient, Santa Clara University School of Law Merit Scholarship. Member: San Francisco County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Vandenberg v. Centennial Ins. Co., 21 Cal.4th 815 (1999). Practice Areas: Professional Liability Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions Liability Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Environmental Litigation. Email: Bradley M. Zamczyk | | ASSOCIATES | | Kendra L. Basner (Associate) born West Chester, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Duke University (B.A., History and Psychology, 1999); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Assistant Attorney General, Delaware Attorney General's Office, 2004-2006. Volunteer, Consumer Advocate Program. Author, "DE Consumer Fraud Handbook." Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; San Francisco Bar Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Design Professionals Liability; Architects and Engineers Liability; Legal Malpractice Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense. Email: Kendra L. Basner | | Joanna Braynin (Associate) born Belarus, May 24, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., Provost's Honors, Political Science, 2002); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Staff Member, University of San Francisco Law Review. Member, McAuliffe Honor Society. Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence, Wills and Trusts. Faculty Scholar. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Queen's Bench Bar Association of the San Francisco Bay Area. Languages: Russian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Professional Liability Defense; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense; Insurance Agents and Brokers Defense; Insurance Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Joanna Braynin | | Jill M. Buresh (Associate) born Fresno, California, February 9, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, 2000); University of Southern California Law School (J.D., 2003). Senior Editor, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, 2002-2003. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Legal Malpractice Defense. Email: Jill M. Buresh | | Kara E. Farmer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of Paris, La Sorbonne, Paris, France (Certificat de Langue Francais, Niveau Moyen, 2000); University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Political Science, with honors, 2001); University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall) (J.D., Public Interest Law Graduate, 2004). Publication: "Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy," Winter 2001 and Summer 2002. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Barrister's Club of San Francisco; Queen's Bench Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Insurance Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense; Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions; Design Professionals Errors and Omissions; Legal Malpractice Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense. Email: Kara E. Farmer | | Casey A. Hatton (Associate) born Newport Beach, California, September 27, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., highest honors, American Studies and honors, Merrill College, 2000); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Casey A. Hatton | | Shannon M. Hill (Associate) born February 18, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: Arizona State University (B.A., with honors,1999); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2003). Judicial Intern, The Honorable Judge Thelton E. Henderson, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Investigative Aide, Office of the District Attorney, San Diego, California. Member, Surfrider Foundation. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Litigation; Professional Liability; Professional Liability Litigation; Insurance Coverage Defense. Email: Shannon M. Hill | | Erica Teagarden (Associate) born Durham, North Carolina, March 28, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, California; 2007, New York. Education: Duke University (B.A., Public Policy Studies, 2001); University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2005). Staff Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 2003-2005. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Directors and Officers Errors and Omissions; Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Commercial Insurance Defense. Email: Erica Teagarden | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Joseph J. De Hope, Jr. (Senior Counsel) born Paterson, New Jersey, November 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 1973); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1977). Member: American Bar Association (Member: Torts and Insurance Practice Committee; Property Insurance Law Committee; Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; Fidelity and Surety Law Committee); State Bar of California (Member, Administration of Justice Committee, Northern Section, 2006-2009); The Bar Association of San Francisco. Reported Cases: Phelps v. Allstate Insurance Co., 106 CA App. 3d 752, 1980; Commercial Union Insurance v. Ford Motor Co., 640 F 2d, 210 C.A. 9 Cal. 1981; Kouba v. Allstate Insurance Company 523 F. Supp. 148 E.D. Cal. 1981; Carr v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company 152 Cal. App. 3d 881 1984; Dilts v. Cantua Elementary School District 189 Cal. App. 3d 27 1987. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation; Property Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Joseph J. De Hope, Jr. | | Merle J. Panick (Senior Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, April 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1986, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1968); Harvard University (M.A., 1972); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1985). Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1968-1970. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability; Insurance Coverage. Email: Merle J. Panick | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Other Office Locations: Chicago, Illinois; Appleton, Wisconsin; Belleville, Illinois; Boston, Massachusetts; Crystal Lake, Illinois; Edwardsville, Illinois; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; Joliet, Illinois; Lisle, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York, New York; Peoria, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; Providence, Rhode Island; Rockford, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Schererville, Indiana; Springfield, Illinois; Tampa, Florida.
| (For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Chicago, Illinois) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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