Dawn A. Sallerson

Ms. Sallerson is the Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Belleville, Illinois and Edwardsville, Illinois offices. She is also the Midwest Region, Belleville office Mentor Coordinator and serves as the Belleville office chair of continuing legal education programs. Ms. Sallerson also serves as Chair and Investigating Member of Hinshaw's Sexual and Unlawful Harassment Committee. She also serves on the firm's Attorney Evaluation Committee. Ms. Sallerson's background includes Kappa Gamma Pi. U.S. District Court Rules Committee, U.S. District Court Magistrate Selection Panel. Speaker: "Your Deposition, Preparation and Examination: Defense of Company Procedures," 1994; "Limitations of Actions in Medical Malpractice Claims"; "Illinois Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Provisions"; "Illinois Tort Reform, The Practical Effects," 1995; "Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, New Provisions, and the Impact Upon Claim Handling"; "Major Provisions and Immunities in the Illinois Tort Immunity Act," 1996; "Jury Instructions, Their Use and Effect, Under the Tort Reform Act"; "Significant Recent Decisions Impacting the Tort Immunity Act"; "Impact of Unconstitutionality of the Tort Reform Act"; "The Future of Tort Reform," 1997; "Municipal Immunities"; "Petrillo Violations," 1998; "Discovery and Investigation in Tort Actions," 2000; "Settlement/Release Protection"; "Pleadings: A Practitioner's View"; "Pleading Issues in Tort Defense," 2002; "Spoliation of Evidence," 2004; "Responsive Pleadings," 2005; "Considerations in Third Party Actions"; "Managing Litigation"; "Civil Defense Practices"; "Defense Issues in Avoiding Breast and Reproductive Cancer Diagnoses Failures," 2006; "Illinois Civil Procedure: Local Court Practices," 2007; "Loss of Chance: The Illinois Perspective," 2009. (Also at Belleville, Illinois Office)