Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

About this office:

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in 24 offices. The firm offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, business law and corporate transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, estate planning and taxation matters. Our attorneys provide services to a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include alarm and security services, construction, financial services, health care, hospitality, insurance, lawyers and law firms, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Our clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.

Hinshaw was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

Appellate Practice; Banking & Financing; Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights; Class Actions; Civil Rights Defense; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Construction Law; Director; Officer Liability; Employee Benefits; Environmental Law; Fidelity & Surety; General Liability; Government; Health Care; Insurance Coverage; Insurance; Reinsurance; Labor and Employment; Legal Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Mergers & Acquisitions; Municipal Liability; Personal Injury Defense; Public Law; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Regulatory Law; Real Estate; School Law; Securities; Taxation; Transportation; White Collar Crime; Workers' Compensation Defense.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies What Types of Health Care Facilities Qualify for Property Tax Exemption
Angela M. Rust, July 21, 2011
On July 19, 2011, the Wisconsin Supreme Court released its highly anticipated decision in Covenant Healthcare System, Inc. v. City of Wauwatosa, clarifying the extent to which Wisconsin law provides for property tax exemptions for outpatient hospital departments. The Court held that an outpatient...

Changes Affecting Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Medicare Conditions of Participation Governing Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging
Lisa R. Munch,Angela M. Rust, May 16, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule revising Conditions of Participation (CoPs) regarding the credentialing and privileging of telemedicine providers who deliver services to Medicare hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs). These changes permit...

Companies Doing Any Business in Wisconsin Subject to New Law Regulating Automatic Renewal Clauses in Business Contracts
Dennis L. Simon,Gina M. Vollmer, April 1, 2011
Companies that do any business in Wisconsin should be mindful of a recently passed statute, Wis. Stat. § 134.49, so as to ensure compliance with its provisions. Section 134.49 creates new requirements applicable to the automatic renewal or extension of a wide range of business-to-business...

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