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 Holds Breach of Contract Claim Not Prerequisite for First-Party Bad Faith Claim
Thomas R. Schrimpf, July 18, 2011
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently held that an insured may file a bad faith claim without also filing a breach of contract claim; however, some breach of contract is a fundamental prerequisite for a first-party bad faith claim against an insurer. Brethorst v. Allstate Property & Casualty...

Wisconsin Rejects Medical Monitoring Requests, Holds Toxic Tort Claims Cannot Arise out of Increased Risk of Cancer
Steven M. DeVougas,Craig T. Liljestrand,Thomas R. Schrimpf, June 27, 2011
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals recently rejected a medical monitoring claim, holding that “[i]ncreased risk of future harm is not an actual injury under Wisconsin law.” Alsteen v. Wauleco, Appeal No. 2010AP1643, 2011 WL 2314988, (Wis. App. June 14, 2011).

New Wisconsin Law in Toxic Tort Litigation
Melissa J. Lauritch,Craig T. Liljestrand, April 21, 2011
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently signed into law a tort reform bill that extensively modifies civil cases in Wisconsin, including toxic tort litigation. The legislation applies to lawsuits filed after February 1, 2011.

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