Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

About this office:

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with more than 460 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, legal, 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, 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.

Employer Held Liable for Single Failure to Accommodate, Despite Consistent Prior Accommodations
Amy K. Jensen, Clint D. Robison, October 28, 2009
The importance of reasonable accommodations and the interactive process was highlighted last week in A.M. v. Albertsons LLC, a case recently decided by the California Court of Appeals. The case involved a checkstand cashier who was diagnosed with cancer of the tonsils and larynx. She was ultimately...

Employer Held Liable for Single Failure to Accommodate, Despite Consistent Prior Accommodations
Amy K. Jensen, October 26, 2009
The importance of reasonable accommodations and the interactive process was highlighted last week in A.M. v. Albertsons LLC, a case recently decided by the California Court of Appeals. The case involved a checkstand cashier who was diagnosed with cancer of the tonsils and larynx. She was ultimately...

California Law Does Not Prohibit Shift Supervisors' Sharing of Tips
Amy K. Jensen, July 10, 2009
A class of 10,000 baristas filed suit against their employer, a coffee giant, claiming that it violated California law by distributing parts of the tips collected in tip jars at California locations to shift supervisors. The employees alleged that the California Labor Code prohibits tip pooling...

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