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, 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.

Marital Trust Allocation Formula in Wills or Trusts May Need to Be Updated Now
Stephen A. Frost,Marcia L. Mueller, December 14, 2011
The decoupling of the Illinois estate tax from the federal estate tax creates significant complexities in the estate plans of married couples residing in Illinois. Historically, married couples in Illinois used A/B trust provisions to insure that no estate taxes would be due on the death of the...

What Will the Federal Estate Tax Look Like in 2013?
Stephen A. Frost,David K. Ranich, December 14, 2011
Unless Congress takes additional action, the federal estate tax provisions in 2013 will automatically revert to the provisions as they existed in 2001, which could negatively affect taxpayers.

Illinois Education Reforms to Significantly Impact Collective Bargaining Between Teachers and Schools
Anthony Ficarelli, July 26, 2011
On June 13, 2011, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law SB 7 (Public Act 097-0008) (the “Act”), the most sweeping education reform package that Illinois has seen in many years. The Act amends a section of the Illinois Pension Code, numerous sections of the state School Code, and...

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