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.

Illinois Now Allows Separate QTIP Marital Trust Election in 2009
Stephen A. Frost, September 30, 2009
If you are married and reside in Illinois, this alert will be of interest to you. Although $3.5 million can be transferred tax-free for federal estate tax purposes, in 2009 Illinois allows only $2 million to be transferred tax-free. For married couples, this means that some Illinois estate taxes...

Recognizing and Avoiding Family Limited Partnership Flops
Stephen A. Frost, June 5, 2009
Family limited partnerships (FLPs) have been popular for more than a decade. However, despite having previously issued technical advice memoranda to the contrary, the IRS has successfully challenged the taxation of FLP interests under Section 2036 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended...

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