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.

FDIC Adopts Final Rule Requiring Institutions to Prepay More than Three Years of Assessments
Brian L. Goins, Michael D. Morehead, Timothy M. Sullivan, November 25, 2009
On November 12, 2009, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) amended its regulations to require insured institutions to prepay their estimated quarterly risk-based assessments for the fourth quarter of 2009 and for all of 2010-2012 (the prepayment period). This prepaid assessment will be...

Financial Regulators Issue Commercial Real Estate Workout Guidance
Brian L. Goins, Michael D. Morehead, Timothy M. Sullivan, November 25, 2009
On October 30, 2009, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) adopted a policy statement regarding “Prudent Commercial Real Estate Loan Workouts.” This policy statement recognizes that loan workout strategies related to commercial real estate (CRE) loans are of...

Illinois Passes Act Allowing "Convenience Deposit Accounts"
Michael D. Morehead, October 15, 2009
An individual owner of a deposit account commonly names a joint tenant on the account as an accommodation to the individual owner. However, doing so can create confusion and conflict related to the account's ownership upon the death of the account creator. On August 4, 2009, Illinois enacted the...

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