Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

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.

Agreement on Dollar Amount Alone Not Enough for Binding Malpractice Settlement
July 1, 2009
A legal malpractice settlement agreement was not enforceable because the parties only agreed to one material term, the dollar amount, and did not exhibit sufficient intent to be bound by this agreement.

Arbitrators May Have Inherent Powers That Go Beyond Expressly Conferred Powers
July 1, 2009
The Second Circuit held that an arbitration panel did not exceed its power by awarding attorney fees for bad faith conduct, even though the underlying contract called for the parties to pay their own fees.

Court Declines to Meddle With Fee Sharing Agreement despite Unequal Sharing of Workload
July 1, 2009
In a fee sharing dispute between a referring attorney and the attorney to whom he referred the case, the referring attorney was entitled to a share of an enhanced fee award even though the enhancement was primarily attributable to the work performed by the latter attorney.