Alan R. Lipton
Alan Lipton is an experienced trial lawyer and mediator. He maintains a multi-state, broad-spectrum litigation practice that includes primarily complex litigation, commercial litigation, intellectual property and professional liability, as well as tort and personal injury litigation.
For more than a decade, the focus of Mr. Lipton’s practice has been on intellectual property litigation and transactions, including work in the areas of trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights and patents. He also provides counseling and advice, and works on complex electronic discovery issues.
Throughout his career, Mr. Lipton has represented an array of clients, including authors, publishers, accountants, attorneys, banks, credit unions, chemical distributors, environmental remediation companies, insurers, paramedics, pharmaceutical companies, real estate management companies, trucking companies and other commercial entities, in matters as varied as hazardous waste and toxic tort litigation; patent, trademark and copyright litigation and transactional matters; trade secret litigation; personal injury litigation; professional malpractice matters; construction litigation; fire cases; employment discrimination and civil rights litigation.
Mr. Lipton has tried more than 100 jury trials to verdict both as a former district attorney and as a civil litigator. He has also served as a judge pro tem of the San Francisco County Municipal Court. Mr. Lipton joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in April 1997.
He is Leader of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Rapid Response Team and a past co-leader of Hinshaw’s Intellectual Property Practice Group.
He is a member of The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, The Defense Research Institute and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the California Bar Association and the Indiana Bar Association.
Mr. Lipton has been recognized by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the categories of Toxic Tort Defense Law, Commercial Litigation, and Personal Injury Defense Law: General, Products Liability and Professional Malpractice.
In the Fall of 2005, Mr. Lipton completed intensive training in mediation from the faculty of Pepperdine University School of Law’s top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Mr. Lipton has addressed the Hazardous Waste Super Conference on the prosecution and defense of hazardous substance property damage matters. He also presents a course for continuing legal education credit on the professional duties and responsibilities of attorneys.