Dan L. Boho

Practice Focus
Dan Boho has a national trial and mediation practice with verdicts in Illinois, California, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and appearances as pro hac vice counsel in 18 states. Mr. Boho is a Fellow and State Vice Chair of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and handles high profile, media-intensive matters. He serves on a pro bono basis as the General Counsel of the 21,000 member Chicago Bar Association and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.

Crain's Chicago Business featured Mr. Boho as one of six lawyers honored as Chicago's best lawyers in, "Chicago's Best, on the record."
Representative Cases
Mr. Boho represents a producer of the Sugarland concert in the Indiana State Fair stage collapse litigation, in which seven people died and more than 40 were injured.

Mr. Boho represented the building management in litigation arising from the Cook County Headquarters fire in which six people died and 16 were injured. The Governor of Illinois and the President of the Cook County Board appointed commissions headed by the former director of FEMA and the former counsel to President Clinton, respectively, to study this fire.

Mr. Boho successfully defended the East Bank Club in a personal injury case involving a plaintiff with an incomplete quadriplegic injury. The jury reached a no liability verdict in favor of the East Bank Club where the plaintiff had asked for $16,500,000.

Mr. Boho represented the fire alarm monitoring company in the $140,000,000 John Deere warehouse fire in Davenport, Iowa.

Mr. Boho represented building ownership in the high-profile Hancock scaffold litigation involving three deaths and numerous injuries.

Mr. Boho represented LaSalle Bank in the major highrise fire at LaSalle Bank’s headquarters.

Mr. Boho represented a media conglomerate in an alleged sexual assault case arising from a radio station “date” promotion. The case was followed nationally by CNN, Fox and Inside Edition.

Mr. Boho represented a 13-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted at the United States Air Force Academy while attending a summer camp sponsored by the Air Force. This matter was a part of the cadet scandal at the Air Force Academy and Mr. Boho's case and client were profiled on "20/20" and discussed in a front page article in The New York Times Sunday edition.
Professional Background
Mr. Boho joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in May 1977. He is a 24-year member of Hinshaw's Executive Committee, and is the Leader of the firm’s Defense Litigation Department.

He has been recognized by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Defense Law and Products Liability. In addition, Mr. Boho holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability. Mr. Boho is also a board member of the national Client Advisory Board for LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Boho has been named to the Super Lawyer list in the area of Business Litigation by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine. He is listed in "Who’s Who in American Law," "Who’s Who in America" and "Who’s Who in the World."

Mr. Boho has been a member of the Advocates Society, Defense Research Institute, Council on Litigation Management and the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. In addition, he has served as:
  • State Vice Chair, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • General Counsel and Board of Managers, Chicago Bar Association
  • General Counsel, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
  • Secretary and Board of Directors, Society of Trial Lawyers
  • Chair, Commercial Litigation Section, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
  • Board of Directors, Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
  • President, Trial Lawyer's Club of Chicago
  • Justice (President), Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
  • General Assembly Delegate, Illinois State Bar Association
Publications and Presentations
Mr. Boho is a co-author of "Winning Legal Strategies for Alternative Dispute Resolution: ADR Best Practices for Arbitration, Mediation, and Contract Resolution," which is part of the Inside the Minds™ series, published by Aspatore Books in 2006. He is also the author of a National Litigation Case Study published in a treatise by West Publishing and sponsored by the American Corporate Counsel Association entitled, "Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel." In addition, Mr. Boho is a Key Author in West Publishing’s Key Author Program.

He has been quoted on high profile litigation and legal management issues in the National Law Journal, Inside Litigation and The Chicago Lawyer. Mr. Boho has appeared on ABC television on the resolution of tort matters, and on CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox on pending cases.

Mr. Boho was one of the attorneys in the Chicago Bar Association’s seminar, “Trial Superstars on Presenting Your Case: Winning Over the Court, The Jury and The Media.”
Community Service Activities
Mr. Boho's community service activities have included:
  • Chairman of the Board of the Polish American Association, a Chicago-based, community service, not-for-profit organization.
  • Board of Directors, Heartland Alliance: Travelers and Immigrants Aid
  • Board of Governors; Board of Directors, Japan American Society