Contact Info

Daniel P. Slayden
Partner

14 West Cass Street
3rd Floor

Joliet, IL 60432

815-740-5004 Phone
815-726-0353 Fax

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Practice Areas

Education

J.D., Southern Illinois University College of Law, 1987

B.A., Elmhurst College, 1984

Bar Admissions

1987, Illinois

Courts

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois 1987
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit 1988

Daniel P. Slayden

Practice Focus

Daniel P. Slayden focuses the majority of his litigation work in the area of medical malpractice. He also has a practice concentration in personal injury litigation.

Professional Background

Mr. Slayden joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in June 1989. He is the Partner-in-Charge of the Joliet office and is the Leader of the firm’s Medical Litigation Practice Group. Before joining the firm, he was an Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County, practicing civil rights litigation in the Northern District of Illinois.

Mr. Slayden is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Will County Bar Association. He has been rated by Martindale-Hubbell for ethics and legal ability. Mr. Slayden is also a member of the Leading Lawyers Network, where he was selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the areas of Medical Malpractice Defense Law and Personal Injury Defense Law (General).

Publications and Presentations

Mr. Slayden has spoken on medical malpractice and related topics at seminars held by a number of client hospitals. Examples of his presentations include:

“Principles of Informed Consent,” St. Joseph Medical Center, Nursing Quality Assurance Program, April 1991.
“Product Liability, Confidentiality and Privacy Issues,” St. Joseph Medical Center, Nursing Quality Assurance Program, April 1991.