Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP's Edwardsville office was established in 2005 to better serve the firm's clients in Central and Southern Illinois. The Edwardsville office is located in Madison County, which has long been the venue of choice for asbestos and other mass toxic tort cases filed by plaintiff lawyers from around the country. Many of the attorneys in the Edwardsville office also practice in Hinshaw's Belleville, Illinois, office. They are highly experienced litigators who have successfully defended clients against asbestos class actions, commercial law class actions and other mass toxic tort claims. In addition, the Edwardsville attorneys are skilled in the areas of commercial contract disputes, products liability claims, medical malpractice and other professional malpractice claims, transportation claims, civil rights and labor and employment claims, real estate litigation and all types of catastrophic losses and personal injury cases.