Kevin Sido has practiced for more than 34 years in litigation and as transactional counsel for design/construction professionals, condominium directors and officers, lawyers, real estate professionals and school officials. His practice has also included insurance coverage analysis and policy drafting as well as broad aspects of a civil trial practice. Mr. Sido applies his extensive experience as a trial lawyer to the counseling and transactional needs of his clients.

In addition, Mr. Sido has a significant background in alternative dispute resolution. He is a mediator and former arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. He serves on the Panel of Construction Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Sido has authored amicus curiae briefs on behalf of architect and engineer organizations including AIA Illinois, SEAOI, ISPE, ACEC Illinois and IPLSA in appeals concerning the economic loss doctrine, qualifications based selection laws, construction statutes and other matters.  Mr. Sido joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in May 1975. Following 12 years of service on the firm’s Executive Committee, Mr. Sido headed for more than 20 years a litigation section in the Chicago office.

Mr. Sido holds affiliate memberships with the American Institute of Architects-Illinois Council. He was a recipient of their President's Honor Award in March 2005. Mr. Sido is also an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois. He has been a member of the Illinois Association of Condominium, Townhouse & Homeowners Association. Additional professional memberships include the American Bar Association (including its Forum on the Construction Industry), the Illinois State Bar Association, as well as the Appellate Lawyers Association, the Society of Trial Lawyers, the International Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Defense Research Institute.

Mr. Sido is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network, where he was selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the categories of Construction Law and ADR Law: Commercial Real Estate, Environmental & Construction. He was profiled in the Real Estate, Construction & Environmental Edition of Leading Lawyers Network Magazine, published in January 2008.

Since 2006, Mr. Sido has been named annually to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Construction Litigation, by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine. In 2005 he was included on the Super Lawyers list in Business Litigation.

In the Fall of 2005, Mr. Sido completed intensive training in mediation from the faculty of Pepperdine University School of Law’s top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, and is a Certified Mediator in the Cook County Court-Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program. In 2009 he became a member of the Mediator Panel of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Mr. Sido is the editor of "Architect and Engineer Liability, Claims Against Design Professionals," third edition, published by Aspen in 2006. He regularly writes for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, including authorship of chapters with revisions and supplements on pleading, contribution and indemnity, and condominium litigation. Mr. Sido has also written chapters for a number of books on civil practice and construction law, including:

• “Illinois Law,” "State-By-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims," M. Dodd & J. Findlay, editors, Aspen, 2006.
• “Illinois Design-Build Laws,” "The Design-Build Process: A Guide to Licensing and Procurement Requirements in the 50 States and Canada," J.R. Heisse II, Editor, American Bar Association Forum on Construction, third edition, 2004.
• “Workers’ Injuries,” "Construction Law," S. Stein, editor, Matthew Bender, 2001.
•   “Illinois Law,” "Admissibility of Expert Testimony, A State-by-State Compendium," Defense Research Institute, 1996.
• “Bases of Architects' and Engineers' Liability, an Overview,” "Architect and Engineer Liability," R.F. Cushman and G.C. Hedemann, editors, second edition, Wiley,1995; “Expert Consultants and Witnesses,” co-author with T.M. Crisham.

Mr. Sido has also written numerous articles on litigation and construction topics in AIA Illinois News, Engineering Times and Professional Engineer, as well as in other publications. He contributes to the “Management Practices” column of Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and has written articles on school law and also real estate broker liability and litigation. His articles include:

• “What Owners Need to Know About QBS,” Professional Engineer, June 2006.
• “Mediation and Arbitration: What you Need to Know,” Management Practices column, Consulting-Specifying Engineer, December 2005.
• "Litigation Involving Students With Handicaps", with P.R. King, Trial, Volume 25, No. 8, August 1989.
• "Monetary Remedies Under the Education For All Handicapped Children Act: Toward a New Civil Rights Act?" with P.R. King, 23 ABA Tort & Insurance Law Journal, 711-743, 1988.

Mr. Sido has frequently made presentations and lectures on litigation practice and construction law. He has been a lecturer and participant in professional meetings under the auspices of the American Institute of Architects, National Society of Professional Engineers and American Consulting Engineers Council, as well as the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. His presentations include:

• “Current Legal Issues for PEs,” Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, Springfield, Illinois, October 2009.
• “Meeting Standards of Professional Conduct,” and “Complying with Illinois Rules and Regulations on the Practice of Structural Engineering,” Half Moon Seminars’ Legal Issues for Illinois Structural Engineers seminar, Wheaton, Illinois, April 2009.
• “Current Legal Issues for Illinois Structural Engineers,” Structural Engineers Association of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, March 2009.
• “Current Legal Developments for Illinois Structural Engineers,” Structural Engineers Association of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, March 2009.
• “Current Legal Issues for Architects and Engineers,” Hinshaw and Euclid Insurance Agencies Annual Risk Management Review, Hanover Park, Illinois, November 2008.
• “Current Legal Topics Impacting Engineers,” Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, Springfield, Illinois, July 2008.
• “Ethical Challenges in Litigation,” Lorman Education Services seminar “Legal Ethics in Illinois,” Itasca, Illinois, April 2008.
• “Tips for Effective Construction Administration,” Half Moon Seminars’ “Practicing Architecture in Illinois” seminar, Wheaton, Illinois, January 2008.
• “Current Legal Issues for Architects and Engineers,” Euclid Insurance and Hinshaw seminar, Oak Brook, Illinois, October 2006.
• “Participating in Mediation/Arbitration,” “The Architect as Witness” and “Law of Architectural Malpractice,” Half Moon Seminar’s “Legal Issues for Illinois Architects, Wheaton, Illinois, May 2006.
• “Building Defect Litigation,” International Association of Defense Counsel, LaQuinta, California, February 2006.
• “New AIA Design Build Documents: Additional Differences of Note,” Lorman Education Services’ AIA Contracts seminar, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, November 2005.
• “Key Provisions for the Public Owner,” Lorman Education Services’ AIA Contracts seminar, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, November 2005.
• “Particular Provisions of Note of All AIA Documents: A Panel Discussion,” Lorman Education Services’ AIA Contracts seminar, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, November 2005.

Mr. Sido has had extensive community involvement, including service as a little league baseball manager and an Indian Guides Chief.