SAN FRANCISCO ―
Ronald E. Mallen, a Partner in the
San Francisco office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and the leader of the firm’s Lawyers for Professionals Department, has been appointed for a two-year term to chair the editorial board of the ABA/BNA Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct. He will also serve as a member of the coordinating council of the American Bar Association's Center for Professional Responsibility.
Mr. Mallen is nationally recognized for his practice in lawyer professional liability, risk management and insurance coverage. During more than 40 years of practice, he has counseled numerous attorneys on issues of lawyers' professional responsibility. He has extensive trial and appellate experience, and has litigated many legal malpractice claims. His work with professional liability insurance encompasses coverage issues, litigation and the drafting of insurance policies.
As a recognized leader in the field of lawyer professional liability, Mr. Mallen has chaired the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He was also a member of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Professional Competence, and chaired the ABA Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability.
Mr. Mallen was a member of the consultative group on the Restatement (Third) of The Law of Lawyering. Since 1977, he has been the co-author of the leading treatise in the field, the five-volume work, “Legal Malpractice,” and of “The Law Office Guide to Purchasing Legal Malpractice Insurance,” which are updated and published annually by Thomson-West Group. Mr. Mallen also has authored “Preventing Legal Malpractice” (2d ed. 1996). He has written more than 100 articles on a wide range of topics concerning lawyers' professional liability and risk management.
Founded in 1934, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in 24 offices spanning 12 states, including
Arizona,
California,
Florida,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
Hinshaw offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, business law and corporate transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, estate planning and taxation matters. The firm represents a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include alarm and security services, construction, financial services, health care, hospitality, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Hinshaw clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.