43 Hinshaw Lawyers Named to 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers in America®
Press Release | 2 min read
Aug 15, 2017
The U.S. law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that forty-three of the firm's lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
In addition, Renee J. Mortimer was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2018 "Lawyer of the Year" for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants in the Chicago area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year."
Best Lawyers™ is a guide to the legal profession, divided by geographic areas and practice areas. The guide can be accessed at www.bestlawyers.com.
A full list of the Hinshaw lawyers included in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America follows.
Boston, MA
Bradford R. Carver
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation - Construction
David A. Grossbaum
- Insurance Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Chicago, IL
Sergio E. Acosta
- Commercial Litigation
Joel D. Bertocchi
- Appellate Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Dan L. Boho
- Commercial Litigation
Roy M. Bossen
- Health Care Law
David H. Levitt
- Litigation - Insurance
Michael M. Marick
- Insurance Law
Daniel W. McGrath
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
Donald L. Mrozek
- Litigation - Construction
Thomas R. Mulroy III
- Commercial Litigation
Daniel M. Purdom
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Laurie S. Randolph
- Litigation - Construction
William Roberts
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Gaming Law
James D. Ryndak
- Patent Law
Scott M. Seaman
- Insurance Law
Kevin R. Sido
- Construction Law
Peter D. Sullivan
- Commercial Litigation
Stephen R. Swofford
- Appellate Practice
Joshua G. Vincent
- Appellate Practice
Coral Gables, FL
Sina Bahadoran
- Insurance Law
Andrew Grigsby
- Insurance Law
Ronald L. Kammer
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Neil S. Rollnick
- Real Estate Law
Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Hogeboom
- Insurance Law
Kent R. Keller
- Insurance Law
Royal F. Oakes
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Insurance
Milwaukee, WI
Jeffrey S. Fertl
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Michael P. Malone
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Thomas R. Schrimpf
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Minneapolis, MN
Russell S. Ponessa
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Lewis J. Rotman
- Real Estate Law
New York, NY
Anthony E. Davis
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Richard Supple, Jr.
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Peoria, IL
Peggy L. Crane
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
Paul C. Estes
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Rockford, IL
Stephen T. Moore
- Health Care Law
Gregory T. Snyder
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
San Francisco, CA
Forrest Booth
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
Schererville, IN
Renee J. Mortimer
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Springfield, IL
James M. Lestikow
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
St. Louis, MO
Terese A. Drew
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Tampa, FL
Bruce Ward Bennett
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
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