Scott Seaman Recognized as a Top Insurance Author in the JD Supra 2025 Readers' Choice Awards

The law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Scott Seaman—Chicago-based partner and co-chair of Hinshaw's global Insurance Services Practice Group—has been named a Ranked Top Author in the Insurance category of the 2025 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards. In addition, Seaman authored a top-read article in the Bankruptcy category.

This marks the fifth consecutive year Seaman has been named a Top Insurance Author in the JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards. Seaman authored a variety of JD Supra articles in 2024, including insights on the insurance implications of a second Trump Administration, ESG, COVID-19 pandemic coverage, social inflation, and key federal and state insurance rulings.

Scott's Top Five Most-read JD Supra Articles of 2024:

1. [Commentary] An Updated Primer on PFAS/Forever Chemical Claims: Regulation, Litigation, Large Losses, and Insurance Coverage Issues
2. How the U.S. Supreme Court's Rulings on Kaiser and Purdue Pharma Affect Insurers' Rights and Interests in Chapter 11 Cases
3. How the 2024 U.S. Election Results Will Impact Insurers: A First Attempt at Reading the Tea Leaves
4. How Several U.S. Supreme Court Cases This Term Will Significantly Impact Insurers
5. The Hawaii Supreme Court Determines that Greenhouse Gases are "Pollutants" and Ruled Coverage for Climate-Related Claims is Barred by Pollution Exclusions

The 2025 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards honors 344 top authors and firms from over 70,000 contributors who produced thought leadership content read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media professionals, and others on the JD Supra platform throughout 2024. The awards are based on reader data and recognize authors who achieved the highest visibility and engagement among readers in their respective practice areas.

In 2024, Hinshaw published a series of client advisories on a wide variety of legal topics, including key insurance developments and trends, labor and employment issues, cybersecurity and data privacy, legal malpractice and risk management, immigration law, health care, consumer financial services, and corporate compliance issues.

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