Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 of its lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

The US law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that it has received notable recognition in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business directory.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 lawyers are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with ten receiving this honor for the first time. Additionally, 22 Hinshaw lawyers are included in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Read Hinshaw partner Spencer Kook’s insights in a recent P&C Specialist article discussing why human oversight remains essential as AI reshapes the insurance workforce.

Read Hinshaw partner Spencer Kook’s Claims Journal article analyzing the significance of California’s role as the country’s “insurance laboratory” and why claims executives should closely follow and adapt to these developments.

Read Hinshaw partner Spencer Kook's insights in a recent Law360 Insurance Authority article discussing AB 1642, a bill being considered in the California legislature that would require statewide standards for testing and clearing homes of toxic contaminants after wildfires.

Los Angeles-based partner Spencer Kook will present at the Hinshaw-sponsored ARIAS Spring Conference on April 30, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida during a panel titled "California Wildfires: Insurance and Reinsurance Issues."

Hinshaw partner Spencer Kook will give two presentations at American Property Casualty Insurance Association's Western Regional General Counsel Conference:

Hinshaw is proud to sponsor the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 2022 Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar. Hinshaw's attorneys will participate in two separate panel discussions. On March 3, 2022, Ron Kammer will present as part of a panel titled “When Disaster Strikes: Coverage Implications of the Florida Condo Collapse.” Kammer's panel will focus on the coverage implications arising from building collapses like the one that took place last year in Florida, and discuss coverage issues under the property and liability policies of the association, owners, and the construction professionals involved, including complex causation, ensuing loss, and other provisions that commonly arise in such cases.

Read how a California court ruling affects insurer recoupment of FAIR Plan assessments and policyholder fee requirements.

We review two significant actions recently taken by the California Department of Insurance (the "Department") in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 6, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20, which provides that an employee's COVID-19 related illness "shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment for purposes of awarding workers' compensation benefits" so long as the following criteria applies: