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®.

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.

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 75 of the firm's lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, 30 Hinshaw lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

This alert was featured in the October 2021 edition of The LHD/ERISA Advisor

Plaintiff Gene Myers ("Plaintiff"), a physician, made a claim for individual disability insurance (IDI) benefits under an individual disability policy arising from low back injury caused by wearing a heavy leaded gown worn during an interventional coronary procedure. As part of its investigation, Provident requested CPT codes to determine Plaintiff's occupation. Plaintiff did not provide the requested CPT codes and the claim was denied for failure to do so in 2010. In 2014, Plaintiff requested that the carrier re-analyze his claim, contending that relying solely on such information was improper. Provident again conducted an evaluation of the claim and ultimately determined in 2017 that Plaintiff was disabled effective 2005, but found that Plaintiff's disability was due to sickness, not illness. Accordingly, benefits were not payable for lifetime, but instead for a shorter period of time under the policy.