Read how a team of Hinshaw attorneys collaborated to contribute six chapters in the 2025 edition of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) "Attorneys' Legal Liability" handbook.

Matthew Henderson was recently quoted in a Bloomberg Law article that explores the use of advance conflict-of-interest waivers in retainer agreements and a recent trend of courts taking a more favorable view toward such waivers.

Hinshaw partner Matthew Henderson recently authored a Law360 byline discussing the growing trend of disqualification motions and some risk management measures to reduce exposure to them. He also presented on this topic in a panel at Hinshaw's Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Conference (LMRM) last month. John Villa, a legal malpractice litigator from Williams & Connolly, and Laura Giokas, the general counsel at BCLP, joined Henderson on the panel.

Chicago-based partner Matthew Henderson will participate in a panel discussion on "Disqualification of Counsel—When the Client’s Right to Counsel is Taken Away" at the Annual Conference of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (“APRL”) on August 2, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.

Hinshaw partners Robert Buchholz and Matthew Henderson, along with Hinshaw alum, Joanna Storey, presented a CLE on June 21, 2022, at the Nebraska State Bar, "What Not To Do: Ethics Lessons Learned From Fictional Lawyers."

As we say goodbye to 2024, we are pleased to announce our 2024 Hinshaw Readers’ Choice Awards in the professional liability and legal ethics category. The following are the Top 5 posts receiving the highest levels of engagement from our readers in 2024 on topics ranging from financial elder abuse claims and bar advisory opinions to attorney disqualification motions.

It seems as though every day, there is a story in the legal news about a well-known law firm facing a disqualification motion. While disqualification motions are being filed more frequently, that is only half the story[1].

The duty of loyalty is the highest duty that a lawyer owes to a client. Indeed, it can be argued that all of the duties that an attorney owes to a client are derivative of the duty of loyalty. Not surprisingly, conflicts of interest have been broadly condemned for the damage they cause to the attorney-client relationship and the legal profession.

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