Partner
101 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2010, Chicago, Il 60606
Partner, 1983-2011; Associate 1978-1983. Hinshaw was a local firm with 60 lawyers when I joined it. When I left, it was a national firm with over 400 lawyers in 12 States. Legal experience while at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP: Employment: discrimination (age, disability, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, retaliation, and sex); racial and sexual harassment; breach of contract, FMLA, FLSA, ERISA, False Claims Act, Equal Pay Act, battery, retaliatory discharge (public policy), invasion of privacy, defamation, interference with contract, public employees, bonus and incentive compensation, invasion of privacy.Class actions, multidistrict litigation, injunctions, corporate deadlock/dissolution proceedings, specific performance actions; internal corporate & partnership disputes. Investigations: confidential independent investigation of accusations of misconduct by high-ranking officers (public corporation, trade association, major professional association).Director & officer liability claims, corporate indemnification. Sale of business/ letter of intent claims.Real estate sales & long-term leasing claims. Breach of contract: formation issues, contract interpretation, materiality of breach, successor liability, reformation, rescission, warranties.Bankruptcy: adversary proceedings, bankruptcy, preferences, trustee election, fraud.Fraud, misappropriations, securities fraud, civil RICO. Interference with contract/prospective economic advantage, non-competition agreements, trade secrets, employee duty of loyalty. Construction: delay, change orders, site conditions, mechanic’s liens, misapplication of payouts, defective performance, suretyship, bank’s seizure of funds.Lawyers’ professional liability: malpractice ARDC investigation, disqualification, sanctions, fee agreements, attorneys fee awards.