Position: Member

TEL: 618-277-2400

FAX: 618-277-1144

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Website: www.hinshawlaw.com

Admitted: 1986, Illinois; 1987, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois

Law School: St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1986

College: St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, B.A., 1983

Birth Date and Place: Terre Haute, Indiana, April 18, 1961

Practice Areas: Medical Negligence Defense; Class Actions Defense; Product Liability Litigation; Personal Injury Defense Litigation; Legal Negligence Defense; Municipal Law; Insurance Defense

Additional Information: Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; St. Clair County Bar Association.

Kappa Gamma Pi. U.S. District Court Rules Committee, U.S. District Court Magistrate Selection Panel. Speaker: "Your Deposition, Preparation and Examination: Defense of Company Procedures," 1994; "Limitations of Actions in Medical Malpractice Claims"; "Illinois Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Provisions"; "Illinois Tort Reform, The Practical Effects," 1995; "Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, New Provisions, and the Impact Upon Claim Handling"; "Major Provisions and Immunities in the Illinois Tort Immunity Act," 1996; "Jury Instructions, Their Use and Effect, Under the Tort Reform Act"; "Significant Recent Decisions Impacting the Tort Immunity Act"; "Impact of Unconstitutionality of the Tort Reform Act"; "The Future of Tort Reform," 1997; "Municipal Immunities"; "Petrillo Violations," 1998; "Discovery and Investigation in Tort Actions," 2000; "Settlement/Release Protection"; "Pleadings: A Practitioner's View"; "Pleading Issues in Tort Defense," 2002; "Spoliation of Evidence," 2004; "Responsive Pleadings," 2005; "Considerations in Third Party Actions"; "Managing Litigation"; "Civil Defense Practices"; "Defense Issues in Avoiding Breast and Reproductive Cancer Diagnoses Failures," 2006; "Illinois Civil Procedure: Local Court Practices," 2007.(Also at Edwardsville, Illinois Office)

Firm Members: Jeffrey Glass

Firm Members: Mark Bauman

Firm Members: Nancy Cardinale