Mr. Thomas L. Browne This is Me

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1. 1. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP - News - Retired Circuit Judge Richard Eagleton Elected to Board of Directors of National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys

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   Published on: 7/15/2008   Last Visited: 7/15/2008

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2. 2. Hinshaw & Culbertson | Attorneys | Thomas L. Browne

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   For the last 20 years Thomas Browne has dedicated his practice exclusively to representing lawyers and others inextricably involved with the legal profession, such as lawyers' E&O brokers and insurers.He has represented and counseled hundreds of lawyers and law firms in civil liability, professional responsibility, risk management and disciplinary matters of all sorts.He has tried numerous cases in both federal and state court.His extensive background in complex commercial litigation and business torts provides an additional layer of substantive and procedural experience to meet the challenges of representing members of the legal profession and those upon whom they rely to provide insurance needs.
   
   Mr. Browne has been instrumental in establishing some of the basic parameters of legal malpractice law.As lead counsel, he has presented and argued imaginative principles of law that have resulted in several seminal decisions limiting the scope of a lawyer's civil liability, such as:
   
   Goldstein v. Lustig, (1987) 154 Ill.App.3d 595, 507 N.E.2d 164 (establishing the Illinois rule that a lawyer is not liable to his client for mistakes in judgment).Sheppard v. Krol, (1991) 218 Ill.App.3d 254, 578 N.E.2d 212 (holding that the plaintiff in an action for legal malpractice must plead and prove collectibility of any judgment he would have received in the underlying matter).Buttitta v. Newell, (1988) 176 Ill.App.3d 880, 531 N.E.2d 956 (holding that the court will not lend its jurisdiction to any plaintiff whose action against a lawyer is founded on his own illegal or immoral acts of any sort, including the violation of a statute).
   
   PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
   
   Mr. Browne joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in August 1976.He is in-house counsel to Hinshaw and chairperson of the firm's Legal Ethics Committee, Conflict of Interest Committee and Quality Assurance Committee.He is former chairperson of the firm's professional liability group.
   
   He has been recognized by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the category of Personal Injury Defense Law: Professional Malpractice.In addition, Mr. Browne holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability.
   
   He is a faculty member of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission's Professional Responsibility Institute and a former adjunct faculty member of The John Marshall Law School, where he taught legal bibliography, legal writing and appellate advocacy.
   
   PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
   
   In addition to frequent speaking engagements, both national and local, Mr. Browne has authored scores of writings on the law of lawyer liability and professional responsibility matters.He also writes a monthly column on legal malpractice avoidance for the Chicago Lawyer magazine.Some of his presentations include:
   
   "Managing Risk in Lateral Hiring," and "Managing Information Risk: Enforcing Ethical Walls and Protecting Confidential Matters," Ark Group USA's seminar "Risk Management for the Modern Law Firm," Chicago, Illinois, April 2007. "Examining Legal Malpractice Issues in Multi-Disciplinary Environments," Chicago Bar Association, Adoption Law Committee Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 2007.

3. 3. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP - Alerts - Idaho Court Holds Client Who Agreed to Settlement Can’t Sue Lawyer

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   Published on: 4/17/2008   Last Visited: 7/15/2008

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   Thomas L. Browne, Lawyers for the Profession® Practice Group, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP