Conference Partners

Lawyers for the Profession^®

Hinshaw's Lawyers for the Profession^® group is devoted to representing and advising lawyers and law firms on all aspects of the "law governing lawyers." We focus on four broad areas: legal malpractice defense; ethics and professional responsibility representation and counseling; law firm organization and structure; and risk management services. We have 11 states well-covered and try lawyers' cases nationally wherever needed. Our lawyers anticipate and preempt professional problems, but when disputes occur we offer sound solutions or, where necessary, effective advocacy.

RPC

When you face significant risk, or are presented with major opportunity, you need strong advisers to support you. Strong advisers who have a deep understanding of your company—your industry—and who can apply their legal expertise to the commercial context in which you operate. You also need people you can trust. And, when all else is equal, people you get along with. That's RPC. Led by the top ranked specialist Nick Bird, the team at RPC defends the leading global and international law firms on their bet-the-business claims and disciplinary matters often working with their colleagues at Hinshaw & Culbertson and other Global Access Lawyers members.

Platinum Sponsors

Williams & Connolly is recognized as one of the world’s premier litigation firms. Our lawyers successfully handle significant civil and criminal matters in courts across the country and forums around the world. We bring a unique blend of talent, tenacity, and teamwork to every case we handle in the relentless pursuit of the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Silver Sponsors

Liberty Mutual
With an emphasis on in-depth underwriting, industry expertise, expert claims handling, and risk control support across a spectrum of industries, Liberty Mutual has the right solutions to help protect your business.

WTW

At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help you sharpen your strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate your workforce and maximize performance. Working shoulder to shoulder with you, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success — and provide perspective that moves you.

Bronze Sponsor

ProQuest

A division of Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage, ProQuest is dedicated to risk management, advocacy, and insurance solutions for the legal profession. As both a trusted advisor and a broker with access to diverse markets, ProQuest serves more than 300 law firms, ranging from those with local and regional practices to many with national and global reach.

Wi-Fi Sponsor

Stuart Maue

Stuart Maue is the nation’s premier legal fee auditing service, having founded the legal fee industry nearly 35 years ago. Stuart Maue develops customized cost management solutions in the areas of legal audit, legal spend management, analytics and reporting, bankruptcy, and vendor management. A Stuart Maue analysis allows a client to recognize significant savings and gain vital insight into legal and vendor costs. Stuart Maue assists in providing a detailed and accurate picture of legal spending and law firms and vendor performance.

Stuart Maue is unique in its approach. Different than others in our industry, Stuart Maue’s full-time staff of experienced attorneys and accountants and state-of-the-art technology provide the most comprehensive results and exceptional customer service. Stuart Maue professionals perform both a line-by-line analysis and sophisticated targeted searches customized to each particular project, yielding a process far more thorough, accurate, complete, and reliable than computerized searches or canned and scripted reviews. Stuart Maue’s customized approach allows complete independent review or close consultation with client and counsel, as required on a case-by-case basis.

Women's Networking Reception Sponsors

Berkley Select

Berkley Select is your trusted partner in protecting small and middle market law firms against malpractice claims. Since 1994, we have provided insurance for over 255,000 attorneys and are one of the largest Lawyers Professional Liability providers, currently providing coverage for over 7,000 firms nationwide. Our comprehensive insurance products and risk management services are tailored for law firms to help ease the financial and administrative burden that can accompany a claim.

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) provides business insurance, employee health & benefits, retirement, and private client insurance solutions to organizations and individuals seeking limitless possibilities. With 10,000 colleagues and 170+ office locations across North America, MMA combines the personalized service model of a local consultant with the global resources of the world’s leading professional services firm.

Exhibit Sponsor

LexisNexis

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world.

We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets and preventing bribery and corruption within their supply chains. We partner with leading global associations and customers to help collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. We endeavor to advance the rule of law across the world.

Contributors

ABA Center for Professional Responsibility

The ABA Center for Professional Responsibility provides national leadership and guidance to the legal profession and the judiciary by developing, interpreting, and promoting the implementation of policies and standards that govern the conduct and regulation of lawyers and judges, including examining the challenges and opportunities of today’s global legal environment. The Center advances the public interest by promoting and encouraging ethical conduct and professionalism by lawyers and judges and produces scholarly resources in legal and judicial ethics, professional regulation, professionalism, client/public protection, professional liability and risk management, and well-being initiatives. All of these efforts seek to assure that lawyers and judges perform their duties in a manner that advances respect for the rule of law, the legal process, the legal profession, and the judiciary.

APRL

Originally formed over two decades ago primarily as an association of lawyers who represent other lawyers in disciplinary proceedings, APRL membership now encompasses lawyers who provide services in all aspects of legal ethics and professional responsibility. In addition to respondents’ counsel work, APRL lawyers also represent and advise lawyers and law firms on ethics and professional responsibility, risk management, legal malpractice, and the law of lawyering. APRL also numbers academics and judges among its members. APRL remains the largest organization of lawyers primarily representing other lawyers in disciplinary proceedings. It has over 500 members worldwide.