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Caitlin J. Brown
Caitlin J. Brown
Caitlin J. Brown is an associate at Kozacky Weitzel McGrath, P.C., in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in commercial litigation. She is a member of Primerus and the Transportation Lawyers Association. She is also the Chair of the Young Professionals Board of the Illinois Environmental Council. Ms. Brown earned her B.A. from St. Bonaventure University and her J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law.
William F. Cook VI
William F. Cook VI
William F. Cook VI is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on civil litigation. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago, and the Celtic Legal Society of Chicago. Cook received his B.A. cum laude from John Carroll University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Philip R. Kujawa
Philip R. Kujawa
Philip R. Kujawa is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in complex tort and general casualty litigation and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago. Kujawa earned his B.A. from Loyola University Chicago and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Thomas R. Pender
Thomas R. Pender
Thomas R. Pender is a Partner with Cremer Law, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on the defense of personal injury and products liability cases. His experience also includes a strong background in the defense of foreign companies in the United States, in a broad range of commercial and contractual matters. He has conducted continuing legal education programs for attorneys, corporations, and claims and risk management personnel. He is AV Rated — Preeminent for Highest Level of Professional Excellence and for Legal Ethics. In 2021, he received the Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Services for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Pender received his B.A. from Miami University and his J.D. from the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
David A. Pestell
David A. Pestell
David A. Pestell is an associate at Hardt, Stern & Kayne, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in civil transactional work and litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Pestell earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
David E. Rapoport
David E. Rapoport
David E. Rapoportis the Founding Shareholder at Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on plaintiffs’ personal injury and wrongful-death trial advocacy and appeals. In forty-five years of trial practice, he has won numerous multimillion-dollar jury verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs in wrongful-death cases. Rapoport is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); he is the Trial Advocacy Special Program Commission Chair for the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) and is a former President of the NBTA. He is a member of the President’s Club and Leader’s Forum for the American Association for Justice. He earned his B.S. from Northern Illinois University, where he was on the Dean’s List, and his J.D. with high honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he served on the Law Review.
Scott M. Seaman
Scott M. Seaman
Scott M. Seaman is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he is co-chair of the firm’s Global Insurance Services Practice Group, leads the firm’s Insurance Core Industry Group, and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. A commercial trial and appellate lawyer with more than 38 years of experience, and a sought-after speaker and prolific author on a variety of substantive legal, insurance, and litigation practice matters, Seaman is widely regarded as one of the leading attorneys in the U.S. representing insurers and reinsurers in property and casualty matters. He is ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA and Tier 1 in Best Lawyers in America and is included in the Euromoney Legal Media Group Expert Guides: World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers. He was selected as a Midwest Trailblazer by The American Lawyer, recognizing 50 professionals from 12 Midwestern states. He was named to Crain’s Chicago Business 2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law and as a Crain’s Chicago Business 2025 Notable Litigator & Trial Attorney and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the American College of Coverage Counsel, and the Litigation Council of America. Seaman received JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards, Top Author in Insurance in 2021 – 2026. His two-volume treatise, ALLOCATION OF LOSSES IN COMPLEX INSURANCE COVERAGE CLAIMS (13th ed. 2025), addresses many of the important issues driving contemporary insurance claims and coverage litigation and reinsurance cessions and arbitrations. His latest book, AMERICA 250: THE HISTORY OF INSURANCE & INSURANCE COVERAGE LAW & LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES, was published in 2026. Seaman earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he graduated first in his class; received numerous scholarship, leadership, and service awards; and served as an editor of the law journal.

Caitlin J. Brown

William F. Cook VI

Philip R. Kujawa

Thomas R. Pender

David A. Pestell

David E. Rapoport

Scott M. Seaman

Wrongful-Death and Survival Actions (ARCHIVED 2023 EDITION)