This presentation will offer a unique view of legal malpractice claims from "the trenches." Two Chicago attorneys who concentrate their practices defending lawyers in malpractice cases and disciplinary proceedings will discuss the types of negligence and other misconduct that most often lead to legal malpractice claims and offer risk management advice on how to prevent them.  Topics will include client screening, social media, conflicts of interest, cyber risks, and fee collection. CLE credits will be offered for attending attorneys.  Lunch from M Burger will be served. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students.

Matthew Henderson is a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP,  who concentrates his practice in the representation of attorneys in legal malpractice cases and disciplinary proceedings. He regularly speaks and writes on attorney malpractice, legal ethics, attorney discipline, and risk management. Mr. Henderson is the chapter author of "Breach of Fiduciary Duty" in Attorneys' Legal Liability, which is published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. 

Mr. Henderson serves on the Chicago Bar Association Committee on Attorney Malpractice and also on the Professional Responsibility Committee. He is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network, where he was selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation and Professional Malpractice Defense Law, and he holds the AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability.

David Sorensen is a senior litigation attorney in CNA's Chicago staff counsel office, the Law Offices of Edward J. Kozel. From the staff counsel office he directly represents and defends CNA insured in litigated matters and disciplinary proceedings, and counsels them in non-litigation risk management situations. He has been a frequent, invited speaker both locally and nationally before the ABA, other legal organizations, and law firms on issues of legal malpractice and risk management for lawyers.

Prior to joining CNA in October, 2012 Mr. Sorensen was a partner at a nationwide law firm where he focused his practice on the defense of legal and medical professionals in malpractice and licensing matters, including successful defense to verdict in many of those cases. Mr. Sorensen has in the past been selected as both a Leading Lawyer and an Illinois Super Lawyer in the areas of Medical Malpractice Defense and Professional Malpractice Defense (including Legal/Technical/Financial).