Peter J. Preston is an associate with Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP.

 

Experience

Peter litigates insurance coverage cases in state and federal courts throughout the U.S., as well as in London and Bermuda arbitrations. He has extensive experience in developing successful trial strategies, preparing and defending witnesses for deposition, and in deposing opposing expert and fact witnesses.  He has also written and argued complex motions on dispositive issues.  In the course of this practice, Peter has developed expertise in developing effective and cost-efficient document review strategies, and in supervising their successful implementation and execution.

Peter also has substantial experience litigating product liability cases, as well as defending mass tort litigation involving asbestos and benzene. 

He has successfully obtained verdicts for the defense from juries in Cook County, Illinois. 

Peter was included on the Illinois Super Lawyers-Rising Stars lists in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

 

 

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Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude , 1995
  • University of Miami, B.B.A., 1992

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois (1998)
  • Michigan (1996)
  • Tennessee (1995)

Court Admissions

  • U.S.Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
  • U.S. District Court, W.D., Michigan
  • U.S. District Court, N.D., Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, C.D., Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, S.D., Indiana

Professional/Community Membership

  • American Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association

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