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Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP is a civil litigation and public finance firm with over 300 years combined experience. We believe we have a service that will be of use to you in your efforts to handle legal matters in a cost-effective manner while obtaining effective representation.

Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP is a full service civil practice law firm with an A.V. Martindale-Hubbell rating. The firm is actively involved in the preparation, trial and appeal, if necessary, of civil cases of all kinds including commercial, personal injury, property damage, coverage disputes and other chancery litigation. The Firm specializes in personal injury defense with an emphasis in the fields of medical malpractice, Product Liability, strict liability in tort and construction litigation. Additionally, the firm handles contractual, commercial and real estate litigation as well as injunctive and/or equity relief, class actions, and appellate litigation. A major portion of the practice of the Firm is also devoted to directors and officers, errors and ommissions, and transportation issues, alleged "bad faith" insurance claims, insurance coverage, excess and reinsurance matters, homeowner's liability, and fire and explosion claims. The Firm's litigation practice takes it before all levels of federal, state and Illinois Court of Claims tribunals and regulatory and administrative agencies as well as before arbitration and mediation adjudicators. Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP has also expanded its expertise in the field of public finance and employment law.

We are quite proud of the fact that since 1987 we have:
  • Grown from two to more than 40 attorneys; all solid, experienced professionals;
  • Been honored as the recipient of the Thomas L. Sager Award in recognition of our commitment to diversity and gender balance. The award was given by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association;
  • Become one of the largest minority-owned and controlled law firms in the United States;
  • Gone to verdict in over 150 cases in federal and state court;
  • Qualified, by experience, for participation as a founding member (one of only 20 firms nationwide) in a major American Bar Association project for minority law firm participation in mainstream corporate litigation practice;
  • Been selected as DaimlerChrysler Corporation's "Tier I" counsel from 1995-present with responsibility for all pending and future product liability cases filed against DaimlerChrysler Corporation for the northern half of the State of Illinois and the entire State of Indiana. The DaimlerChrysler cost-containment program resulted in Chrysler reducing its outside defense counsel, nationally, from 411 to 25 law firms.
  • Actively participated in the field of public finance working as underwriting counsel, bond counsel placement and borrower's counsel in transactions involving the City of Chicago, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport, the Chicago Park District, the Public Building Commission, the Chicago Board of Education, Cook County, United Airlines, St. Augustine College and Norwegian American Hospital. Since 1996 we are pleased to have been ranked in the top 25 of the nation's 100 Underwriter's Counsel for Long-Term Issues in the nation.
  • Become firmly established as a defense firm for the following companies:
    ACE HARDWARE, INC.
    ADVOCATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
    ALAMO
    ALDI, INC.
    ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
    AMERICAN COUNTRY INSURANCE COMPANY
    ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO
    AT&T
    AVIS
    BELLWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 88
    BITUMINOUS CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.
    BRUNSWICK CORP.
    CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT
    CHRYSLER CORPORATION
    CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO
    CITY OF CHICAGO
    CLAIMSCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
    COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 218
    COUNTY OF COOK
    DENNY'S, INC.
    E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    EXELON CORPORATION
    FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    FREIGHTLINER, INC.
    GENERAL MILLS, INC.
    GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
    GRAYCOR INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
    HARLEYSVILLE INSURANCE GROUP
    HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY
    ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
    INDIANA INSURANCE COMPANY
    INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE
    IOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD
    IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
    J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.
    KIA
    KIEWIT
    KRAFT FOODS, INC.
    LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
    MARMON GROUP, INC.
    MAYWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 89
    McDONALD'S CORPORATION
    McHUGH CONSTRUCTION
    MERCEDES BENZ
    METROPOLITAN PIER & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY
    NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
    NATIONWIDE INDEMNITY
    PEOPLES GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY
    PRAXAIR, INC.
    PRIMEX INSURANCE CO.
    REYES HOLDINGS, INC.
    SODEXHO
    ST. AUGUSTINE COLLEGE
    ST. PAUL INSURANCE COMPANY
    STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY
    SUPER VALUE, INC.
    SUPERIOR CLIAMS SERVICE
    SWISS REINSURANCE CO.
    TOWN OF CICERO
    TRAVELERS CASUALTY PROPERTY COMPANY
    TURNER CONSTRUCTION
    U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL
    U-HAUL OF ILLINOIS
    UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. (UPS)
    UNITED STATES OF MEXICO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS
    WALSH CONSTRUCTION CO.
    WARREN & SWEAT MANUFACTURING CO.
    WENDY'S RESTAURANTS
    XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY


All of this is recounted simply to emphasize that the firm is dynamic, firmly established, and eager to demonstrate its effectiveness. Our success is a direct result of our commitment to the belief that our clients come first.