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Hugo M. Chaviano
Hugo M. Chaviano
Partner
hchaviano@sanchezdh.com

Born: Havana, Cuba , 1952

Education:
  • Rutgers University, B.A. ('75)
  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D. ('78)

    Admitted:
  • Illinois
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Northern District of Illinois
  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

    Mr. Chaviano has served as counsel for Fortune 500 companies, large financial institutions, and others on complex business and legal issues, at both the national and international levels, concerning insurance and reinsurance matters, products liability, breach of contract, employment, directors and officers errors and omissions, as well as joint ventures, risk management, negotiation and alternative dispute resolution.

    Mr. Chaviano is a Past President of the Hispanic National Bar Association, which represents over 25,000 Hispanic attorneys in the United States and Puerto Rico.

    He has served as a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and currently serves as Ambassador to the Business Law Section.

    Mr. Chaviano is a past member of the Chicago Bar Association Board of Managers and Chair of its Judicial Evaluation Appellate Review and Insurance Law committees.

    He also has served on several Blue Ribbon committees, including the Judicial Merit Selection Panel of the United States District Court for the Seventh Circuit, Committee on Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Workplace, and Judicial Campaign Reform.

    Mr. Chaviano is an Adjunct Professor of Law in Trial Advocacy at Northwestern University School of Law and has taught as an Instructor at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

    He is also a member of various boards, including the Northwestern University School of Law and Metropolitan Family Services. He is a certified Mediator and Arbitrator.

    He has been recognized and honored by various national publications and organizations. In 1997 Mr. Chaviano was recognized as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business Magazine. He was recognized in Chicago Magazine's 2007 Illinois Super Lawyers Edition.