Charles A. Hornewer - Chicago, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1981
    J.D.
    Law Review: DePaul Law Review

• Non Legal Education

  • DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• Expanding Theories of Hospital Liability, Mary Thompson Hospital Board of Trustees Retreat, Lincolnshire, Illinois, September 1987
  
• Loss of Consortium in Illinois, Hinshaw & Culbertson In House CLE Program, November 1987
  
• Life After Residency – Medical Malpractice Overview, University of Illinois Pediatric Program in conjunction with Ross Laboratories, November 1988
  
• Actions Under the Wrongful Death, Survival and Family Expense Acts, CNA Insurance Company, Downers Grove, Illinois, July 1989
  
• Day In The Life Videos The Defense Perspective, 25th Annual Trial Evidence Seminar, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October 1990
  
• How to Work for Your Own Defense, 14th Annual Vail Emergency Medicine Conference, February 1992
  
• Legal Trends in the Emergency Department: C.O.B.R.A., 14th Annual Vail Emergency Medicine Conference, February 1992
  
• Risk Management of Head and Spine Cases, 14th Annual Vail Emergency Medicine Conference, February 1992
  
• Direct Examination, Instructor, YLS Federal Trial Bar Training Course, Chicago Bar Association, October 1994
  
• Closed Head Injuries, Defense Perspective, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Point/Counterpoint Damages Seminar, May 1998
  
• Managed Care Update: Developments and Trends, Defense Research Institute Medical Liability Seminar, September 1998
  
• Cross-Examination of Plaintiff’s Medical Witnesses, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Trial Techniques Seminar, October 1999
  
• Legal Trends in Emergency Medicine “Emergency Medicine in Jackson Hole” — Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 2000
  
• Direct and Cross Examination of Witnesses, Hinshaw & Culbertson Trial Practice Program, 2002
  
• Prior Injuries/Subsequent Injuries/Aggravation of Pre-existing Injuries, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association “Tort Law Trends” Seminar, February 2005
  
• Developments in Jurisdiction, Forum non Conveniens and Choice of Law, Illinois State Bar Association “Tort Law Update” Seminar June 2007
  
• ury Instructions, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association “Update and Review” Seminar, October 2009.
  
• Tort Litigation – Defense Perspective, Loyola Law School Chicago Course Civil Procedure Prior to Trial, October 2009.
  
• Common Defenses in Auto and Premises Cases and How to Defeat Them, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Nuts and Bolts Seminar: “Trial of a Negligence Case”, March 2010

Published Works

Articles

• Comment, Loss of Consortium: Still All in the Family, Comment, Hinshaw Reports: Torts, Vol.3 No.1 (1986), Hinshaw & Culbertson, 1986
  
• Guest Editorial, Prepare Your Own Defense, Illinois Medicine, Vol. 2, No. 10 (May, 1990), 1990
  
• Note, Elimination of Municipal Good Faith as a Defense Under Section 1983: A New Hope of Recovery for Strip Search Victims Owen v. City of Independence, Missouri, 30 DePaul Law Review, DePaul University, 1981
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1982
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1982
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2001

Other Affiliations

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Society of Trial Lawyers
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Association for Justice