When Experience and Reputation Matter Most
RICK HAMMOND, J.D., CLU
President
650 Warrenville Road, Suite 100 – Lisle, Illinois 60532
Office: 630-446-2688 |
Cell: (312) 399-1717
CONSULTANT AND EXPERT WITNESS ON MATTERS REGARDING:
- Insurance Industry – Standards of Care
- Good Faith/Bad Faith Claims Investigations
- Business Interruption Claims Due to COVID-19
- Reasonable/Unreasonable Insurer Conduct
- Agent/Broker and Underwriting Customs and Practices
FOUR DECADES OF INDUSTRY AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
- Illinois Department of Insurance Regulator
- Loyola University Chicago – Insurance Law Professor
- Nationally Recognized Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Trial Attorney
- Property Claims Examiner
- Life, Health, Property and Casualty Broker
- Insurance Association Executive Director
BAR/PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS :
American Bar Association – Tort and Insurance Practice Section
- Vice-Chair, Self-Insurance and Risk Managers Committee
- Vice-Chair, Property Insurance Law Committee
American College of Coverage Counsel
- Fellow of the College
- Co-Chair, Property Insurance Law Committee
Chicago Bar Association
- Insurance Law Committee
DRI
- Illinois State Representative
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Chair – Property Insurance Section
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- President
Insurance Committee for Arson Control
- Legal Counsel and Executive Director
International Association of Arson Investigators (Foundation)
- General Counsel
Insurance School of Chicago
- Board of Directors
- Faculty Member – CPCU Instructor – Insurance Law
Illinois State Bar Association
- Chair – Insurance Law Section
Loyola University Chicago
- Board of Trustees and Adjunct Faculty
EDUCATION :
- The University of Illinois/John Marshall Law School, J.D.
- The American College, Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)
- Southern Illinois University, B.A.
AWARDS, HONORS & DISTINCTIONS :
- Illinois Supreme Court Appointment – Court Operations During COVID-19 Task Force
- DRI – Exceptional Performance Citation
- Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel – Distinguished Member Award
- Best Lawyers in America – Insurance Coverage
- Lexis Nexis Insurance Law Center – Insurance Lawyer of the Year (Honorable Mention)
- Top Illinois Super Lawyer – Insurance Coverage
- Crain’s Chicago Business – Feature Story: “A Lawyer (Rick Hammond) Looks for Blue Under the White Collar”
- Chicago Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s Leading Lawyer
- Chicago Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s – Feature Story: “(Rick Hammond) has Nose for Rooting out Insurance Fraud
- Chicago Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s – Feature Story: “Rick Hammond Takes Reins of State’s Defense Trial Bar”
- International Association of Special Investigations Units Commendation
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS :
Mr. Hammond has authored more than one hundred articles, white papers and treatises, and has been widely published in a variety of legal, professional, corporate, and trade group periodicals in the areas of insurance coverage, bad faith, and insurance defense matters.
For over 20 years, he has been a featured columnist (“Law Update” in “SIU Today” (a quarterly magazine of the International Association of Special Investigation Units).
For over 20 years, he has been a featured columnist (“Law Update” in “SIU Today” (a quarterly magazine of the International Association of Special Investigation Units).
PRESENTATIONS :
Mr. Hammond is a frequent presenter at national insurance industry and bar association conferences and seminars on the subjects of insurance coverage, claims handling, bad faith, and defense related issues.
