Freeborn Partners Mark Goodman and Joe McCullough Highly Ranked by Chambers USA 2014 for Insurance Law

Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that the 2014 edition of Chambers USA has awarded its highest possible ranking – Band 1 – to firm Partner Mark Goodman for Illinois Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory. Chambers also highly ranked Freeborn Partner Joe McCullough for Illinois Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance.

“We congratulate Mark and Joe on their accomplishments that have earned them their clients’ endorsements and recognition in this year’s Chambers USA guide,” said Michael Kelly, the firm’s Co-Managing Partner. “We value their contributions to the firm and to our clients.”

Chambers rankings are determined through independent research and confidential, in-depth interviews with clients and attorneys, as well as assessment of the volume, complexity and scope of the attorneys’ work.

According to Chambers USA, clients laud Goodman as a “fantastic lawyer” who has “great historical knowledge and his finger on the pulse of the current environment. … His experience and skills, his knowledge of the industry and of the insurance world is overarching.”

Another client noted about Goodman: “He is a highly professional attorney who we rely on for many of our most complex issues. He is an asset to the firm.”

A member of Freeborn’s Corporate Practice Group, Goodman has three decades of experience advising the insurance industry on corporate, regulatory and transactional matters. He has represented a wide range of clients in complex, high-profile matters, including insurance holding companies, insurers, producers, agents and brokers, and managing general agents. In addition, he advises non-traditional sellers of insurance on insurance programs, including trade associations, retailers, banks and savings associations, and leasing and finance companies.

Freeborn's full-service insurance and reinsurance practice provides clients across the United States and Europe with the full array of insurance corporate and regulatory, and dispute resolution services. ‎

The Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide annually ranks the leading U.S. firms and attorneys in a wide range of practice areas and is read and used for referral purposes by industry-leading companies and organizations worldwide.

A full PDF Press Release is attached.

The above news was featured on the Chicago Business Journal website, here and here.