John D. Hackett is a co-managing partner in the firm’s Chicago office, concentrating in insurance coverage litigation, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Mr. Hackett has extensive experience in complex insurance coverage disputes.
He has a wide variety of clients and is responsible for all aspects of the insurance practice, including the preparation of complex opinion letters, all phases of declaratory judgment litigation and regulatory/underwriting matters. He frequently speaks on insurance issues. Mr. Hackett was named in 2014 as the Chair of the Insurance Law Committee for the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Mr. Hackett has extensive multi-state and experience and has litigated matters in Illinois, Missouri, California, New York, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Georgia. He also has extensive experience with risk retention groups, self-insured retentions, and all types of insurance policies, including general liability, professional liability, employers' liability, excess and personal lines. Mr. Hackett has been recognized by Law Bulletin Publishing Company as a Leading Lawyer since 2012 in the areas of insurance, insurance coverage and reinsurance law.
Mr. Hackett received his Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) designation in 1999 and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation in 2000. He was also a member of the DePaul Law Review and served as the Notes and Comments editor for the DePaul Law Review (1986-1987).