Hinshaw Adds Seasoned Intellectual Property/Insurance Partner in New Orleans
Hinshaw Adds Seasoned Insurance Partner in New Orleans
February 23, 2021 – Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Erin Parkinson has joined the firm as a partner in the New Orleans office. Formerly with McGlinchey Stafford, Parkinson, licensed both in Louisiana and Texas, represents companies in state and federal courts in reinsurance and insurance coverage and defense litigation matters in a wide range of areas, including asbestos, environmental law, aviation and product liability issues.
An experienced trial attorney, Parkinson has garnered a reputation for creative solutions in and out of the court room, often resolving matters through arbitration and mediation. She has significant experience in the asbestos industry, handling litigation for energy and chemical companies in that sector. Parkinson also defends insurers against coverage claims related to directors’ and officers’ liability, general liability and standard auto, environmental, pollution and cyber policies.
Parkinson recently retired after 29 years at McGlinchey, where she began as a 1L summer associate. Not ready to leave the practice of law, she decided to join Hinshaw as her “second act.” She joins former McGlinchey colleagues Lauren Campisi, Stephen P. Strohschein, Stewart Spielman, Eric J. Simonson and Heather Alexis LaSalle, who joined the firm in Louisiana last summer, and Kyle Ferachi and Stephanie Laird Tolson, who joined Hinshaw in Texas in January.
In addition, Parkinson said Hinshaw’s focus on advancing diverse attorneys and women is important to her. She was a member of McGlinchey’s diversity committee and head of its Women’s Initiative Network, and plans to be an active participant in Hinshaw’s programs.
Parkinson received her B.A., magna cum laude, in political science from Loyola University New Orleans, and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Loyal University New Orleans College of Law.
