Hanson Peters Nye is one of the largest focused insurance practices in the world. Our commitment to the insurance industry provides us with the unique ability to communicate with our clients and to truly understand the complex challenges facing insurers around the world. LEARN MORE

Founded in Chicago in 1994, Hanson Peters Nye has its roots in the insurance and commercial litigation sectors of the law.  Emphasizing creative solutions to the challenges of dispute resolution and business transactions, the Firm is committed to providing efficient legal services of the highest quality.  In order to achieve that goal, the Firm strives to first gain a deep understanding of the business environment in which each of its clients operate.  By taking the time to understand thoroughly its business clients and the women and men that run them, the Firm is able to help them achieve the best possible outcome in litigation, negotiation, business transactions and strategic planning.  In times of crisis, the Firm’s detailed understanding of its clients and their key personnel allows Hanson Peters Nye to successfully guide its clients through the most difficult of times.  As a result, Hanson Peters Nye and its clients enjoy a tradition of close long-term relationships.  

Hanson Peters Nye works with many of the largest insurers in the world with regard to their most sophisticated operations and product lines.  The Firm supports underwriting, claims, and legal group executives to explore strategic options, craft products, resolve regulatory challenges, analyze and manage claims and risks, and respond to litigation challenges across the United States, elsewhere in North America, and in Europe, Australia, and South America.

With its headquarters in Barrington and office facilities in Chicago’s Loop, Hanson Peters Nye has grown and expanded its professional reach and broadened its palette of services.  In addition to serving many of the largest and most sophisticated insurers in the world, businesses headquartered in Chicago, London, Zurich, Bermuda, New York, Toronto, and Cincinnati, Hanson Peters Nye works regularly with regional and local businesses, charitable foundations and government bodies.  Business formation, planning and reorganization, regulatory compliance, financing, franchising, employment relations, credit, commercial collection and dispute resolution efforts on behalf of the Chicago and suburban business community are integral to the Firm’s broad range of commercial law services.

The Firm’s success in counseling its business clients grows out of its keen focus on the legal needs of the business community, the Firm’s commitment to excellence, its responsiveness, and the creativity of its legal professionals.  These characteristics allow Hanson Peters Nye to react quickly to the changing individual needs of its clients as they face the challenges of our volatile economy and legal landscape.  Dedication to efficiency, to thorough communication, and to immediate responsiveness allows the Firm to effectively serve the needs not only its traditional friends in the insurance industry but also the local business and charitable communities.  Hanson Peters Nye is equipped to assist businesses of all sizes to find solutions to the myriad of complex challenges they face every day.  Serving the commercial and personal planning needs of business executives is part and parcel of the Firm’s commitment to meet the business community’s most important needs.

While the Firm's international clientele continues to involve the Firm in cases across the United States and around the world, Hanson Peters Nye is proud to serve the needs of local business clients as they seek to grow and prosper in challenging times.  With the size and experience to serve the needs of clients both large and small, and with a commitment to creative and responsive service of the highest quality, Hanson Peters Nye stands ready to partner with its clients to meet and overcome the challenges of an ever-changing business world.

Hanson Peters Nye: Attorneys at Law

1000 Hart Road • Barrington, Illinois 60010
Phone 847.277.9988 • Fax 847.277.7339

1 South Dearborn Street, 21st. Floor • Chicago, IL 60603
Phone 847.277.9988 • Fax 847.277.7339