HOPE G. NIGHTINGALE
received her undergraduate degree with honors from Grinnell College in 1976, and her law degree from the University of Chicago School of Law in 1981. She is a member of the bar of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Ms. Nightingale has appeared before numerous other courts pro hac vice. She is a member of the American Bar Association Sections of Litigation and Tort and Insurance Practice, including the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committees of both sections.

Ms. Nightingale's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She represented the Insurance Services Office, Inc. for over ten years, and has extensive knowledge of CGL drafting and regulatory history.

For the last ten years, her primary areas of experience have included insurance coverage advice and litigation (CGL and first party lines); direct defense of insureds, primarily employment discrimination and related matters, accountant malpractice, personal injury, and business tort defense), and other general litigation matters.