Josh M. Kantrow

Josh M. Kantrow is a Partner in the Chicago office. He concentrates his practice in “rescue counsel” (or crisis management) litigation, a wide variety of professional liability litigation (including cyber risks, privacy, technology, directors & officer’s liability, fiduciary liability, financial institutions, insurance and real estate brokers, and lawyer’s malpractice) bad faith/punitive damages and maritime/transportation matters.

During his career, Josh successfully has tried high-exposure commercial cases in three of the five most difficult jurisdictions for business litigants (Illinois, Louisiana and Mississippi) identified by a recent study by an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. His experience and litigation success in both state and federal court has led clients to retain him as rescue counsel.

In addition to his litigation accomplishments, Josh has been a featured speaker at approximately 30 seminars, including seminars conducted in London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. His recent presentations have focused on crisis management litigation strategies and technology issues, including resolving claims made under cyber-risk policies at an American Conference Institute seminar in Philadelphia and technology risks associated with healthcare privacy and security at the annual ASHRM Conference in San Diego. Josh also has been interviewed by Business Insurance and Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and had an article on litigation tactics published in National Underwriter.

For approximately six months in 2002, Josh was seconded to the London insurance market. During this period, he worked with and provided advice to leading claims and underwriting personnel on a number of legal issues relating to North American business. Josh spent a semester in law school at the Université Aix-Marseille in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 1988, interned at the U.S. Claims Court in Washington, D.C., for a federal judge in 1989, and previously practiced in New Orleans for five years.

Josh has received an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He is included in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law and Finance and Industry.