Daniel Costello
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Member of CLM Since: 2009
Nominated By Michael Haverson
CLM Committees
- Construction
- Litigation Management Task Force
CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2012 ADR/AFA Conference
- Speaker - 2012 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2013 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2013 Construction/ Environmental/ ADR/AFA Conference
- Speaker - 2013 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2014 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2015 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2015 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2015 Litigation Management Institute Faculty
- Speaker - 2016 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2016 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2016 Litigation Management Institute Faculty
- Speaker - 2017 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2017 Claims College
- Speaker - 2017 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2017 Litigation Management Institute Faculty
- Speaker - 2018 Claims College
- Speaker - 2018 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2019 Claims College
- Speaker - 2019 CLM Midwest Conference
- Speaker - 2019 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2019 Litigation Management Symposium
- Speaker - 2020 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2020 Claims College
- Speaker - 2020 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2020 Litigation Management Symposium
- Speaker - 2021 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2021 Chief Claims Officer Summit
- Speaker - 2021 Claims College
- Speaker - 2021 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2021 Litigation Management Symposium
- Speaker - 2022 Claims College
- Speaker - 2022 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2022 Litigation Management Symposium
- Speaker - 2022 Preventing Nuclear Verdicts®
- Speaker - 2023 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2023 Construction Conference
- Speaker - 2023 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2023 Litigation Management Symposium
- Speaker - 2024 Litigation Management Institute
- Speaker - 2024 Litigation Management Symposium
- Speaker - Class Actions 101
- Speaker - DEI Webinar-Shining a Light: Recognizing and Addressing Bias in the Legal Profession
- Speaker - Evaluating Additional Insured Coverage and Contractual Indemnity Issues
- Speaker - Hands - On Mock Trial
- Speaker - Hands On Mock Trial - AON
- Speaker - Hands-On Mock Trial
- Speaker - Legal Bill Review for Claims Professionals
- Speaker - Litigation 104: Trial Practice
- Speaker - Making Best Use of your Mediator and the Mediation Process
- Speaker - Premises Liability Primer
- Speaker - Preventing Nuclear Verdicts: A Virtual Series
- Speaker - Preventing Nuclear Verdicts: Workshop and Trial Academy
- Speaker - THE ETHICS AND UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN DISCOVERY
Articles
Practice Areas
- ADR
- AFA
- Bad Faith
- Claims Management
- Construction/Real Estate/Surety
- Cyber Liability
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- Insurance Coverage
- Litigation Management
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Property
- Transportation
- Workers' Compensation
Biography
Dan Costello, Founder and Managing Partner of Costello Ginex & Wideikis, is currently recognized as a national expert in litigation management, complex case litigation, and trial practice. In 2014 he was one of four finalists for the Claim and Litigation Management (CLM) Outside Counsel of the Year, selected from nearly 40,000 members. He is a Advisory Board member for CLM, Co-Chair of the Anti-Nuclear Verdict Task Force, Co-Chair of the Litigation Management Symposium (LMS), and a Chancellor of Litigation Management Institute (LMI) held at Loyola Law school in Chicago.
Over the last three years, Dan's litigation practice has continued to grow, as has the firms growing portfolio of litigation based solutions. Dan has been retained as lead counsel in complex cases including lead trial counsel in two cases of first impression in Illinois including the loss of opportunity to have a biological child for 66 plaintiffs in a Cryogenic tank malfunction, and a class action lawsuit in litigation of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) dealing with statutory/punitive damages. He has also been retained in complex litigation including the collapse of a tent resulting in multiple fatalities and 19 plaintiffs' claims and recently resolved construction litigation brought on behalf of a national retailer that spanned seven states, and involved insurance disputes with twenty-two separate insurers.
He also acts as a litigation consultant, billing fees expert, and expert in litigation of complex and construction defect disputes. He has recently been retained as an expert witness in multiple party litigation in California, Texas, Florida, Arizona, among other states. Dan also maintains an active practice in consulting with carriers on litigation management strategy, implementation, and improvement.
Specialties: Construction Litigation, Litigation Management, Expert Fees, Complex litigation, Insurance Coverage, products liability, and construction/design defect
Education
No information available.
Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: IL