Maria S. Quintero

Maria Quintero handles complex insurance disputes involving a broad range of insurance coverage lines, including property, cyber, environmental, employment, as well as commercial general and professional liability. She devotes her practice to assisting clients with all facets of insurance law, including negotiation, litigation, coverage opinions, policy drafting, and extra-contractual disputes.

Ms. Quintero joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in September 2011. Previously, she was an associate at Hayes Scott Bonino Ellingson & McLay LLP, in Redwood City, California for five years. Before that, Ms. Quintero spent a year as an associate in the Law Offices of Tharpe & Howell, and from 2005-2006, she was an associate in the San Jose, California office of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley. However, she began her legal career in 2002 as an attorney advisor in the chambers of Judge Gerald Etchingham, Office of Administrative Law Judges, US Department of Labor. Ms. Quintero graduated with J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2002, where she was a research editor for the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal. During law school, she was a judicial clerk in the Office of Staff Attorneys for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In addition to her other law school accomplishments, Ms. Quintero graduated in the top 11 percent of her class. She was a member of the Dean's List, and received certificates of excellence in Legal Analysis and Research and Writing, as well as the Witkins Award for Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ms. Quintero was a semifinalist in Honors Moot Court. She was the recipient of a number of the Law/Faculty Scholarships and the Eleven Easy Pieces Scholarship.

Ms. Quintero served as the Insurance Liaison to the Association of Defense Counsel for Northern California and Nevada, and is the National Co-Chair for the Extra-Contractual Committee with the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. She is also a contributing author to Insurance Agency Risk Management: E&O Exposures By Line of Business. Ms. Quintero develops training on industry best practices and is experienced with both bench and jury trials and with appellate court argument. She is a frequent commentator, presenter, and writer on emerging industry issues and technology.