Andrea Hanis

Andrea Hanis joined Law Bulletin Media as editor in July 2021. She is a longtime journalist who has worked in the newsrooms of the Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business and the Chicago Sun-Times.

At the Tribune, Andrea was editor of Blue Sky Innovation, which covered technology, entrepreneurship and innovation through business news, features, service journalism and live events. Andrea was most recently an editorial writer at the Tribune and was previously an editor on the Tribune Business section. Prior to the Tribune, she was an assistant managing editor leading the award-winning Business of Life section at Crain’s Chicago Business, covering workplace issues and Chicago executives. At the Chicago-Sun Times, Andrea was a features and travel editor, winning national awards for her writing and editing.

She has a journalism degree from Indiana University and is a native of Whiting, Ind.

Recent Articles by CDLB staff

July 4 parade gun suits belong in state court, panel holds

A federal appeals court rejected a bid by Smith & Wesson to remove from state to federal court a dozen lawsuits accusing the gun manufacturer of liability in a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park.
By Patricia Manson
Park advocates fail to halt Obama center project

In a long-running challenge over choice of venue and environmental concerns, park advocates have failed yet again to stop construction of the Obama Presidential Center, which has been in progress since 2021 in a corner of Chicago’s historic Jackson Park.
By Grace Barbic
Judge citing Bruen tosses gun charges against felon

Prosecutors ran afoul of the Second Amendment when they charged a man with violating a law that bars convicted felons from possessing firearms, a federal judge held Monday.
By Patricia Manson
Hospital loses bid to move med-mal case out of Cook County

A medical malpractice case against a Will County hospital will remain in Cook County Circuit Court despite the plaintiffs living in Will County and the alleged negligence occurring there, a state appellate panel ruled.
By Grace Barbic
Alleged victims of data breach can pursue negligence suit

Two women who maintain their sensitive personal information was exposed to third parties in a data breach have stated a claim for negligence against the company storing the information, a federal judge held.
By Patricia Manson
Suit revived against SIU Medicine over post-surgery injury

Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine must face a lawsuit alleging one of its surgeons caused pain and permanent injury by leaving impacted gauze in a patient’s nose after surgery, a state appellate panel ruled.
By Emma Oxnevad
Panel won’t revive consumer fraud suit against ComEd

ComEd and its parent company do not have to face a lawsuit alleging that its bribery of associates of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan caused its customers to pay higher fees.
By Emma Oxnevad
Economic loss claims against Abbott over baby formula tossed

A group of plaintiffs, who claim they would not have paid for baby formula if they knew it was at risk of contamination prior to a recall, cannot pursue an economic loss suit against Abbott Laboratories, a federal appeals court ruled.
By Grace Barbic