Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner James (Jim) Sandy has been appointed to serve as Chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee, for a two-year term effective today. Senior counsel Marisa Roman also serves on the subcommittee leadership team as the Young Lawyers Liaison.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that James (Jim) Sandy, partner-in-charge of the firm’s Cleveland office, has been selected by Crain’s Cleveland Business as a 2026 Notable Leader in Accounting, Consulting & Law.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Hinshaw partners James (Jim) Sandy and Scott Seaman have been ranked as Top Authors in the 2026 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards.

Hinshaw partners Justin Penn and James (Jim) Sandy will present on a panel at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Business Law Fall Meeting 2026 on September 4, 2026.

Join industry-leading automotive finance attorneys in Chicago on April 23, 2026, for a day-long complimentary seminar on the latest federal and state developments impacting consumer and commercial lending within the industry.

Hinshaw partner Jim Sandy will be a faculty member in a National Business Institute (NBI) CLE webinar titled "Advanced FDCPA Compliance Challenges and Violations," on April 1, 2026.

Stay ahead of a growing circuit split with our latest analysis of a recent Ninth Circuit ruling treating text messages as “calls” under the TCPA—reaching the opposite conclusion of a Seventh Circuit decision.

The Ninth Circuit found Roblox waived arbitration by litigating first—learn why this matters for your business and how to avoid the same outcome.

Learn about the Seventh Circuit’s significant ruling holding that text messages are not considered “calls” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).