Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is very pleased to announce that partner Mitchel Chargo has been named to the Seventh Edition of the Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers directory (2026/2027) by Cannabis Law Report and Cannabis Law Journal.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 of its lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that Minneapolis partners Amy DuMond Kottke and Mitchel (“Mitch”) Chargo have been named 2026 Top Lawyers in Minnesota by Minnesota Monthly magazine.

Read Hinshaw partner Mitch Chargo's insights in Cultivated Media on what cannabis dealmakers should watch as the industry moves toward Schedule III.

Read the Cannabis Industry Journal's recent coverage of key takeaways from Hinshaw partner Mitch Chargo’s panel presentations at the MJBizCon conference, which took place last month in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Read Hinshaw partner Mitch Chargo’s insights in media stories by AZ Big Media and KTTC Rochester discussing the significant impact of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order that reschedules cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III substance.

Hinshaw partner Mitchel Chargo will present on Indigenous State Compacts at the International Cannabis Symposium 2026, held at the University of Cape Town in South Africa from June 25 to June 27.

Hinshaw partner Mitch Chargo will speak at NECANN’s inaugural Cannabis Convention in Minnesota, taking place on May 14-15 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.  

Hinshaw partner Mitchel Chargo will speak in two sessions at the upcoming Flourish Investment Forum on May 12-13.

Minneapolis-based partner Mitchel Chargo will present on the panel "Pivot & Thrive: Building a Future in Cannabis from the Ground Up" at CannaCon Midwest at 3:00 p.m. on August 10, 2025, in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Earlier this week, we learned that the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will likely reclassify marijuana under federal law from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) based upon the recommendation from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Many years ago, the Beatles released a hit song titled "Got to Get You Into my Life," a veiled reference to cannabis use. Recently, the Minnesota legislature took a significant step toward bringing adult recreational use cannabis into the lives of Minnesotans. The mammoth bill legalizing adult recreational use was introduced to the Minnesota legislature in January and is currently moving through the House and the Senate. It is a whopper, weighing in at well over 200 pages. Here are ten high points to know about the bill, which is subject to ongoing change as it winds its way toward the Governor's desk.