Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner April Toy has been recognized among “Wisconsin’s 31 Most Influential Latino Leaders of 2025” by Madison365.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner April Toy has been elected to serve as the Vice President of Divisions, Sections, and Committees on the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) National Executive Committee.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is very pleased to announce that BizTimes Milwaukee has selected partner April Toy among its 2025 Notable Latino Leaders.

Hinshaw partner April Toy served as a contributing author for a book, published by The Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) titled LEGACY: Women of HACE & 40 Stories of Impact. The book tells the personal stories of 40 alumnae from the Mujeres de HACE Women’s Leadership Program, which started in 2008. The alumnae discuss how HACE has impacted them and how they have shared that impact with the world.

Hinshaw partner April Toy will co-present a panel at the firm-sponsored Hispanic National Bar Association/VIA 2025 Annual Convention on September 5, 2025. The panel is titled "Ethical Challenges in the Legal Profession: Maintaining Integrity in Complex Scenarios."

Hinshaw partner April Toy, the national secretary of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), will co-present a sponsored webinar with Berkley Select titled "Guarding Your Practice: Navigating Professional Liability for Lawyers" on July 25, 2024. Toy and her panel will concentrate on safeguarding a lawyer’s legal practice, no matter the size of the professional liability claim.

Milwaukee-based partner and Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Region IX president, April Toy, will serve as a panelist at the 2023 HNBA/VIA Annual Convention (AC2023). Hinshaw is pleased to also co-sponsor AC2023, which runs September 6-8, 2023, at the Hilton in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hinshaw partner April Toy will moderate a webinar hosted by the Hispanic National Bar Association/VIA Solo-Small Summer Series, sponsored by Berkley Select on August 21, 2025.

As we say goodbye to 2024, we are pleased to announce our 2024 Hinshaw Readers’ Choice Awards in the professional liability and legal ethics category. The following are the Top 5 posts receiving the highest levels of engagement from our readers in 2024 on topics ranging from financial elder abuse claims and bar advisory opinions to attorney disqualification motions.

The plaintiff sued two defendants for legal malpractice related to an allegedly time-barred underlying personal injury case.

Ideally, the attorney-client relationship begins once a signed written engagement agreement is in place, which clearly outlines the clients who will be represented and the agreed scope of legal services. A properly drafted engagement agreement will document the expectations and obligations of both the attorney and the client. An engagement agreement, like any contract for services, reflects the "meeting of the minds" between the parties at the outset of the attorney-client relationship. In this sense, a well-crafted engagement agreement not only ensures compliance with the rules of professional conduct but also promotes client relations and helps protect against future legal malpractice claims.