The law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that The BTI Consulting Group named partners Samuel Bodurtha and April Villaverde 2023 BTI Client Service All-Stars. Based on in-depth, independent interviews conducted by BTI with top general counsel at companies ranging in size from $700 million in revenue to the largest companies in the world, the All-Stars list recognizes a select group of attorneys nationwide identified by those general counsels as "delivering the absolute best levels of client service … amid all the changes and unexpected events — they stand tallest."

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced partner Hale Yazicioglu Lake has been selected as one of Boston Business Journal's 2018 "40 Under 40" honorees. She is a member of the firm's Consumer Financial Services Practice.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced today the opening of its new office in Boston at Exchange Place, 53 State Street in the heart of the financial district. The location reflects Hinshaw’s long term commitment to downtown Boston, to Massachusetts and to a growing New England practice. The new space expands the firm’s footprint in the city to provide room for further growth and to enhance conference and collaborative space designed to provide our clients and the community with the best of Hinshaw’s services.

Hinshaw partners Sam Bodurtha, Lauren Campisi, Brian McGrath, Stephanie Mulcahy, and Charles Townsend will present at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, which will take place in San Diego, California, from May 14 to 17, 2025.

Hinshaw is a proud sponsor of the Mortgage Bankers Association's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference 2022!

Join Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference for an opportunity to network with colleagues at these fun-filled events:

Increased regulatory enforcement is on the horizon. Foreclosure activities will eventually resume. Consumer litigation will follow.

A highly contested and controversial legal defense to residential foreclosures in Maine resurfaced earlier this month with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's decision in Finch v. U.S. Bank, N.A.

In Westconnaug Recovery Co., LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has continued to rule against redemption and in favor of strict application of the Rhode Island's Tax Title Act. Specifically, an interested party must assert a statutory right to redemption under § 44-9-29 even if initially contesting the validity of tax title under § 44-9-31 in response to a foreclosure proceeding.

We previously reported on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, Tyler v. Hennepin County, where the court concluded that the State of Minnesota violated a property owner’s constitutional rights by keeping the excess sale proceeds from a tax lien sale. Following Tyler v. Hennepin County, the Sixth Circuit, in Freed v. Thomas, affirmed a lower court’s holding that a Michigan county similarly violated the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause. Freed owed the County roughly $1,100 in property taxes. The County foreclosed its tax lien and sold Freed’s property at public auction for $42,000 in accordance with Michigan’s General Property Tax Act. The County refused to pay Freed the roughly $40,000 over and above his tax debt. Freed sued the County, claiming that retaining the excess proceeds was an unconstitutional taking in violation of the Fifth Amendment and an excessive fine in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

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