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 proud to announce that BTI Consulting has ranked the firm as a “Powerhouse in Litigation”—the highest client satisfaction tier—in its “BTI Litigation Outlook 2027: More Aggressive. More Complexity. Higher Stakes.” client survey.

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®.

Read a new AccountsRecovery.net column by Hinshaw partner Colin Winkler, who examines a recent Minnesota district court decision that largely denied a motion to dismiss in a pro se Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case, despite the plaintiff’s reliance on sovereign citizen-style arguments. 

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.

Minneapolis-based partner Amy DuMond Kottke will co-present at a Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) panel titled "Key Considerations, Challenges & Community Benefits of Building Conversions" on February 19, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hinshaw partner Mitchel Chargo will present on "Unresolved Legal Issues for Municipal Cannabis Dispensaries: Banking, Federal Regulations, and Insurance," at the Minnesota Association of City Attorneys (MACA) 2024 Annual Conference on February 9, 2024, in Bloomington, Minnesota. His session will offer guidance for navigating the challenges of running a legal-at-state-level-only cannabis business.

Hinshaw partner Mitchel Chargo will serve as a panelist in an in-person event titled "MN Cannabis Market Insights: Discover Key Steps to Take Now." Scheduled for November 15, 2023, and organized by financial services company BGM, the discussion will provide a comprehensive overview of Minnesota's cannabis industry and outlines key steps for assessing opportunities, including: