The 2026 edition of Best Lawyers' "Best Law Firms" Directory has been published, with Hinshaw picking up 13 national and 56 metropolitan rankings in the guide.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Mitchel Chargo, a partner and head of its Cannabis Law Committee, has been named by Cannabis Law Report to the Sixth Edition of the Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers 2025/2026.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is proud to announce that Minneapolis partner Amy DuMond Kottke was named among Minnesota Lawyer’s 2025 Top Women in Law.

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.

Explore Mitch Chargo's insights featured in Forbes Magazine on how Minnesota's new cannabis regulation paves the way for innovative business opportunities.

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: