Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Hinshaw partners James (Jim) Sandy and Scott Seaman have been ranked as Top Authors in the 2026 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards.

The law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Vincent Rizzo has been elected to serve as the President of LAGBAC – Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association –  for the 2025–2026 term. Vincent previously held leadership roles as Vice President and Secretary.

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.

Listen to Gene Brown’s discussion on lessons learned from his successful career and the three key pillars of successful defense trials in a new episode of Altair Law LLP’s Verdict Academy Podcast.

Read how Hinshaw’s Managing Partner, Robert (“Bob”) T. Shannon, and fellow members of the Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) 2025 Cohort of the Daniel Burnham Fellowship for Executives were profiled in Crain’s Chicago Business this week.

Hinshaw partner Joel Wiegert will serve as the conference co-chair for the Fidelity Law Association (FLA) 31st Annual Conference, in Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 2025, for which Hinshaw is a firm sponsor. His Hinshaw colleague, Michael Adams, will also present as part of a panel titled "Who's Holding the Bag? (And Who Gets to File the Claim)?"

Hinshaw partner José A. Herrera Paez, an adjunct professor in the University of Miami School of Law's Transactional Skills Program, will co-present "Core Contracts Every Business Lawyer Must Master" at the school's Essentials of Transactional Practice Bootcamp on September 5, 2025, in Miami, Florida.

Hinshaw partner Justin Penn will co-present an AccountsRecovery.net webinar titled "Dealing with Pro Se Litigants," on November 6, 2025. 

Chicago-based partner David Levitt will moderate a DRI webinar, titled "Litigation Financing: What You Need to Know," on September 3, 2025.

Read the implications of the US Supreme Court’s ruling that the erroneous dismissal of a non-diverse defendant does not cure jurisdictional defects that existed at the time of removal—making federal court removal potentially more challenging for defendants.

Learn how the New York AVOID Act significantly changes third-party practice and the key compliance steps to prepare for the law taking effect on April 19, 2026.