Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that a group of four attorneys has joined the firm’s leading national Consumer Financial Services group. Previously with McGlinchey Stafford, Megan S. Ben’Ary joins the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner. Also joining Megan in DC are partner Alexander R. Green and senior counsel Alyssa L. Szymczyk. Partner Joseph “Joe” Apatov, also from McGlinchey, joins the firm in Fort Lauderdale.

Read how Hinshaw partner J. Logan Rappaport and our client’s in-house counsel Heather Mooneyham recently secured a significant summary judgment in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York for the Sheet Metal Workers’ National Pension Fund.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 lawyers are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with ten receiving this honor for the first time. Additionally, 22 Hinshaw lawyers are included in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Read a CCFL Quarterly Report article by Aimee Szygenda and Alfredo (“Fred”) Ramos that analyzes how generative artificial intelligence is reshaping litigation practice for attorneys.

Read a CCFL Quarterly Report article by Hinshaw partners Dustin Alonzo and Helen Mosothoane that analyzes the Fifth Circuit’s notable decision in National Automobile Dealers Association v. FTC.

Read Akeela White’s analysis of a debt collector’s petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify three Fair Debt Collection Practices Act questions.

Hinshaw partners Vaishali Rao, Akeela White, and Joe Sanders will lead a panel on "Regulatory Landscape from a State Perspective" at the Chicagoland Compliance Association's (CCA) Annual Conference on October 16, 2025, in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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

Read how New York’s FAIR Act expands consumer protection to unfair and abusive practices, broadens the Attorney General’s enforcement authority, and raises compliance risks for businesses in the state.

Discover what the CFPB–MoneyLion settlement means for Military Lending Act compliance and why the order’s treatment of membership fees and MAPR could be inconsistent with the MLA regulation. 

The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that mortgagees can foreclose without possessing the original promissory note. Learn what the Porch Swing case means for lenders, servicers, and borrowers.

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.

Read part one, "A Bronx Tale: A New York State Trial Judge Calls Out New York State's Long-Standing Heightened Standard of Proving the Making of an Agreement to Arbitrate," about the trial court's decision in Wu v. Uber Tech., Inc.