Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner James (Jim) Sandy has been appointed to serve as Chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee, for a two-year term effective today. Senior counsel Marisa Roman also serves on the subcommittee leadership team as the Young Lawyers Liaison.

Formerly with Polsinelli, a six-attorney group led by partner Brendan I. Herbert in Miami and partner Marc D. Cabrera in Dallas is joining Hinshaw’s financial services group. Joining as senior counsel are Jonathan L. Blackmore in Miami, Elizabeth F. Hayes and Justin K. Sauls in Dallas, and Michael C. Hughes in New York.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that 16 attorneys, including eight partners, have joined the firm’s Consumer Financial Services and Insurance Services industry groups.

Read David Schultz’s ARM Compliance Digest column discussing a judge’s humorous—but important—ruling invoking a 154-year-old precedent to deny default judgment in an FDCPA case.

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 David Schultz’s AccountsRecovery.net ARM Compliance Digest column analyzing a New Jersey Appellate Division decision holding that using a letter vendor to print and mail collection notices does not violate the FDCPA.

Hinshaw partners Brian McGrath, Lauren Campisi, and Leslie Meredith will speak at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA’s) 2026 Compliance and Risk Management Conference at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, from September 27–29, 2026.

Hinshaw partners Justin Penn and James (Jim) Sandy will present on a panel at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Business Law Fall Meeting 2026 on September 4, 2026.

Hinshaw proudly serves as a Diamond Sponsor of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference in Miami from May 4 to 7, 2026.

Hinshaw partner Justin Penn will present on the panel, “Who Am I Actually Talking To? Third-party Disclosure and Authentication,” on Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 pm CT.

Hinshaw partner Justin Penn will present at an Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (ACA) Huddle, “Signed, Sealed … Coerced? Understanding Coerced Debt,” on June 17.

John Ryan discusses AI voice bots in collections, highlighting compliance requirements, legal risks, and regulatory considerations for AI-driven consumer calls.

Read key takeaways from the Hinshaw-sponsored 2026 Mortgage Bankers Association Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, where our attorneys were on site, presenting and engaging with industry leaders.

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