Vaishali Rao, a partner in Hinshaw & Culbertson’s Chicago office, leads the firm’s Regulatory & Compliance practice. She represents a variety of industries in enforcement proceedings, supervisory exams, regulatory inquiries or other compliance issues. Prior to joining Hinshaw, Vaishali was a supervising attorney in the Illinois Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, where she managed high stakes fraud investigations and litigation, including over the financial crisis years. She coordinated and led national litigation teams of Attorneys General around the country, and worked closely with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, and US DOJ, among other agencies. Prior to working for the Attorney General, she served as Assistant Counsel to the Speaker in the Illinois House of Representatives, including on the impeachment trial of former Illinois Governor, Rod R. Blagojevich.