Articles written by Erik Lundegaard
Wanted: Shades of Gray
IP and business litigator Adrian Pruetz, whose eponymous firm merged with Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro last November, talks about preparing witnesses, debriefing juries, and the perceived advantage of being a female attorney
Insurance Exchange
Jeffrey A. Wothers, managing partner of Niles, Barton & Wilmer, talks insurance, Lloyd’s of London, and why the founder of his firm was jailed by Abraham Lincoln
War Stories
Dennis P. Coffey on the war on drugs, law schools, and how overlegislated we are
The Rabbi’s Son
Bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman on tough cases, humorous deal toys, and how to handle power brokers like Carl Icahn and Donald Trump
James Lobsenz Rewrites the Rules
How a Seattle appellate lawyer helped end 'don’t ask, don’t tell'
Fearless
Sara Azari fled Khomeini-era Iran, practiced law in Rio and defends the worst of the worst
Long-Term Care
Estate planning and probate attorney Carol Kao talks with her clients about the two certainties of life: death and taxes
Swimming, Not Sinking
Denver native Lawrence Litvak talks cases, judges and his ‘sink or swim’ philosophy
C. Neal Pope’s Door-to-Door Advocacy
The class action attorney from Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood on the best mentoring in the world, the greatest tool in cross-examination and what juries can’t forgive
‘Take Your Violin and Go Back to Vienna!’
Entertainment lawyer Eric Weissmann, of Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall, on fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe, becoming friends with Gene Wilder, and being called ‘a rotten son of a bitch’ by Burt Lancaster
Rifkin, Not Ripken
Alan Rifkin has represented Maryland’s Senate, governor, jockey club, and, yes, its baseball team
Sympathy for the Defendant
Tracey Wood is energetic, optimistic, and represents ‘the most hated’ defendants
Being Dan Monnat
What the criminal defense lawyer has learned from Gerry Spence, Grace Wu … and the Lone Ranger
It Came From Hollywood
NATO (the other one) turns to former TV screenwriter Gary Klein as its legal counsel
The Fourth Lesson of Joe Flom
It has something to do with liquidity
A Serious Man
Ron Meshbesher talks about his legendary career and what it’s like being name-checked in a Coen brothers movie
Remembering the St. Louis
Robert Rubin has made protecting civil liberties his life’s work
Uncle Sam Wanted Him
How Peter Greenspun, a table-pad manufacturer’s son from Philadelphia, wound up representing Caleb Hughes, Marv Albert and John A. Muhammad
The Storyteller
Trial legend Gerry Spence on fear, honesty and the value of knowing one’s story
Foreign Service
How Robert Mautino, of Mautino & Mautino, learned nine languages, snuck a Filipino war veteran into the country, and turned a Canadian into an American just by asking a few questions
In-House at the White House
Cheryl Stanton talks about working as a counsel and special assistant to President George W. Bush
Defending Goliath
Kenzo Kawanabe of Davis Graham & Stubbs on what ultimately influences jurors
Veteran’s Day in Court
Natalie Brown of Leventhal, Brown & Puga soldiers on for a soldier
Q&A With Gary B. Blum
The time and expense of the Rocky Flats case didn’t lead Gary Blum to consider alternative dispute resolution; he was already a proponent
Q&A With Nagendra “Nick” Setty
How Nagendra Setty dropped out (of med school), turned on (to patent law) and set up Fish & Richardson’s Atlanta office
A Bit of a Rebel with a Bit of a Cause
Schuyler Moore’s life would make a great movie; but would he watch it?
Q&A With Thomas Geoghegan
How the labor lawyer at Despres, Schwartz and Geoghegan almost broke the Watergate scandal
Q&A With Ward B. Coe III
The Gallagher Evelius & Jones attorney talks about taking on country clubs, S&Ls—and skunks
The Pugilist (Not) At Rest
Michael Tarnoff of the Warshafsky Law Firm is boxing again—after 50 years
Mr. Schpak, The Next Generation
How Andrew Schpak is helping save Hollywood … the theater
Q&A With Murray Schwartz
Murray Schwartz of Schwartz & Perry has been practicing for 60 years. He currently focuses exclusively on all facets of employment law, including employment discrimination.
Sullivan’s Travels
What happened when Wyoming's Michael J. Sullivan returned to the land of his forebears
Windows of Opportunity
In 1978, Bill Neukom helped launch Microsoft. Now he's going after a small thing called world justice
Q&A with Edna Ruth Vincent
Edna Ruth Vincent, a family law attorney with Colten Cummins Watson & Vincent in Fairfax, Va., was born in Roxboro, N.C., where she grew up and went to college. After completing a master's degree in education at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Vincent taught high school for five years before becoming a lawyer.
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