Southern California Super Lawyers Articles

The Calming Force
Why Michael Tuchin calls bankruptcy ‘the emergency medicine of law’

Most Likely to Succeed
How family law lawyer Judith Forman went from ‘highly educated Mom’ to knocking out Muhammad Ali

Common-Sense Approach
Securities litigator Philip Aidikoff knows what’s inside the box

Angela’s Case
Between setting up an office in LA and setting world records in swimming, Dan Stephenson helped set a young girl free

Counter Rhythms
Paul F. Cohen hears them in jazz and the law

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

Cop Land
Former public defender John Barnett has carved a niche practice representing the police

Disney’s GC Works His Magic
Alan Braverman, general counsel at The Walt Disney Co., has an instinct for what’s around the corner

Bleeding Dodger Blue
Recent Texas transplant Victoria Cook has already made a splash in the McCourt divorce case

Controlled Risk
Construction lawyer Jay Freedman keeps things steady during the real estate crisis

The Entertainment Lawyer is with the Band
Christiane Cargill Kinney gets creative while helping the creative

The Robe
Kelly Chang Rickert on being the girl who’s blindfolded with the justice scales

His Way
For employment lawyer Perry Smith, songwriting is just a hobby; but that didn’t stop American Idol from calling

Fearless
Sara Azari fled Khomeini-era Iran, practiced law in Rio and defends the worst of the worst

From O.J. to Skilling
Dan Petrocelli on how to handle the high-profile cases

Compassion for the Client
Amy Fisch Solomon takes on Bayer, Disney and the ‘learned intermediary defense’

Making Deals Happen
In junior high, Brian Weinhart sold hair dryers to secretaries; now he makes multimillion-dollar deals

The Problem Solver
Brian Kabateck’s grandparents survived the Armenian genocide; now he represents the descendants of those who didn’t

Four Wheels Good, Two Wheels Just as Good
Howard Krepack tries to keep L.A. roads safe for bicyclists

It’ll Be Back
Howard Weg and David Shemano see the Terminator franchise through two bankruptcies

‘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

Team David
David C. Friedman helps Summit Entertainment release the Twilight series and more

The Professor of Defamation
When the Queen of Soul—yes, Aretha—felt she was libeled, she called Michael Niborski

Kid Stuff
Few lawyers do more to advocate for the rights of children than Andrea Heyn

Ice Man
Playing hockey as a kid taught Pascal Benyamini to never give up

Who Will Guard the Guards Themselves?
Personal injury lawyer Robert Jarchi, for one

After Disaster Strikes
Keith Griffin helps victims of tragedy piece their lives back together

The Very Busy World of Matt Kline
A young lawyer is tapped to help rewrite America’s war powers legislation

Keeping White Collars Clean
After a stint in the ultra-intense U.S. attorney’s office, nothing fazes criminal defense lawyer David Willingham

The Right Fit
Former insurance defense lawyer and shoe salesman Robert Clayton finds his niche on the plaintiff side

Class Dismissed
Drew Hansen was a lock-down defender on the court at the University of Utah, and is one again at Arent Fox

Class Act(ion)
Rahul Ravipudi digs in for consumers and wins on a huge scale

First a Personal Disaster, Then Mass Disasters
Ilyas Akbari

Episco-Pal
Jeremy Rosen

The Jock
Vered Yakovee

Life After Emmy
Todd Harrison

Rescued by an Ark
Lan Quach

Bingham’s Nuclear Weapon
How Marshall Grossman parlayed a $5 overcharge into a powerhouse career

Schmoozing His Way to Century City
Scott Edelman’s cases have happy endings

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?

Magic Johnson
In 2000, Channing Johnson helped a church buy the Forum, and his life changed forever

Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Gail Title knows, and she fights to protect the authors’ rights

The Smoking Gun Detective
The understated, underrated Mark Robinson’s outrageously creative research pays dividends

When Every Day Is Earth Day
These four lawyers spend their lives toiling to keep a righteous balance between the needs of the environment and the demands of business and government

Walking in Hammurabi’s Footsteps
When he's not winning cases, Najeeb Nabil Khoury studies Islamic philosophy

The Scourge of KPMG
Compared with Michael Avenatti's previous work—politics under Rahm Emanuel—life in the courtroom is a breeze

Didn’t Abraham Lincoln End Slavery?
Here's Chang(e) you can believe in

Fighting For a Green World
Truth and beauty, says Jesse Chavez, are all he knows and all he needs to know

Nu, So Sue
What keeps Nu Usaha motivated? A psychic paycheck

Enlarging the ‘Family’ in Family Law
Long before Proposition 8, Jeffrey Bollinger was working to legalize same-sex marriage

The Businessman’s Best Friend
Jeffrey Glassman had to lose a million dollars to learn how to become a success

Are You Running With Me, Justices?
Meet three attorneys on the fast track

Win or Lose. Then Draw
Marc Jacobs knows that people laugh at him. It's part of his job

A Man in a Big Hurry
Patrick Avakian is hooked on speed

Jacqueline Harding’s Emmy
How does a labor lawyer win television's highest honor?

That’s My Life Up There on the Stage!
For public defender John Littrell, the line between theater and real life got a little blurred

The Young and the Restless
At 36 years old, Jonathan Anschell stepped into the hot seat at CBS

It’s Hot When You Face the Broiler
Bruce Broillet knows how to weave dreams and win cases

How Steven Spielberg Turned the Nicest Guy in Hollywood into a Shark
Bruce Ramer may be the loneliest Republican in America

King of the Tabloids
Mark Geragos is on the front page as often as his high-profile clients

The Nina Chronicles
Nina Shaw helped found one of Hollywood's most important law firms

How Anti-Semitism Inspired the Creation of a Los Angeles Institution
Philip Glusker celebrates Greenberg Glusker's 50th year

What Becomes a Legend Most?
Arthur Greenberg celebrates Greenberg Glusker's 50th anniversary

The Young and the Restless
At 36 years old, Jonathan Anschell stepped into the hot seat at CBS

The Man Who Would De-Fang Divorce
Steve Mindel thinks you shouldn't have to part with your money when you part with your spouse

Confessions of a Former Couch Potato
Lawrence Jacobson goes from the sofa to swimming with the sharks

I Remember Mamaliga
For Andrei Iancu, the good ol' days are now

Conquering Cancer Together
Lori Loo and son Quinten work in tandem to beat an awful foe

What to Expect from the Supreme Court
Eddie Lazarus' newest book reveals hitherto unknown machinations behind the nation's highest court

Barefoot in Bali
David Neale says deep sea diving makes him a better lawyer

Q&A with Robert Hertzberg
After a long and successful political career, including years as the speaker of the California Assembly, Robert Hertzberg reflects on having settled into his law practice.

The Braided Lives of Cunningham and Lazenby
How two East Coast guys became West Coast best friends        

Every Man’s a King
Alexis Neely brings the Rockefeller treatment to the common guy        

The Supreme Court Whisperer
Jean-Claude André's high court trifecta        

Why Did Carol Burnett Sue Over That?
Jean-Paul Jassy and the fight for free speech  

U.N./L.A.
Patriotic clichés are easy to spout. But for three young Los Angeles-area attorneys, immigration to this country really did grant them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Why Wayne Brady Would Make A Great Lawyer
Douglas Lief brings his improv skills to the courtroom  

Reach Out and Touch Someone
Dad checks in from Iraq  

The Accidental Do-Gooder
How Seth Levy fell into trying to save the world  

Why Patrick Maloney’s Wedding (and His Life) Was Darn Near Ruined

For Abusive Employers, The Dai Has Been Cast
Cornelia Dai, along with her good karma Pasadena law firm, doesn’t just hate injustice; she changes its course

Michael Baroni Hates Big Law Bills
By keeping lawsuit costs low, and thinking like a businessman, this general counsel has presided over a doubling of company revenues

The 5-foot-1-inch Giant-Killer
How diminutive Debra Yang took on L.A.’s bad guys and won

Shaman At the Negotiating Table
Want to jump-start your career? Get fired by Michael Jackson

Star Trekking with Laura Wasser

Ah, Chu–Whose Spectacular Successes Are Nothing to Sneeze At!
Even the mighty Microsoft fell after this high school dropout took after it

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