The Pioneer
By Philip Dray
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
Sheila Birnbaum was often the first woman in the room, but it’s in products liability that she blazed a trail
Hanging Their Own Shingles
By Anne Brennan
Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars 2009
Who’s the boss? Four area lawyers told us how they turned the answer into “I am.” They left other legal jobs—or never really had them to begin with—and mustered up the courage to go it alone. Their firms are dreams realized, but entrepreneurship also means figuring out accounts payable
The Scourge of KPMG
By Suzy Frisch
Southern California Rising Stars 2009
Compared with Michael Avenatti's previous work—politics under Rahm Emanuel—life in the courtroom is a breeze
Taking the Bull by the Horns
By Karin Benne
Mid-South Super Lawyers 2008
John Burnett fights for his clients' First Amendment freedoms
The 800-Pound Piranha
By Susan G. Hauser
Oregon Super Lawyers 2009
David Markowitz is a courtroom giant—and a gentle soul
Van Fleet's Grand Feats
By Paul Sweeney
Texas Super Lawyers 2007
A billion-dollar win? He's got lots of those
The Suffragist
By Kathryn Finegan Clark
New Jersey Super Lawyers 2006
Few have done more to advance the cause of women's rights in New Jersey than Bonnie Frost