The 24-hour Rule
By Verna Gates
Alabama Super Lawyers 2008
What do Exxon, R.J. Reynolds and Auburn University have in common? Sam Franklin
The Unpredictable Quarterback
By G. Patrick Pawling
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2008
Joe Hurley keeps his clients in the clear by keeping his opponents guessing
Top Gun
By Bernard Edelman
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2009
Denny Shupe's high-flying career
Q&A With Thomas Geoghegan
By Erik Lundegaard
Illinois Super Lawyers 2010
How the labor lawyer at Despres, Schwartz and Geoghegan almost broke the Watergate scandal
The Dwight Stuff
By David Rubenstein
Minnesota Law & Politics
Dwight Opperman went West as a young man, and the rest is history
Family Man
By Josh Karp
Illinois Super Lawyers 2009
Jack Butler Jr. adopts distressed companies
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








