A Man in a Big Hurry
By Paul Nolan
Southern California Rising Stars 2009
Patrick Avakian is hooked on speed
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 Game Changer
By Josh Karp
Corporate Counsel Edition - September 2009
Elsa Cole, the NCAA’s first GC
The Busiest Septuagenarian in Texas
By Tim Eaton
Texas Super Lawyers 2009
By day, a few million-dollar cases; by night, Wayne Fisher smokes six briskets at once
Have Salami, Will Travel
By Richard Foster
Virginia Super Lawyers 2008
Alan B. Plevy takes Katz's kosher salami around the world
Hanging Their Own Shingles
By Kirsten Marcum
New England Super Lawyers 2008
Not every lawyer gets to stroll into the office at 10 or spend a few hours fishing for striped bass every morning. Then again, not every lawyer takes out his own trash, worries about the firm's cash flow, or plans her next wave of online marketing. We spoke to five young New England lawyers at small firms to see what life is like when you are your own accountant, bookkeeper, secretary, reference librarian, IT consultant and janitor.
Barristers of the Ballot Box
By Kevin Featherly
Wisconsin Super Lawyers 2009
How five Wisconsin lawyers got involved in the political process