Attorney feature articles

Hanging Their Own Shingles

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

Esquire, M.D.

Dr. Samuel K. Cullan hasn’t just studied medicine; he’s studied how to teach medicine to juries

The Eternal Optimist

A minister’s son, Deere & Co.’s Jim Jenkins credits his father for his worldview

Lawsuit on Aisle 5

How Robert Gordon went from a farm commune to Safeway Inc.

Cliff Notes

Cliff Rankin deftly handles the Shaw Group’s legal dealings 

From Brussels to Cleveland

While practicing law in Belgium, Eaton Corp.’ s Mark McGuire learned to improvise 

Pfizer’s Legal Sentry

Amy Schulman forwent a career in academia for high-stakes corporate litigation 

Juilliard Without the Drama

How Laurie Carter keeps the performing arts performing

Pirates of the Arabian

Lawrence Rutkowski on negotiating with men holding AK-47s

The Expert

Greg Joseph is the corporate litigator you want answering that 3 a.m. (or 4 a.m.) phone call

The Pioneer

Sheila Birnbaum was often the first woman in the room, but it’s in products liability that she blazed a trail

Lennon Law

How Leon Wildes helped John Lennon stay in the city he loved

A Minor Deity in the Bankruptcy Arena

From the Salad Oil Scandal of ‘63 to Lehman Brothers today, Harvey Miller is the bankruptcy lawyer you don’t cross

'Who Did You Rep During the Global Financial Meltdown, Daddy?'

How an all-star line-up of lawyers helped ensure that Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers were bought, and someone, somewhere, cared about Bernie Madoff

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.

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