About Steve Knopper

Six attorneys who found happiness in Florida’s quieter corners

Five Georgia attorneys tell their immigration stories

Gary M. Paul’s work during the heyday of the space race

Six attorneys share their stories of coming to America

Six attorneys on the joys and challenges of hanging a shingle

An oral history of the first wave of women attorneys

Seven attorneys from four states—each with 50+ years in practice—talk about their careers

Eight attorneys, each with 60+ years experience, talk about everything from LSAT-less law schools to Freedom Rides to John and Yoko

Attorney Fred Gray on the passing of the civil rights icon

Starting out as a prosecutor: a brutal workload. And the best job ever

Six LA-area criminal defense attorneys recount the joys and heavy workloads of being prosecutors and public defenders

Florida attorneys swap U.S. Supreme Court stories—from getting dressed down by Scalia to being the last lawyer to address Rehnquist

An oral history of trailblazing women in the law

An oral history of trailblazing women in Illinois law

Former prosecutors who switched to defense compare notes

Five Texas women follow the ‘path through the jungle’ carved by predecessors like Sandra Day O’Connor

What was it like being part of the first wave of women attorneys? Nine Oregon lawyers tell all

Immigrant attorneys share their journeys to, and visions of, America

Matt Holohan and Karam Saab try to reunite families separated at the border

Eight LA attorneys recount their journeys to America

An oral history of the first wave of female attorneys

Five local lawyers mull the changes in their industry over the past six decades

Eight lawyers recount their journey to America

Six immigrants share their journeys to become Michigan attorneys

A case of the jitters, a bleeding ankle and a nearly missed entrance couldn’t keep 7 Texas lawyers from their dates with the nation’s highest court

Washington attorneys share their experiences immigrating to the U.S.

An oral history of lawyers who started practicing in the 1960s

An oral history of immigrants in Illinois law

An oral history of those who fought “We don’t hire women” law firms and handsy judges to make legal history

An oral history of women who began practicing law in the early 1970s

Boulder’s Hutchinson Black and Cook allows its partners a year off

And will it make a comeback?

And other memories of the high court from eight former SCOTUS clerks

Former clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court talk about their experiences at the center of American law

An oral history of Minnesota women who started practicing law in the 1960s and ’70s

An oral history of five Pennsylvania attorneys who graduated from law school in the 1950

Qusair Mohamedbhai tackles civil rights and employee rights in post-9/11 America

Nine top attorneys talk about practicing law from the 1950s to today

An oral history of civil rights and the African-American bar 60 years after Montgomery

How John Posthumus helped grow Colorado

An oral history of the first wave of female attorneys

An oral history of the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of the first wave of female attorneys

Former prosecutors Eric Nichols and Fields Alexander and defense attorney Deric King Walpole revisit the mayhem surrounding the polygamist’s trial

Everyone who worked with legendary Philadelphia trial lawyer Jim Beasley has a story or two to tell. Some of the attorneys who knew him best shared their memories with us

An oral history of the investigation that took down a corrupt Cook County court system

An oral history of the short life and quick death of Dewey & LeBoeuf

An oral history of the legal issues surrounding the Littleton tragedy