Super Lawyers contributing authors

Steph Weber is an award-winning journalist specializing in healthcare, business, and law. She has written for Physicians Practice, Medscape, and Rheumatology Network and created content for several other industry publications, companies, and colleges. As a frequent Super Lawyers contributor, she enjoys drilling down complex legal topics into bite-sized, actionable advice for readers and interviewing the nation's leading attorney voices, highlighting their most memorable achievements and lessons learned. She lives in Northern Indiana.

Stephanie Hunt is a writer/editor based in Charleston, SC, with more than 25 years experience writing features, profiles and essays for numerous publications. In addition to being a regular contributor to Super Lawyer, she is Editor at Large for Charleston Magazine, and writes regularly for Veranda, Southern Living, Coastal Living, Faith & Leadership (Duke University), LUXE, and is a stringer for the Washington Post. An avid cyclist and conservationist, she is a graduate of Duke University and Vanderbilt Divinity School, and the mother of three girls.

Steve Knopper is a Billboard editor at large, former Rolling Stone contributing editor, contributor to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, GQ and many other publications, and the author of two books: Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age and MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson. A longtime Super Lawyers contributor, he has written numerous oral histories, including one about civil rights attorneys in Alabama in the 1950s and '60s and another on the pioneering wave of women attorneys in Southern California in the 1970s. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Super Lawyers articles and stories are assigned, edited and fact-checked using the highest journalistic standards—as evidenced by the dozens of awards we’ve won from the Society of Professional Journalists and other industry organizations. Attorneys who are consulted and interviewed for these stories are all from the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Learn more about the Super Lawyers selection process.

Susan G. Hauser is a Portland writer whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People, O, and many other publications. She holds a B.A. in English from Portland State University and an M.A. in Near Eastern languages and civilizations from the University of Chicago. 

Ms. Kostal is based in San Francisco, with work published in San Francisco Magazine, San Francisco Attorney, The ABA Journal, Forbes ASAP, California Lawyer, and the Daily Journal. Susan writes "Content Under Pressure" for Attorney at Work and guest posts for Ms. JD, LexisNexis, JD Supra and 3 Geeks and a Law Blog.

Susan Ladika is a highly experienced writer and editor who covers topics ranging from health to finance to workforce and social issues. Before becoming a freelancer, she worked for The Associated Press in the U.S. and Europe. Her articles have appeared in Super Lawyers, Bankrate.com, and Creditcards.com, among others. She has edited books for international organizations.