Super Lawyers contributing authors

In addition to the Super Lawyers editorial staff, many professional journalists, legal writers and the top attorneys that have made our Super Lawyers lists have contributed stories and legal articles and resources content to SuperLawyers.com. Learn more by visiting our About Super Lawyers page.

Carlos Harrison

Carlos Harrison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, two-time Emmy nominee, and author of 16 books ranging from biographies to legal issues (e.g., The Ghosts of Hero Street, Trained to Kill, and The Memorandum). A graduate of the University of South Florida, his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Miami Herald, People, and other publications. Several of his articles for Super Lawyers have won awards from the Society for Professional Journalists.

Carly Nairn

Carly Nairn is a journalist based in San Francisco. Her work has been published with National Geographic, Yes! Magazine, and Mongabay, among others. 

Carol Tice

Carol Tice has written for Forbes, Entrepreneur, Seattle Business, Delta Sky and many other publications. She is the recipient of a Best in Business award from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Corporate clients have included Costco, AmEx, Deloitte and Dell. Over the course of a decade, she built and sold a content-based online business that serves freelance writers. In a past life, she was a legal secretary at MGM Studios and the William Morris Agency (now Endeavor). Today, she ghostwrites books for business thought leaders.

Carole Hawkins

Carole Hawkins is full-time freelance journalist who has written more than 2,000 articles on business and public policy for The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Business Journal and other regional newspapers. She has received awards from the Georgia Press Association and the Florida Press Club for business and feature writing.

Carole Moore

Carole Moore is a former police officer who has worked in TV news and radio before concentrating solely as a freelance writer and book author. She writes about true crime, finance, criminal justice reform and humor. Her latest book is The Last Place You’d Look: True Stories of Missing Persons and the People Who Searched for Them.

Chanté Griffin

Chanté Griffin is a journalist and natural hair advocate whose work centers how race intersects with various aspects of culture. She’s an entertainment writer for Faithfully Magazine and a former contributor for The Root, The Washington Post and L.A. Parent. Chanté is a 2022-2023 Rosalynn Carter U.S. Fellow for mental health journalism, and her debut book, Loving Your Black Neighbor As Yourself, is forthcoming from WaterBrook / Penguin Random House in 2024.

Cheyna Roth

Before becoming a Capitol reporter for Michigan Public Radio Network, Cheyna Roth was an assistant prosecuting attorney for Ionia County. Eventually, Cheyna took her investigative and interview skills and moved on to journalism. She got her masters at Michigan State University and was a documentary filmmaker, podcaster, and freelance writer before finding her home with NPR. For MPRN, Cheyna covered the 2016 presidential election, chasing after Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and all their surrogates as they duked it out for Michigan. Cheyna also focuses on the Legislature and criminal justice issues for MPRN. Cheyna is obsessively curious, a passionate storyteller, and an occasional backpacker.  

Christine Schuster

Christine Schuster is a former Super Lawyers staffer, and holds a degree in journalism and theater arts from Bethel University. She has won multiple awards for her reporting on a variety of topics in Twin Cities suburban communities. 

Cindy Larson

Ms. Larson is the former publisher of Super Lawyers magazine. She started with Super Lawyers in 2003, when we decided to select and publish lists across the U.S. Cindy is one of the inventors of the patented Super Lawyers selection process. Cindy has a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and a B.A. from St. Olaf College. Before entering the world of legal publishing in 1995, Cindy practiced law in Minneapolis in the area of commercial litigation.

Dan Heilman

In four decades as a professional writer, Dan Heilman has covered subatomic particles, subterranean punk rock bands, and just about everything in between. He has experience in news reporting, features, profiles, reviews, essays, blogs and corporate communications. He’s also edited everything from in-house newsletters to daily business journals to monthly specialty magazines. He’s been a full-time freelance writer since 2010, with legal issues in Minnesota being his primary beat. He’s a regular contributor to Super Lawyers’ Minnesota edition.

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