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.
Doug Mentes, Esq.
Douglas Mentes is an alum of Drake University with a degree in journalism, who has covered news in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. He has a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law and ran his own law firm for more than 10 years in St. Paul, Minnesota, earning designation as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. He practiced in the areas of family law, real estate and probate, handling several successful appeals. He currently covers bankruptcy law for Thomson Reuters.
Emily Coon
Emily Coon is a former staffer at Super Lawyers, where she made contributions to proofing, writing and fact-checking efforts. She has a communications and journalism degree from the University of St. Thomas and has also contributed to The Lala.
Emma Way
Emma Way is a writer and editor living in Charlotte, North Carolina. By day, she is a director of editorial product at Axios, serving as the connector between 30 local reporting teams across the country. The Delaware-native and Washington College graduate has been writing for Super Lawyers since 2018.
Francine Friedman Griesing
G.K. Sharman
G.K. Sharman is an accomplished writer, editor and photographer with a daily newspaper background. She has a degree in written communications from University of Mary Washington, and is head writer/editor at Think Agency Inc. in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Sharman won a Society for Professional Journalists award for a Super Lawyers profile on Jacksonville personal injury attorney Mike Ossi.
Hannah Black
Hannah Black is a freelance writer for Super Lawyers. She studied journalism at the University of Missouri and has written for publications in Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Brussels, Belgium. Most recently, she worked as a criminal justice reporter for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, covering law enforcement and the legal system. She was named the Wyoming Press Association Journalist of the Year for 2021.
Harris Meyer
Henry Baskin
Henry Baskin holds a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Central Michigan University, and has practiced family and entertainment law for more than 50 years. He was featured in Super Lawyers in 2006.
Hilary Abramson
Ilene Lelchuk
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