Super Lawyers contributing authors

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.

Irene S. Levine is an award-winning freelance journalist and author whose writing focuses on travel and relationships. Trained as a clinical psychologist, she holds a faculty appointment as a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. She has also held senior management and policymaking roles at the National Institute of Mental Health and the Center for Mental Health Services in Rockville, Maryland.

Janet Leiser is an editor, reporter and marketing manager who has worked at a variety of publications, and whose areas of expertise include business, real estate, education and law. She was awarded the Green Eyeshade Award while at the Tampa Bay Business Journal. A graduate of the University of South Florida, she now freelances in Tampa and St. Petersburg.

Jennifer Haupt has been a journalist for more than 25 years. Her essays and articles have been published in O, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, Travel & Leisure, The Seattle Times, Spirituality & Health, The Sun, and many others.

Jerry Grillo is an award-winning journalist who has written for Newsday, ESPN, Golf Magazine and Atlanta magazine, among others. For 14 years, he was senior and executive editor at Georgia Trend, where he helped transform the magazine into a leading business resource. His book, The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton: A Basically True Biography, was published in April 2021 by the University of Georgia Press. A biography of Baseball Hall-of-Famer Johnny Mize is slated for publication by University of Nebraska Press in 2024.