About Beth Taylor
Beth Taylor was a senior editor for Super Lawyers for more than 20 years, and has won dozens of awards for headline-writing and editing throughout her career. Previously, she was an editor and covered courts for The Orlando Sentinel. She also worked for go2net and KIRO-TV in Seattle, where she wrote for and edited their websites. In addition, Beth edited The Kitsap Business Journal and Media Inc. Beth has written travel books, including Around Seattle With Kids for Fodor’s and Seattle Day By Day for Frommer’s, and online travel guides for Google. Her travel writing has appeared in publications including the Chicago Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle. Beth has a B.A. in communications/journalism and a master’s degree in political science.
Articles written by Beth Taylor
Dromomania
Evan Levow has a serious case of wanderlust—and the pictures to prove itIt was while spending a year in England as a junior in college that Evan Levow learned the word “dromomania:” the love of travel. If any word fits him, that’s it. “I have loved to travel ever since,” says Levow, who practices DWI/DUI defense statewide at Cherry Hill-based Levow DWI Law. “The joy of taking photographs of the beauty of the people and places I have encountered only grows.” His travels have taken him to Barcelona, Bora Bora, most of Europe, India, Israel, Italy, …
Q'ing
Elliott Buckner cooked up 850 pounds of barbecue last year alone to benefit brain injury survivorsAlmost everybody loves barbecue—but few take it to the level of Elliott Buckner. He and his brother, Brian, a teacher who lives in Spencerport, New York, have their own business, Buckner Brothers BBQ. “I’ve been Q’ing for over 20 years now. My wife bought me a little electric smoker for Christmas one year; she has regretted it with some regularity since then,” says Buckner, a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney at Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci in Richmond. After several years of …
The Case for School Funding—Again
Seattle attorney Thomas Ahearne wants all Washington schools to get equal construction moneyA small school district perched on the Columbia River in southwest Washington is suing the state for money to repair and rebuild the three crumbling schools attended by its 433 students. Ongoing School Funding Issues “The Wahkiakum School District is too poor to afford the school facilities needed to safely provide its students the 21st century education they will need to compete in today’s economy,” says Thomas Ahearne, the Seattle attorney who agreed to take on the district’s case. …
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane …
No, it was Don Godwin, sprinting across the front of the inaugural issue of Texas Super LawyersThe first standalone Super Lawyers issue in the country, which debuted in 2003, featured Dallas business litigator Don Godwin speeding across the cover, briefcase in hand, faster than a speeding bullet.“I’ve never understood why they selected me for that first cover,” says Godwin, who has occupied a spot on the Texas Super Lawyers list for all 20 years of its existence. “But they did, and it was always something that brought a lot of attention and a lot of recognition over the years.” …
When and How To File for Bankruptcy
To initiate bankruptcy proceedings, you must file a bankruptcy petition and pay the filing fee in federal court. When you are facing insolvency, debt default, and need an automatic stay from creditors, bankruptcy provides discharge options, credit counseling, and debtor education. A means test determines whether you can file Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Chapter 7 asset liquidation bankruptcy appoints a trustee to sell off non-exempt property. Chapter 13 bankruptcy, with financial …
'Sue Them Again'
David Sugerman battles BP and 'death by a thousand paper cuts'On his way home from vacationing in California a decade ago, David Sugerman pulled into a convenience store selling Arco gas in a small town off I-5. When he went inside to pay, wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, the debit-card machine asked him to accept a 35-cent surcharge. This being Oregon, the attendant had already filled his tank, so there was no choice but to accept. Sugerman complained—politely—to the woman at the cash register. “She’s the one that’s getting all the flak, …
On Life, Football and Second Chances
How Karl Pansler turned a personal tragedy into a mission to keep young lives on trackI have always loved the game of football. The saying “football is life” has been true for me. Sometimes, in life as in football, we just need a second chance. I was given that second chance and, as a result, have been able to help hundreds of young people in my community. In middle school, I came to the attention of a coach at the high school I would attend. I guess he never checked my grades because, honestly, I was not much of a student. Who would need an education once the NFL discovered …
Triple Threat
How a strategy for beating stress turned into a lifetime passion for Ironman athlete Lydia HarleyFive years ago, Lydia Harley found the perfect solution for stress: triathlons. “It was the best decision I ever made,” says Harley, who competed as a gymnast at school in her native Germany. Though she knew only conversational English when she arrived in the U.S., Harley earned her undergrad degree and MBA, then graduated summa cum laude from Nova Southeastern University’s law school. It was after going to work at Kelley Kronenberg that athletics returned to her life, thanks to firm …
Getting the Green Light?Again
Jeffery Robinette’s racing car gives a nod to his Airborne serviceAs the jump doors opened on the C130 Hercules aircraft, it felt like a hurricane was coming through. It was 1985 and Jeffery Robinette had just finished officer candidate school in Fort Benning, Georgia, then signed up for Army Airborne. “When the door light turned from red to green, it was a bit late to have second thoughts,” recalls Robinette, a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney at Robinette Legal Group in Morgantown, West Virginia. “You were going out that door whether you wanted …
Billionaire Loses Bid to Build Huge Palm Beach Mansion
Attorney Joanne O’Connor explains why the town turned him downA Palm Beach billionaire lost his battle to replace his mansion with a much larger, two-story mid-century-modern one when the U.S. Supreme Court in March declined to hear his case. Donald Burns sued Palm Beach in 2017 after the town turned down his architectural plans, saying the new house would be “excessively dissimilar” to neighboring ones. Palm Beach was represented in Burns v. Town of Palm Beach by business litigator Joanne M. O’Connor with Jones Foster in West Palm Beach. Burns …
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