About Cindy Larson
Ms. Larson is the Publisher of Super Lawyers magazine nationwide. She has been with Super Lawyers since 2003 when the previous owners decided to select and publish their lists across the U.S. Her initial role was Research Director, where she managed the selection process, and 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.
Articles written by Cindy Larson
Tribute to Joe Friedberg
1937-2024If you practiced law or watched the news in Minnesota you knew of criminal defense attorney Joe Friedberg, but if you really knew him you can still hear his laugh. Over the years he told stories to Super Lawyers, and we told some of his. Friedberg was on the cover Minnesota’s Journal of Law & Politics in 1991 when the first-ever Super Lawyers list was published. Friedberg was profiled in 2009, and I encourage you to read it on our website. In that piece there are some classic Joe quotes: …
On Universal Truth and Civilized Behavior
Former Super Lawyers owner Vance Opperman speaks about the business of law, AI and predictive analytics, and moreYou have a great passion for the legal profession and for the business of law. As you reflect, tell me what you think has remained constant in the profession. Well, law is the use of logic and reason in an effort to discover the application of rules of behavior, peaceful conflict resolution. It’s the highest form of civilized behavior. Where do you see the trends for the profession over the next three, five, 10 years? I think all things get driven by scale. Law firms have to get bigger. …
Larger Than Life
Remembering Tommy MaloneI first talked with Tommy Malone by phone. It was 2010 and I was headed to Atlanta for a Super Lawyers reception. He was the No. 1-ranked attorney in Georgia that year—a position he held for nine consecutive years—so I sent him an email saying I would welcome the opportunity to meet him in person. Within minutes, my phone rang. It was Tommy. He told me that unfortunately he was not going to be in Atlanta on the date of the reception and after some conversation I assured him we would connect …
The Defining Civil Rights Issue of This Century
David Boies, Ted Olson, and the federal constitutional right to same-sex marriageBush v. Gore may have divided the country but it brought together the two attorneys arguing it: David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and Theodore B. Olson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In its aftermath, the two men became friends, sharing summer bike trips with their wives and an interest in wine. And in 2009, they famously teamed up in the Proposition 8 case, winning back the right for same-sex couples to marry in California. Super Lawyers magazine sat down with the two attorneys …
The Dream Team
Theodore B. Olson, David Boies, and the federal constitutional right to same-sex marriageBush v. Gore may have divided the country, but it brought together the two attorneys arguing it: Theodore B. Olson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, an assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration and future solicitor general for President George W. Bush; and David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, a former aide to Sen. Ted Kennedy, who represented the government in U.S. v. Microsoft. In the aftermath of the 2000 election the two men became friends, sharing summer bike trips with …
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