About Harris Meyer
Harris Meyer is a veteran legal and healthcare reporter and editor who has written for Super Lawyers, American Lawyer Media, ABA Journal, Kaiser Health News, Health Affairs, Medscape, Modern Healthcare, and many other publications. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and lives with his wife, Deborah, in Chicago.
Articles written by Harris Meyer
Fostering Hope
Howard Talenfeld is fighting for Florida’s most vulnerable kidsWhen Mike Dunlavy met Fort Lauderdale attorney Howard Talenfeld, he had left foster care and graduated from college, and was looking for a direction in life. Talenfeld helped involve him in a group called Florida Youth SHINE, which the lawyer had played a role in launching. Composed of former and current foster children, its mission is to push for improvements in Florida’s foster care system. Dunlavy helped the group lobby the Legislature for better funding and education, and even became its …
The Green River Killer’s Lawyer
Mark Prothero knows it’s a label that will stickDriving south of Sea-Tac Airport in his Ford Ranger pickup, Mark W. Prothero describes a seemingly ordinary suburban life—son of a boat-builder, long marriage to his high school sweetheart, father of two athletic children, swim coach, school volunteer. But as he cruises just blocks from his office in Kent, he animatedly points out bridges and gullies along the Green River where, over a nearly 20-year span of time, his infamous client Gary Ridgway dumped some of the bodies of young prostitutes …
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