About Jessica Glynn
Jessica Centers Glynn is a writer and teacher in Denver, Colorado. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and her award-winning reporting has also appeared in The Anniston Star and Westword.
Articles written by Jessica Glynn
Data Privacy in New York: Understanding the SHIELD Act
State law protecting New York residents’ data securityRecently, cybersecurity lawyer Amy Goldsmith and her colleagues at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin have been getting emails that appear to be from a company they use for deposition support, asking them to click to pay an invoice. “It is an extremely professional-looking invoice,” she says. “It looks completely real.” Of course, Goldsmith knows better. Scams like these are why she’s always telling people: “Don’t click. Don’t click.” “I can’t emphasize that enough. These scams …
Warrior
What happened to Deanna Koestel after the attackDeanna Koestel’s entire body shook as she took the podium at the state Supreme Court in Manhattan in 2015. She was giving a victim impact statement at the sentencing of Julius Graham, the man who stabbed her in the back multiple times with a pair of broken scissors, puncturing her lung twice. It was part of a random attack on five people, including a toddler, on a beautiful, sunny morning in Riverside Park in 2013. Koestel was surprised by the uncontrollable shaking. She knew it would be hard …
When Life Gets Legal
How the right lawyer can help you untangle life’s biggest problemsDavid Wiley spends a lot of time on the phone talking to people who say they’re frustrated by how hard it is to hire a lawyer. So even when he doesn’t agree to represent them, he tries to demystify what’s going on behind the scenes. “Hiring a lawyer is a little like buying a house or getting married,” says Wiley, a Dallas attorney who represents workers in employment matters. “How often in life do we really do those sorts of things? For potential clients, they’re going through …
The Kind of Briefs That Get Picked Up First
David Gunn uses everything from Pink Floyd to Shakespeare to craft gripping appellate pointsWhen Super Lawyers reached out to David Gunn to talk about his reputation as a master of writing engaging and effective appellate briefs, he agreed to an interview, but—true to form—first sent a response in writing: a 1,700-word email. It wasn’t as technical as you might expect from a man who studied chemical engineering at M.I.T. and translates dead languages as a hobby. It was organized and helpful, with links to a sampling of Texas Supreme Court briefs he’s penned, along with a …
‘An Incredible Amount of Expertise’
Teresa Renaker’s ERISA practice is ever-changingOn Valentine’s Day weekend 2004, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom directed city hall to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Teresa Renaker and her partner sent their 4-year-old daughter to a friend’s house so they could stand in a rainy, nine-hour line to get theirs. On second thought, Renaker’s not sure if it was raining. But she laughs thinking about that cold February day. And, as an employee benefits lawyer, she laughs recalling one of the first things she did …
What Are My Legal Rights as a Cruise Ship Passenger?
Your rights on a cruise may not be what you’re used to on landLast year, as a maritime lawyer who sues cruise lines, Spencer Aronfeld had so many post-pandemic cases involving fights on cruises that he had to start handing some off to other attorneys. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says the Coral Gables attorney with Aronfeld Trial Lawyers. “People lost their minds. It’s a powder keg, and they’re drinking, and shit erupts. I’ve had little old ladies getting in fights with kids and just crazy stuff.” Aronfeld often argues, in court …
In the Heart of Pittsburgh
Whether it’s election litigation, land use, or just about anything else, Cliff Levine knows how to get things doneWhen Cliff Levine crafts an argument, he always tries to keep the big picture in mind. In 2017, the League of Women Voters challenged Pennsylvania’s congressional district map as an unconstitutional gerrymander. Levine, representing the lieutenant governor, who supported the league’s effort, had a novel idea for enhancing its argument before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. “There was a question about what level of scrutiny the court should use to evaluate the congressional map—whether …
An Objective Eye
Patricia Cooper puts the skills she learned as a Manhattan prosecutor to use for family law clientsWhen Patricia Cooper first became involved with the group Adoptees in Search, it had nothing to do with her family law practice or her prior position as Chair of the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association. It was personal. She’d been trying to find her own biological mother, and she just wanted to talk to other adoptees about what it was like to navigate the infuriating secrecy. “It became a personal obsession,” she says of her quest to find her birth mom. “It’s very hard …
The Birth of Bad Faith
William Shernoff and his seminal Egan v. Mutual of Omaha caseFifty years ago, personal injury attorney William Shernoff stood before a California jury as it awarded a record-breaking $5.1 million in punitive damages against Mutual of Omaha for mishandling his client’s disability claim. It was a huge verdict for 1974, and for Shernoff personally, who was 35 years old and just starting to try cases. But there was no one in the courtroom gallery to hear it. “It was empty,” he says. “I remember feeling like, ‘Gee, I just did this nice big verdict …
The Four Factors of Fair Use
What everyday people need to know about copyright lawAs an intellectual property lawyer, Joshua Graubart often fields questions from artists like documentary filmmakers about how they can include video clips, images, songs, or other creative works in their projects without violating copyright law. “Fair use is a four-factor balancing test, but there’s a joke among copyright lawyers that we have clients who think it’s a two-factor test: Do I want to use it, and do I want to pay?” says Graubart, of Romano Law. The …
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