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
The Wild and the Wacky
Outdated laws never die, but they don’t always fade away, eitherLast May, as part of the Red Nose Day challenge, Today host Matt Lauer took a five-day, 230-mile bike ride from Boston to Manhattan to raise money for charity. It was good exercise and good publicity for a good cause. But was it legal? Turns out New York has a statute banning “offensive exhibitions,” including competing “continuously without respite for a period of more than eight consecutive hours in a dance contest, bicycle race or other contest involving physical endurance.” …
Outdated Laws: New York City Edition
Some of the most bizarre crimes in NYCIn May 2015, Today host Matt Lauer rode a bicycle 230 miles from Boston to Manhattan to raise money for charity. It was good publicity for a good cause. But was it legal? New York has a statute banning “offensive exhibitions,” including competing “continuously without respite for a period of more than eight consecutive hours in a dance contest, bicycle race or other contest involving physical endurance.” Criminal defense attorney Robert J. Anello of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand …
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
How to prepare for the death of a dreamOne of the first things Denver divorce attorney Mechelle Faulk tells new clients is to stay off social media. Don’t post nasty things about your spouse, especially if you have kids who are old enough to read; don’t post photos of yourself doing anything that would be embarrassing if presented to a judge. The advice sounds obvious, but Faulk, director of the private client services department at Dufford & Brown, says divorcing spouses often make these mistakes. “People don’t act like …
Cynthia Ciancio Speaks Her Mind
The family law lawyer fights escalation before seeking annihilationFive years after an ugly divorce, Ange S. found herself back in court fighting over child support and maintenance. The stay-at-home mother of three—including a 20-year-old disabled daughter who needs round-the-clock care—could not afford an attorney on her own, so her family pooled resources to hire the family lawyer with the best reputation in town. Ange had won custody at her divorce trial but still felt kicked in the stomach by the process. She was wary of stepping back into the …
She Could Do Without the Death Threats
Pamela Robillard Mackey talks prosecutors, system failure and KobeWith a full-body shot of the murder suspect projected on the wall behind him, prosecutor Matthew Durkin repeated the word “impossible” again and again. It was the state’s second closing argument against Fred Mueller—the first trial ended in a mistrial—and Durkin was recounting expert testimony that Mueller’s story about the day his wife died could not have happened the way he said it did. Leslie Mueller did not accidentally fall into a creek. Her husband, Durkin said, had drowned …
The Professional
Kenzo Kawanabe fights to live in a more meritocratic society“Your honor, this case begins with the Constitution and ends with our children.” With these words on Aug. 1, 2011, Kenzo Kawanabe began the five-week Lobato v. State of Colorado education trial that ended in a historic ruling that called the state’s funding for education not only “irrational and inadequate,” but “unconstitutional” and “unconscionable.” To get that result, Kawanabe, a partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs in Denver, helped recruit and manage a team of more than …
The Life of Reilly
Dan Reilly has a simple goal: he wants to put together the greatest trial team in the countryThe writing is on the wall, literally, at Reilly Pozner, where every office is splashed with a water-based paint that turns walls into whiteboards. The unique design allows attorneys conferring on a case to write what they need to write, and map out what they need to map out, wherever they happen to be. In the office of co-founder Dan Reilly, the walls are currently covered with notes and charts breaking down Bank of America’s $8.5 billion mortgage-bond settlement to resolve claims from …
Normal Genius
Malcolm Wheeler can win a case just by showing upHow good is Malcolm Wheeler? Since 1980, when he helped convince a jury the Ford Pinto wasn’t a death trap, Wheeler, now 66, has been the preeminent products liability defense attorney in the country. He helped write the law on punitive damages. He saved the auto industry billions by quashing no-airbag claims before the U.S. Supreme Court. He’s been the national trial counsel for Ford, Pfizer and Whirlpool, and has made several appearances on CNN, 20/20 and Dateline to speak on behalf of …
Wartime Consigliere
How Richard Baer, accidental general counsel and wannabe cop, helped Qwest survive a $3 billion accounting scandalRichard Baer came to Qwest in 2001 as the company’s stock was falling and an accounting scandal was unfolding, and he took the reins of the legal department in 2002 as it struggled under the weight of government investigations and shareholder allegations of fraud and insider trading. “The company needed a wartime consigliere and that’s what they got with Rich Baer,” says Jim Lyons of Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons, who represents Qwest’s board of directors. “He inherited the …
Lane v. U.S.
Whether defending death row inmates or Balloon Boy’s dad, David Lane strives to keep government abuse in checkJuan Quintero was an illegal immigrant charged with murdering a beloved cop in Houston—a city with 130 executions since 1976. That’s a body count higher than in any city in the U.S., and higher than any state in the U.S. except for Texas. Colorado trial lawyer and death penalty expert David Lane was brought in by a Houston attorney to help with the defense. Quintero had been pulled over for a traffic violation by Officer Rodney Johnson, a hero who had recently rushed into a burning …
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