About Katherine Glover

Articles written by Katherine Glover
Robert's Rules of Order
Robert Weinstine on the civility of yesteryearRobert Weinstine remembers when St. Paul was a small town. “If you went to lunch at the St. Paul Athletic Club, you’d find maybe 50 percent of the practicing bar and the bench,” he says. And if you needed to try a case in Hennepin County, you hired a Minneapolis lawyer. Companies would often retain two different firms, he says—one for each city. “The joke was, because everybody knew everybody in St. Paul, that you could take a St. Paul lawyer at his word on the telephone. …
Who Will Guard the Guards Themselves?
Personal injury lawyer Robert Jarchi, for oneRobert Jarchi started out thinking he would go into environmental law and mass torts but changed his mind. “These cases often settle without trial and there is little time for in-depth client contact,” he says. “You don’t have much client contact.” Instead, he chose personal injury law. It’s allowed him to represent everyday people against corporations, police departments—“anyone who’s in power and thinks they can get away with picking on the little guy.” He’s found a good …
When Every Day Is Earth Day
These four lawyers spend their lives toiling to keep a righteous balance between the needs of the environment and the demands of business and governmentDefending Whales When we’re finally able to speak with whales and dolphins, their first words may well be to thank Joel Reynolds Joel Reynolds has worked on poverty and environmental justice issues for three decades, but he’s best known for protecting whales. He joined the Natural Resources Defense Council in 1990, and in 1994 he brought a case challenging a proposed Navy underwater explosives program near a marine mammal sanctuary. He learned that the noise could have detrimental effects …
Are You Running With Me, Justices?
Meet three attorneys on the fast trackStaying Healthy for Health Law Dayna Nicholson walks (runs) the talk "Most people wouldn't tell you this, but I had a very enjoyable summer studying for the bar," she says. "I was living with someone who was taking care of me and feeding me and letting me just sleep and study and work out." The house had a pool and the owner taught adults how to swim for a living. "It was something we did during study breaks," Nicholson says. She wanted to learn before she took the bar exam because to …
From CIA to TBA
Brad Caldwell meets the most convincing law school recruiter everBrad Caldwell never planned to be a lawyer. He just wanted to keep his options open and possibly keep working for the CIA. As an undergrad at Texas A&M University, Caldwell had taken part in the agency's cooperative education program. "They're effectively internships," Caldwell says. "You stop going to school for a while, and the hope is you'll work for them for a few semesters and after you graduate, you'll come to work for them full-time." Caldwell was a prime candidate—he'd been part …
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