About Taylor Kuether
Taylor Kuether is a writer, editor, digital storyteller and editorial director. She’s written for Super Lawyers, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Society, HuffPost, The Washington Post and more.
Articles written by Taylor Kuether
We Invited Everyone
Justice Brennan’s 80th birthday and other fond memories from Marie Deveney’s clerkshipMarie Deveney was walking down a hallway at University of Michigan Law School when professor Yale Kamisar ran out of his office. “‘You’ve got a clerkship with Brennan,’” she recalls him saying. “He and Wade McCree, who was the former solicitor general, had recommended me, and Brennan contacted them to let them know that I had gotten the clerkship. They knew before I did. “It was an unusual way to get a clerkship, but that’s how Brennan did it,” says Deveney, who is now a …
'Telling a Different Sort of Story'
Mindy Pava’s journey from the newsroom to the courtroomMindy Pava still remembers what periodicals came on which days of the week while growing up in Miami. “We always would get magazines and newspapers,” she says. “I remember waiting on Tuesdays for Newsweek to arrive and Thursdays for Sports Illustrated to arrive. There was a big place for the written word in my household.” A career in journalism felt like a natural fit: She was interested in writing and asking questions. “Because, in my household we were all so well-read,” she …
Lending a Paw
Jen Novoselsky helps rehabilitate court case dogsJen Novoselsky was trying to decompress. “I was working 24/7 and was looking for something to do that would encourage me to take a break and clear my head for a couple hours a week,” says Novoselsky, a partner at Reyes Kurson focusing on complex commercial and financial litigation. “I had, at the time, an absolutely wonderful dog named Alma. She was a pit mix, and people had a lot of reactions to her because of that, even though she was a big sweetheart,” she says. “I had rescued …
A Budding Business
Michigan attorneys share their advice for breaking into the state’s growing cannabis industryNow that Michigan is the first Midwestern state to pass recreational marijuana legislation, it’s quickly become a hub for cannabis-related business ventures. If you’re thinking of getting into greenery yourself, Michigan attorneys have some advice. For starters: Be flexible, as cannabis laws are continuously evolving. “Two years in the cannabis industry is like 10 years anywhere else because things change so much,” says Barton Morris, principal attorney and founder of the …
Michigan Cannabis Business: Steps To Launch a Startup
Now that Michigan is the first Midwestern state to pass recreational marijuana legislation, it’s quickly become a hub for cannabis-related business ventures. If you’re thinking of getting into greenery yourself, Michigan attorneys have some advice. For starters: Be flexible, as cannabis laws are continuously evolving. “Two years in the cannabis industry is like 10 years anywhere else because things change so much,” says Barton Morris, principal attorney and founder of the …
The Lawyer in Wolf's Clothing
Bodybuilding, engineering and even martial arts influence Wolfgang Mueller’s law practiceBetween competitive bodybuilding, working as an automotive engineer, becoming a licensed sports agent, mastering and teaching martial arts, and volunteering with a youth hockey team, most people wouldn’t find the time to go to law school, become a practicing lawyer and open their own firm. But Wolfgang Mueller isn’t most people. He says the characteristics that allowed him to succeed in one discipline aided him in the others. Take bodybuilding, for example: “The discipline it takes to …
OK, Ladies, Now Let’s Get in Formation
Leadership diversity, equal pay and discrimination: Eight women weigh in on how far the legal profession has (and hasn’t) comeThe statistic is noted by nearly every lawyer interviewed here: Women make up 50 percent of law school graduates. But their representation in firm leadership remains far below parity. Though they have made enormous strides over the decades, without a doubt, challenges remain for women in the legal industry. We talked about these issues with eight Milwaukee-area women on the front lines—from some who blazed trails in the 1970s to others making noise at the early stages of their careers. …
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