About Andrew Brandt
Andrew Brandt is an editor on Super Lawyers‘ staff. He serves as the editor for the Illinois, Northern California, Upstate New York, Missouri-Kansas, and Texas magazines, and he additionally writes, fact-checks and proofreads for numerous other Super Lawyers issues (and for the website). He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in English literature and environmental studies, and his byline has appeared in a variety of places, both online and in print.
Articles written by Andrew Brandt
Digital Media Matters
Charles Marshall works to build a digital dynastySometimes you just need to get your foot in the door. That’s how Charles Marshall went from a volunteer to an outside counsel for digital media needs for presidential candidate John McCain in 2008, and for Mitt Romney in 2012. “I had agreed to volunteer early on, when McCain’s campaign was actually in trouble,” he says. “If you remember when he was an early candidate, his poll numbers weren’t doing very well.” Then McCain won over 33 percent of the vote in the South Carolina …
Troll Roads
Stephen Korniczky conquered a patent troll—and then made it payGrowing up, Stephen Korniczky and his brother were close. They competed against one another in wrestling, and squared off in the semifinals of a national judo competition in 1980. Paul, the elder brother, won. “Our careers are very similar,” Korniczky adds. “We both went to engineering school and then went to law school.” In 2012, the Korniczky brothers again found themselves in a battle, but this time in the courtroom and on the same side. Stephen, an intellectual property attorney at …
The Long Recovery
Ron Karp is still fighting for the victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in KenyaTragedy often strikes in a second, but its impact can last for years. When the U.S. Embassy in Kenya was bombed on August 7, 1998, the blast killed 12 Americans and injured almost 4,000 other people. Linked to the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the incident marked one of the first times the names Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda were heard by the American public. Four years later, Ron Karp began fighting on behalf of eight of the victims and their families as he sought compensation from Iran and the …
Taking on Trolls
How Stephen C. Hall helps inventor-clients overcome nuisance suitsBig ideas. Steve Hall spends part of his time helping his clients patent them; another portion defending their existing products against infringement claims. That sometimes means doing battle with abusive litigants—otherwise known, not so fondly, as patent trolls. Hall is well prepared for the job. “Before I became a patent attorney, I spent about 10 years or so doing nothing but litigation,” he says. “So I do both: I help people get patents in the patent office, and I represent people …
The Long and Winding Road
Bob Gegios’s six-year battle to try his case“One day I’ll be retired, and I’ll have to think back with pleasant memories about this one. But we’re not quite there yet.” Bob Gegios is talking about Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. In 2006, Gegios began representing four Wisconsin businesses, which alleged that they paid an estimated $100 million more for natural gas in 2001 than they did in 2000. Claiming that the spike was due to illegal manipulation of prices, the businesses sued. Nearly a decade later, Gegios is still at it. …
Board Games
Lance Trollop on the challenges facing education in Wisconsin“It’s an interesting balance,” says Lance Trollop of finding equilibrium between his work as a personal injury lawyer at Bremer & Trollop Law Offices and his duties as the president of the Wausau School District Board of Education. “But it is rewarding. … If I didn’t think I was making a difference for the Wausau School District, I would stop.” Trollop, who was raised in Wausau and whose mother was both a teacher and an administrator in the district, was first elected to the …
Grooming Little Rock
The Arkansas real estate attorney has been through his town’s bust and is working hard on its boomFor real estate lawyer Timothy W. Grooms, few sights are more pleasing than downtown Little Rock. “I like to drive down the road and see that I’ve been involved in this office tower, this condo tower, this sports arena, this office complex, this shopping center development,” says the founding member at Little Rock-based Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull. “I like to know that I’ve had at least a small part in causing those to happen for the benefit of the community.” Grooms is pretty …
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