About Ross Pfund
Ross Pfund is the managing editor of Super Lawyers. He is the editor of the Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Southwest magazines. An award-winning editor and writer with more than 20 years of experience, he has a journalism degree from the University of Minnesota. His work has also appeared in the Star Tribune and the Norman County Index. As a child, he knew he was cut out for a career in journalism because he never once stuck his hand into his father’s printing press.
Articles written by Ross Pfund
Life on the PCT
Libby Bowker’s trail magicBefore becoming an environmental lawyer at Anderson & Kreiger, Libby Bowker worked in the woods: She led a backcountry trail crew repairing remote sections of the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada on the West Coast. Days were filled with mountains, dirt and, occasionally, bears. For weeks at a time, Bowker’s team hiked through large stretches of wilderness to otherwise-inaccessible parts of the trail, where they cleared fallen trees, built drainage …
Shins Beware
If Patrick Cole's hurley ain't broke, try picking it upVisitors to Larkin Hoffman shareholder Patrick J. Cole’s office often can’t help but pick up the hurley on display—which promptly falls apart in their hands. “The way that it broke makes it difficult to tell that it is, in fact, broken,” Cole says. “So when people go to pick it up, it surprises them, and they think they broke my favorite stick. It’s a fun prank to play on people.” The bat-like wooden stick is used in the game of hurling, one of the national sports of Ireland. …
Harmonic Phil
Before law, Philip J. Seaver-Hall pursued classical musicMusic has always been a core part of Philip J. Seaver-Hall’s life. He started learning piano and guitar at age 5, and, at 10, began studying a new instrument. “I quickly fell in love with the viola’s rich, dark sound,” he says. “It became my primary instrument from then on.” Seaver-Hall waits backstage before his first performance at Carnegie Hall. With aspirations of becoming a professional classical musician, he kept at it and earned an invitation to audition at Juilliard …
Crosscourt Shot
Before being a top litigator, LuLu Reisman was a top-ranked tennis playerWhen job stress comes, as it inevitably will, what better way to work through it than with a few overhead smashes? Nobody knows that better than Carol “LuLu” Reisman of Liskow & Lewis, who’s been playing tennis since she was 10. Reisman was once the second-ranked player in Louisiana in the 18-and-under age group, and went on to play for Tulane University’s women’s team. “Competitive tennis took a back burner as I started my legal career and had a family,” she says, “but …
Our Great Get-Together
Dollars to donuts, state fair fanatics share their favoritesFair Food Favorites David Hellmuth, Hellmuth & Johnson: I love the fresh corn on the cob that they dip in butter, and I like it well salted. Steve Schleicher, Maslon: Tom Thumb Mini-Donuts. Darbie Tamsett, Hellmuth & Johnson: The timeless classics: a corn dog in one hand and a bucket of Sweet Martha’s cookies in the other. Emily Johnson, Aafedt, Forde, Gray, Monson, & Hager: Cheese-on-a-stick, a flight of local beer and deep-fried olives. Christopher R. Jones, Hellmuth & …
At the President’s Side
Marc Kaplan looks back on his days in the Jimmy Carter administrationAt the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City, Marc Kaplan was overseeing credentialing to determine who was allowed inside Madison Square Garden when he got a phone call from the White House. President Jimmy Carter was going to the convention hotel across the street and Kaplan, at 22 years old, was asked if he wanted to be the advance person, meaning that among other duties, he'd be responsible for the logistics of getting the president down to his motorcade safely. “I had …
From Student Council to the Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks on her life in law and public serviceWhen you were in private practice, was the idea that you would eventually go into public service? I always was interested in public service, and I have been involved from the time I ran for secretary-treasurer of the Wayzata High School student council—where I saved the prom by raising money with Life Savers lollipops—to the work that I had done on political campaigns. I had worked for Mondale when I was in college for a summer, and by the time I ended up at Dorsey & Whitney after law …
How To Find a Good Personal Injury Attorney
Choosing the right personal injury lawyer can be an intimidating prospect. It's a task that will involve more than a simple Google search or online ad. You will have to consult with personal injury lawyers to figure out who is a good fit for you and your case. Personal injury law is a huge practice area and covers many legal issues. It includes everything from wrongful death, car accidents, property damage, and product liability to medical malpractice cases. When a person or company causes you …
Paula Greisen Discusses 303 Creative v. Elenis
The civil rights lawyer on what makes it different from the Masterpiece cases and how SCOTUS may rule on itOn February 22, news broke that the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed to hear arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis, making it the next big stage for tensions between LGBTQ rights and religious beliefs. The case centers on Colorado-based website designer Lorie Smith, who ran afoul of the state’s anti-discrimination laws while intending to post a notice on her business’s website that she would refuse to create sites promoting same-sex marriages. She sued the state in 2016 over the law, seeking to …
Why Figure Skater Kalina Valieva Will Continue Competing
Sports lawyer Bill Bock weighs in on the controversy at the OlympicsThe 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing are in full swing, but one controversy has threatened to overshadow the competition. Early in the games, a Stockholm-based testing laboratory flagged a sample from 15-year-old figure skater Kalina Valieva of Russia—the odds-on favorite to win the women’s individual event—for trimetazidine, a banned substance often connected with doping. On February 13, a panel of judges from the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Valieva would be allowed to …
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