About Trevor Kupfer
Trevor Kupfer is a senior editor on Super Lawyers’ staff. He is editor of the Illinois, South Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin magazines, in addition to being a writer and fact-checker of Super Lawyers’ other projects. He has a degree in journalism from an accredited program (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) and has written for such newspapers and magazines as Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Volume One, Wisconsin State Journal, The Capital Times, Global Food Forums, and various publications under the groups Tribune Media Services, Capital Newspapers, and Conley Media. He has served on crime and courts beats and, in college, he aided an investigation through the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
Articles written by Trevor Kupfer
Not a Dry Eye in the House
What Cliff Perry learned while helping people with disabilities take the stageHow Cliff Perry came to serve on the board of Special Gifts Theatre and, subsequently, became executive producer of the documentary Becoming Bulletproof, was pure circumstance. “I was looking to give back in a meaningful way, and it’s an incredibly good cause,” Perry says. “I’m an employment defense lawyer, so I defend against charges—for example, disability discrimination—and I wanted a chance to be on the other side and understand from a more personal standpoint.” Founded by …
Do I Have a Legal Malpractice Case Against My Lawyer?
As someone who handles legal malpractice cases for both plaintiffs and lawyer defendants, David Paul Horowitz receives a lot of calls about alleged attorney negligence. One of the most common complaints is from someone who’s unhappy at the conclusion of divorce proceedings. “They’re angry at their attorney. They’re angry with the results,” says Horowitz, of Law Offices of David Paul Horowitz. But being upset about a result, he adds, doesn’t mean you’re a victim of malpractice. …
The Deep End
One of Dan Brody’s first cases was the Michael Cohen probeIn Edward Heath’s fourth year as a lawyer, he tried a murder case in federal court—an experience the Robinson & Cole litigator calls “significant and foundational.” So in 2018, when a bank client received a grand jury subpoena from the Department of Justice in connection with the Michael Cohen probe, Heath decided to pay it forward. He turned to Dan Brody, a second-year associate he recruited to join the firm’s government enforcement team. Brody had interned at the DOJ and …
Carole Bos’ Awesome Story
Digging into the Grand Rapids attorney's repository of educational contentOn a 1999 flight from Washington, D.C., where she had been serving as special attorney to the U.S. attorney general, Carole Bos had an epiphany. “It was one of those rare moments in life when things happen that you can’t really explain,” she recalls. “I wrote it down on the jacket of my airline ticket and, when I got home, I told my husband Jim.” Ever since, the duo has spent countless hours building AwesomeStories.com, a repository of primary-sourced information for learners of all …
How Far We’ve Come
Five immigrant attorneys on arriving and thriving in MinnesotaThe concept of “making it” can be a bit amorphous. “That can mean so many things for so many people,” Inti Martínez-Alemán says. For Areti Georgopoulos, it meant her family becoming naturalized citizens. For Anu Jaswal, it was when her family bought a home. For Julie Le, it meant simply continuing her education beyond the common cutoff point in Vietnam. “Parents said, ‘Girls don’t need education. All you need is to know how to cook, clean and maybe pop out a baby,’” she …
Letter Perfect
Shane Singh was a ball boy for the Kings and manager of the Golden BearsIn 1985, the Kansas City Kings held a practice at American River College. Among the many attendees were Shane Singh, his brother, Kevin, and their father, Sam. Later that year, the Kings would officially reside in Sacramento. “There was a line out the door. We couldn’t even get in; we had to stand outside in the breezeway and watch,” recalls Singh, then 11. “When practice ended, the players came out and signed autographs. I just thought it was great to see the community enthusiasm to …
Emotional & Invaluable
Emily Gifford Lucey reflects on her time as a criminal domestic violence prosecutorEvery year, more than 30,000 South Carolinians report a domestic violence incident, according to the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Over their lifetimes, 42% of women and 29% of men in the state will experience violence and/or stalking involving an intimate partner. And dozens of incidents every year lead to fatalities. So when Emily Gifford Lucey, fresh out of law school, heard about a pro bono program to prosecute criminal domestic violence cases with …
From Across the Aisle to Around the Pit
Lawyers from opposing sides of law find common ground in barbecueOn the surface, Columbia attorneys and barbecue hobbyists Robert F. Goings and Brett H. Bayne appear pitted against each other (pun intended). Goings hails from upstate and litigates injury cases on the plaintiff side with Goings Law Firm, while Bayne is a Texas native litigating on the defense side with McAngus Goudelock & Courie. “We have a complicated relationship,” Goings says, to which Bayne laughs. “We are opponents on many cases, so we’ve slammed each other’s head into the …
Still Rolling
Rachael Ardanuy on cannabis law’s growing pains and what she sees aheadFor Rachael Z. Ardanuy, current chair of the bar association’s Cannabis Law Section, the path to her practice area and its legalization were conveniently aligned. As an undergrad at Florida State from 2003 to 2007, she lobbied for local ballot initiatives at National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. She got her license to practice in 2012, the year Colorado voters legalized recreational marijuana. “But the first adult-use dispensaries didn’t really open until 2014, when I …
Documentaries Now
What inspired entertainment attorney Robert Darwell to get behind the camera?Robert Darwell has provided legal services on hundreds of films over the years—including Brokeback Mountain, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Traffic—but that wasn’t what led him to become a documentarian himself. “Most often I’m production counsel—meaning hiring the actors, the director, acquiring the rights to the project,” says Darwell, an entertainment attorney and head of Sheppard Mullin’s global media department. His work is primarily transactional, including …
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