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
Lawsuits When Someone Is Injured in Your Home
Several years ago, an elderly woman who was staying at her daughter’s house slipped on the floor, which her daughter had mopped, and broke her hip. So she did what one does in such situations: She sued. “Sometimes it's a little uncomfortable—I would say it's a lot uncomfortable—because you don't want to sue your child, your parent, or your friend,” says personal injury attorney Cheryl Eisberg Moin, at Hill & Moin, who represented the elderly woman in the lawsuit. “But …
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted EMTALA Requirements
Sarah E. Coyne is a healthcare attorney who primarily advises small, rural hospitals in Wisconsin — many with capacities hovering around 25 beds. In the normal flow of her business, she could see legal changes coming down the pipeline, take the time to absorb and understand how they would impact the healthcare system, and then distribute that information to her healthcare professional clients. Then, the COVID-19 public health emergency hit the United States. Of that time, Coyne says, “Now …
How Much Money Do I Leave for a Special Needs Trust?
The world of special needs planning — that is, attorneys working with families to ensure their loved one(s) with special needs will be cared for in the future — is a difficult one, because the landscape of it is constantly shifting. “The challenge in the world of disability and what is now more commonly called special needs planning is that some of the most expensive or significant financial costs that will happen in the future are very difficult to put dollar figure on,” says Edward V. …
Moving the Needle
From planting trees to challenging the Muslim ban with the ACLU, Gail Podolsky is all inGail Podolsky has a long history of volunteerism. “It’s something that my parents instilled in me from a very young age,” she says. “I spent a summer on a Native American reservation building playgrounds in Montana. I went to sporting goods stores to ask them to donate to a local youth organization that didn’t have the money to buy [equipment]. I had a beautification project that raised money to plant trees to make our school a more attractive environment. In college, I did numerous …
Who Should Be Your Special Needs Child's Trustee?
For a parent of a child with special needs, one of the biggest decisions they will have to make when they are proactively planning for their future is who to select as trustee. Take it from Tara Anne Pleat and Ed Wilcenski, who have had to navigate it on their own for their son and brother, respectively. They also help guide families through it as estate planning attorneys in Clifton Park. “Estate planning is a mystery to most who don't have a background in it, so when families come in, …
How Do Schools Investigate Student Misconduct?
Schools investigate student misconduct with evidence gathering, witness interviews, and notice of charges to ensure fair treatment and student rights protections. A code of conduct provides the due process school rules for student expulsion and disciplinary hearings based on the standard of proof of a preponderance of the evidence. For academic dishonesty suspensions, the school administration should provide notice of the right to appeal. Contact legal representation to understand your legal …
The Difference Between Bullying and Harassment in Massachusetts
It’s easy to make the mistake of thinking the number of complaints and disciplinary issues at schools have never been higher. They’ve always been high, says Judy A. Levenson, an education attorney in Brookline, Massachusetts. The reason it feels like there’s more today is because the expectations and laws have shifted to make schools more responsible for taking action. For legal help against discrimination or bullying in school, reach out to a local school and education lawyer. Harassment …
The Lawyer of Lost Causes and Bizarre Cases
Mark DeBofsky contends with Illinois’ slayer statuteOn Jan. 9, 2014, Anka Miscevic killed her husband, Zeljko. She stabbed him with a kitchen knife while he was asleep; struck him with a baseball bat to prevent him from calling 911; and told police she loved him but feared that he intended to kill her and her family. She was later acquitted of first-degree murder by reason of insanity. After all that, the question became: What to do with Zeljko Miscevic’s pension? That’s pretty unusual for an ERISA case—and it’s precisely why it found …
Colorado New Home Purchase: Construction Defects To Avoid
Duncan L. Griffiths is an attorney at Griffiths Law in Lone Tree who specializes in construction defects. This covers everything from large claims that impact multiple families, homeowners’ associations and/or building owners to individual claims on behalf of single families, contractors and developers. "The work is a hard, convoluted mess," he says. "There are a lot of moving parts to it, and it's a really complex area of the law. It's changing all the time and it's high stakes. For …
Four Common Misconceptions Owners Have About Construction Laws
“If you go buy a car and there's major problems with the engine within a couple of months or so, or the door doesn't fit properly, you can take the car back and they'll fix it. Everything's covered, no questions asked. If it is really a lemon, sometimes you can even get the car manufacturer to take the car back,” says Duncan L. Griffiths, a construction defects attorney at Griffiths Law in Lone Tree. “I think a lot of homeowners have that perception with new construction. They think they …
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