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
The Stakeholder
Kate Hedgeman carved her nonprofit niche after seeing the need firsthandGrowing up, Kate Hedgeman got a sense of service thanks to her father, an Albany police officer. “It’s one of the top ways you can give back to your community,” she says, “and it’s a pretty thankless job.” One memory stands out: When Hedgeman was 8, by her estimation, she and her father were eating in a restaurant when a man had a heart attack in the parking lot. “[My father] got up from the table and started CPR until the fire department and EMS came,” she recalls. “It was …
Dishing on a Dish
Bill Panagos’ go-to icebreaker itemEvery item in Bill Panagos’ office has a story. And after 43 years in intellectual property, including with the Army TACOM, BASF, Lear and S.C. Johnson, Panagos has acquired several. Among the most interesting is a mirrored dish in the conference center at Panagos Kennedy in Troy. “It’s an icebreaker I use to talk to inventors about why their cutting-edge stuff might not be tomorrow,” he says. “It puts a humility to the entire thing.” Many have guessed it’s a Vulcan neural …
Can’t Stand the Heat, Get to Litigation
Before law, Chelsea Clark gave cookery school a tryWhen Chelsea J. Clark finished high school, she sought to become a chef. “My family thought I was crazy, but it turned out to be the greatest learning experience for many different reasons. I learned to adjust to a different culture. I learned so much about teamwork, and what I’m cut out to do and not cut out to do,” she says with a laugh. The civil litigator at Bruner Powell Wall & Mullins in Columbia signed up with Tante Marie School of Cookery in Surrey, England. “For a time, it …
Flexible Benefits
How yoga makes Michele Dinterman a better attorneyIn 2016, as Michele Dinterman was about to begin her career at Niles, Barton & Wilmer in Baltimore, she was looking for relief. “So I decided to take a yoga class,” says the civil litigation defense attorney, “and I ended up loving it.” So much so that Dinterman decided to take the teacher training as well. “I was essentially learning to litigate at the same time as becoming a yoga instructor. It ended up being incredibly impactful on my life in a ton of different ways. And it …
The Highest of Runner’s Highs
Eric Harlan’s run as a wingman with Athletes Serving AthletesMore than a decade ago, a law partner introduced long-distance runner Eric Harlan to a fellow marathoner. “Long story short, the friend was buddies with the founder of Athletes Serving Athletes. And next thing you know, I became a wingman,” says the class action litigator with Smith, Gildea & Schmidt in Towson. ASA’s mission is to elevate the quality of life for people with limited mobility by empowering them to train for and participate in mainstream running events. “We run with …
‘Same Skills, Different Environment’
Before law, Isabelle Faust's biggest passion was figure skatingAt 9 years old, Isabelle Faust fell in love with figure skating—“the kind you think of when you watch the Olympics: singles free skating with the jumps and spins,” says the Amundsen Davis litigator. Faust competed through high school, earning gold medal designations in five U.S. Figure Skating disciplines. That’s when most skaters quit, Faust says. “But I didn’t want to be done.” Faust (upper left) and her team in 2011 after winning a regional competition at Indiana University. …
Going Big
From her small town to international courtrooms, Aimée Dayhoff’s horizons keep expandingAimée Dayhoff grew up in Seymour, Indiana, about an hour from Indianapolis to the north and Louisville to the south. Her close-knit family didn’t commonly travel to either. Instead, they visited their extended family’s farm, which they helped run. “We had a huge garden, gigantic—feeding my grandma, grandpa, five siblings and their families,” recalls Dayhoff, whose father and grandfather ran an agricultural business, B&W Agri Products, selling equipment like grain bins, augers and …
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 …
The Case Within a Case
Legal malpractice: what it is and what you need to prove itAs 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 …
Do I Have a Legal Malpractice Case Against My Lawyer?
Litigation is rarely quick or easy. And if things go poorly, it's natural to initially blame the attorney's legal advice for a bad outcome. In some cases, a client may go so far as to pursue a legal malpractice claim. However, just because you failed to win a lawsuit does not mean your attorney did anything wrong. If your attorney is negligent and their negligence hurts your case, you may have a professional malpractice claim. For legal advice about filing a malpractice case against your former …
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