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
Keeping Up with Jones
How a major in Spanish led Erin Jones to a career handling multimillion-dollar bankruptcy suitsErin Jones’ career path has been marked by a series of assumptions. And, despite what the adage says about what happens when you assume, they helped shape her into a top-notch corporate bankruptcy litigator. Jones’ first assumption—that she’d do something involving Spanish—came as an undergrad at The University of Texas at Austin, where she earned degrees in both Spanish and Latin American studies, with an emphasis on economics. When she was a junior, she had an internship translating …
A Little Humanity
Civil rights attorney Ron Kaye leads the charge against malfeasance in law enforcementWhile visiting his brother at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles in February 2011, Gabriel Carrillo violated regulations by bringing his cellphone into the visiting room, and four deputies took him into an adjoining room to arrest him. By the time he came out, he had been severely beaten, suffered partial paralysis of his face and was looking at 14 years in prison. Police reports indicated he was aggressive and had one hand free. “Mind you, there were four cops, he was by himself, he’s …
The French Connection
How IP attorney Brett A. August was knighted for enhancing relations between Paris and ChicagoAt home, Brett August is known simply as “dad,” in the courtroom he’s “counselor,” and around the office he’s called “partner.” But as of last May, when he was dubbed a Knight of the Legion of Honor, he’s now known by another title: “Chevalier”—the highest and most coveted distinction the French government can bestow upon a French citizen or foreigner. But you can still call him “Brett.” “It’s still a little hard to believe because it happens to so few …
An Easy Act to Follow
Lloyd E. Shefsky’s irregular path to consulting entrepreneurs around the worldIt was the end of the semester in high school drama class and students had to perform their assigned scenes. Having just completed his take on Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, Lloyd E. Shefsky fielded a critique from his fellow students and then looked to his teacher for additional notes. “Lloyd,” he began, “I think you’d be better at directing than acting.” Ouch. The comment stung at first, but Shefsky would come to appreciate it years later when he segued from a full-time …
The Need of the Moment
Elder law and estate planning attorney Carole Cukell Neff on good pro bono work and bad actorsQ: You’re originally from upstate New York? Was it college that brought you here? A: I am. It was law school that brought me to New Orleans—law school and a sister who had moved down here to be with her boyfriend. My own boyfriend and I just graduated college and wanted a place to go together, so we said, “Well, New Orleans sounds like a cool place.” And before I ever got here, that’s when I decided to apply to law schools. So usually the easy answer to the question is, “I came here …
Brew Crew
Milwaukee Brewers’ extra-base hits make wishes come true—and not just at Miller ParkWhen Robert L. Habush’s daughter was 2 months old, she experienced seizures and developmental delays due to an inoculation that was later recalled. It created in him, he says, “a tremendous compassion and empathy for children who are damaged, whether by disease or accident.” That’s why the longest-running charitable program for his firm, Habush Habush & Rottier, has given more than 110,000 bicycle helmets to Wisconsin children. Its newest charitable program is also all about the …
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