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
Punk Practitioner
How Royce Nunley went from practicing basslines to practicing family law“Everybody who has known me, when they found out I was going to law school, they were like, ‘What the fuck are you doing going to law school?’” Royce Nunley says with a laugh. “Then, when I was through, they’re like, ‘So you must do entertainment law.’ No. I’m doing absolutely nothing with it.” The reason everyone thought they had Nunley pegged: He spent more than a decade as a punk bassist, opened a studio and record label, and managed tours and sound …
'You're Not Gonna Wear Us Down'
Employment litigator Rachhana Srey rises to every challengeIn 2011, Rachhana Srey, her colleague Anna Prakash, and Memphis trial attorney Billy Ryan were representing a class of 296 cable technician plaintiffs in a district courthouse in Tennessee. They were out to prove that management of cable installation company FTS had instructed the workers to underreport their hours. When the defense called the CFO of to the stand, Srey’s cross-examination, says Ryan, was a mic-drop moment. “There was no prep time,” Ryan says. “Discovery had produced …
With All Due Respect
The hug-worthy way in which Rick Morgan serves the citizens of ColumbiaMembers of the Columbia City Council started asking Rick Morgan to apply to be a municipal judge in 2012. His response: “It’s certainly humbling to be requested, but I have a pretty active private practice.” Three years later, Morgan acquiesced. “I said, ‘All right. But I want to make certain that part-time really means part-time,’” he recalls. So Morgan submitted an application for substitute judge, understanding that it generally meant three to five sessions per month, many of …
The Greatest Trial in American History
For Keith Munson’s money, it’s Aaron Burr's 1807 treason trialIn 2005, Keith Munson created a popular course through Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University called “Great Trials in History.” For two hours a week over 10 weeks, he and other attorneys at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice would take turns lecturing on important trials. “My pitch to associates with little trial experience was, ‘This is a great opportunity to get in front of a jury-sized group of strangers and make a presentation,’” says Munson, now at Rimon. A …
Bribery, Fraud and Love at First Sight
Mark Senn’s first foray in real estate law was like doing a heart transplant without medical trainingI did not understand a word of my real property course in law school. In fact, the only course I understood was securities regulation. In 1972, a few months out of law school, my professor got me the perfect job with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Southern District of New York. While waiting for that job to begin, I returned to Denver to serve as more or less an in-house attorney for a wealthy investor named Bruce. One day, Bruce got a call at 3 a.m. from a fellow on the West …
The Journey and the Destination
How Cecilia Ju found her true passionCecilia Ju’s path to family law involved studying legal systems at universities in three countries, passing the bar in two states, opening her own immigration firm and finding the right mentors. In the end—or, really, the beginning—it was worth it. “It took me a while to navigate,” she says, “but I feel this is my true passion.” After Ju completed her undergrad at Dalian Maritime University in China, she went to University of Nottingham in the UK via its exchange program. “But …
How Much Does a Product Injury Case Cost in Colorado?
Unless the product that caused your injury has a well-established history of causing injuries, chances are good your case will take a while to resolve—at least six months, if not closer to three years. To make matters worse, these kinds of cases are expensive. But, at least on the second point, there is some good news. Lawyers Advance Costs for Good Personal Injury Claims “If you have a good case and you're confident about winning it, the lawyer will advance costs for you, and then the …
Super Friends
When one of Batman’s creators needed justice, Stacey Friends swooped inFor more than a half century after Batman’s 1939 debut, artist Bob Kane was credited as his sole creator. Despite his significant contributions—see page 6—Kane’s working partner and ghostwriter Bill Finger went unacknowledged. Around the time Adam West adorned the cowl, Finger’s name started being mentioned by comics fans. By Michael Keaton’s turn, Finger had passed, but the era of Christian Bale brought Marc Tyler Nobleman’s 2012 book Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of …
All the Livelong Day
George J. Cahill Jr. reflects on his tenure working on the railroadOn Nov. 9, 1978, George J. Cahill Jr. won his first jury verdict in federal court, on behalf of a train conductor against the rail company Conrail. That night, instead of celebrating, Cahill worked the controls of a passenger train between New Haven and Grand Central Terminal as he had numerous times before. He was also a train conductor. For Conrail. But not for much longer. “The top management for Conrail in Philadelphia, when they heard I hit them for $600,000 that day, they were very …
Class Dismissed
Kimberly Lau makes sure schools and universities do the right thingRoughly a decade ago, when a potential client phoned a New York law firm, he didn’t do the usual thing and ask to speak to one of the firm’s partners. He requested an associate: Kimberly Lau. The client was a Vassar undergraduate student from China here on an H-1B visa, expelled from school after being accused of sexual assault, and he wanted someone who could understand his cultural background. “He said, ‘What do I do? This woman defamed me. I have evidence to support that. And the …
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