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
Maritime Laws When Workers Are Injured Aboard a Vessel
In most situations, when you’re injured on the job, employees should turn to workers’ compensation laws for relief for things such as medical expenses and lost wages. But thanks to a federal law commonly referred to as the Jones Act, that is not always the case for injured maritime workers. Unlike a personal injury case under Louisiana law, an injured employee may collect damages under the Jones Act even if employer negligence was not the primary cause of their accident. Jones Act Claims …
How Title IX Changes Impact School Enforcement of Sexual Assault
In February 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced an enforcement initiative to address sexual assault in K-12 public schools. “It's unclear why the department issued the initiative at the end of February 2020, given that new Title IX regulations weren't finalized,” says Judy Levenson, an attorney in Brookline, Massachusetts, who advises, trains, and handles investigations for schools and school districts. “But at the same time, they wanted to put K-12 schools on notice …
Up to the Challenge
Stints as a JAG and at the U.S. Attorney’s Office were the foundation of Clarence Davis’ careerClarence Davis doesn’t like to reminisce—“I was always told if a man has to live in his glory days, it means he’s not doing anything now,” he says with a laugh—but it’s hard to overlook what military courts and the U.S. attorney’s office did for his career. “They provided outstanding training, experience, and the foundation for my trial, deposition and motion and appellate argument skills,” he says. Davis didn’t have to wait long for trial work. After law school, he worked …
Sorting Out Estate Plans, Divorce and Custody Under COVID-19
Rather than giving up, Ryan Kelly has found ways to adapt in clients’ time of needOn Friday, April 17, Ryan M. Kelly and her father, John P. Kelly, completed their first virtual estate plan. “In these uncertain times, a lot of us are thinking about our financial affairs and medical decisions,” Ryan posted on LinkedIn. “Use this time as an opportunity to plan for your affairs, all without leaving your home.” The following Tuesday, Super Lawyers spoke with her about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her clients, her family law practice, and the adjustments …
The Legal Drawbacks and Liabilities for Restaurants Under COVID-19
One of the many ways the COVID-19 pandemic challenged the United States was in the realm of state law and policy. Christian Stegmaier, an attorney at Collins & Lacy law firm in Columbia, South Carolina, had a tip for food service and retail owners still trying to operate in the new reality of a public health crisis: Err on the side of caution to avoid COVID-19 liabilities. “It only costs someone $150 to file a lawsuit in South Carolina, and somebody will always take a case,” says …
A Conversation on the COVID-19 Pandemic with Carole Cukell Neff
A Q&A about the state of her firm and estate planning/elder law practiceSL: Have you made the move to remote yet? CCN: Only certain people have, and some of us don’t have the technology in our homes—me included. We’re trying to make that happen, but we’re backed up in ordering the equipment. It’s a very challenging time. SL: Are you getting a lot of calls from elder law clients? CCN: Not as much as I would have expected. SL: Are nursing homes on lockdown? CCN: Very much so. One in particular—which was where the first [state] cases came out of and four …
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 …
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