When she was very young, Colleen Durkin Peterson called her future career “girl warrior” instead of “girl lawyer.” Turns out Peterson, now a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney at Tacoma’s Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala, was right all along. tinyurl.com/df5v38js

Ronita Bahri, of Goodman Acker, became a lawyer to help people like a teenage refugee client and his family. Like them, she’s Chaldean and formerly a refugee. Read about her inspiring path to injury law in the new issue of Michigan Super Lawyers. tinyurl.com/4npd3c3c

The 2024 issue of Upstate New York is now live! Read the new issue here: tinyurl.com/mrnybw8v

Any Minnesotan will tell you that the Minnesota State Fair is the best in the country. In the new Minnesota Super Lawyers, we spoke to 7 fair fanatics and compiled their favorite foods and attractions, tips for newbies, and more. Get the full scoop here: tinyurl.com/4r5zc6z9

This year's Upstate New York cover features employment and labor attorney Sharon Stiller: “Some of the most fulfilling cases for me have been where somebody has been accused of doing something that just goes straight to their heart," she says: tinyurl.com/3d48ex7s

Johanna Clyborne is a U.S. Army two-star general, a Bronze Star recipient, a Red Cross board member, a commissioner and chief information officer for the state of Minnesota—and a respected family law attorney known for handling veteran-related matters. tinyurl.com/4amf653n

Tom Taylor, an adjunct professor of business law at SUNY OCC, on lawyers getting involved in teaching positions: "It's immensely rewarding." tinyurl.com/yckaaswk

When business litigator Blake Marks-Dias at Corr Cronin heard about a hole in Washington state’s social safety net that left many undocumented kids without needed mental-health services, he and his team stepped in and brought change. tinyurl.com/yhdjuyb5

Crime-novelist-turned-personal-injury-attorney Tom Bouman writes for an audience of one: tinyurl.com/2bfs5f3j

Jordan Reich, with Seattle Lemon Law, turned a lifelong love of cars into a law practice focused on helping consumers who got stuck with defective new cars. tinyurl.com/wnw56yrr

Albany’s Fatin Haddad tells us what’s good in the neighborhood: tinyurl.com/mrkuh9s6

Saraphoena Koffron entered college at 17. Then, after her freshman year, she became a single parent. Read about how she made it through, earning a JD and opening her own firm in Kalamazoo, in the new issue of Michigan Super Lawyers. tinyurl.com/yyzxutzz

Bellingham business attorney Kirsten Barron, with Barron Quinn Blackwood, teams up with consultant Crina Hoyer for a popular podcast, Crina and Kirsten Get to work PODCAST, that talks through challenges facing women in the workforce. tinyurl.com/yc7z4vhb

In the new issue of Minnesota Super Lawyers, former North Dakota ACLU director Dane DeKrey speaks to us about that experience—“It was like the epitome of Sisyphus,” he says—as well as the infamous case of the ruby slippers. tinyurl.com/3djdf85b

“People pay me to be nosy and find out the truth,” says Jennifer Belveal, head of Foley & Lardner LLP’s Government Enforcement Defense and Investigations practice in Detroit. Such was the case with the MSU Mel Tucker scandal. tinyurl.com/2nud3rnm

A colleague says Michael Yates of Gevurtz Menashe calms the parties involved, in one case telling everyone, “Let’s cut through this nonsense and focus on what needs to be taken care of—not only from a legal standpoint but a human standpoint.” tinyurl.com/f2jrb3ws

From Rising Stars to Dancing with the Stars! Phaedra Parks, a former Rising Stars cover subject, is on the cast of this season's Dancing with the Stars. Look back at her story and watch her compete starting on Tuesday, Sept. 17 on ABC. superlawyers.com/articles/georg…

The latest woman to accuse quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault will meet with the NFL in the next few weeks, says her attorney. "We have a video and two additional witnesses for the NFL to speak with.," attorney Tony Buzbee wrote in an email. tinyurl.com/ynws5bef

A Florida school district will return books to school libraries after a suit by parents and authors over a book ban the plaintiffs say restricted access to LGBTQ+ materials. Litigator Faith E. Gay with Selendy Gay in New York is on the plaintiff’s team. tinyurl.com/yh48cs9a

Tim Billick could have easily opted for law or music. The intellectual property attorney at Seattle’s TBillick Law, also bass player and singer with Thief Motif, chose both. tinyurl.com/2uc8kc4h