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Dec 26, 2018 ¡ The ABA Journal's 10 Questions column is a Q&A in which Jenny B. Davis speaks to legal professionals with unique careers or personal histories. Check out some of our favorite questions and answers ...
Q. Were there instances where public policy influence came from the [White House] kitchen?
Q. I know youâre active in initiatives to help Native American students go to law school and helping to train people to become tribal court judges. Do you think itâs important that tribal court judges are themselves Native American?
Q. You guys are huge animal lovers, and from the start, you knew that you wanted to create a firm that blended animal advocacy with civil and criminal work for humans. Tell me about that decision.
Q. Is it hard to get into the mind of a really evil character like Darth Vader?
Q. Now that youâre an established performer, have you ever been tempted to think, âI should have just skipped law school and gone directly into music?â
Q. As the son of former Attorney General and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark, youâve been around justice systems your entire life. Youâve also had a long history witnessing the horrors and devastation of war, beginning when you joined the Marines at age 17 and worked as a courier during the Nuremberg trials.
Roberta Kaplan could be described as a specialist in emerging law. She litigates cases that shape the legal structure within which Americans live, love, work and hail cabs. A Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partner in New York City, she successfully argued U.S. v. Windsor before the U.S.
Last fall, American Pharoah galloped into history as horse racingâs first-ever Grand Slam winner. For the uninitiated, that means a clean sweep of the Triple Crown plus the Breedersâ Cup. But this legendary thoroughbred wasnât always a sure bet.
Beth Heifetz knows what judicial clerks want. As head of the Jones Day issues and appeals practice group and director of judicial clerk recruiting, itâs her job to bring U.S. Supreme Court clerks on boardâand she rocks it, writ large. For the past four years, the firm has welcomed more clerks than any other law firm in the nation.
A year into her new position as attorney-in-residence at Nextpoint, a litigation management software and support company, Julianne Walsh faces none of the challenges of her last gig. Leading advanced cybersecurity webinars does not involve singing the ABCs.
Phyllis Randolph Frye is the first openly transgender judge in the nation. The New York Times has called her the grandmother of the transgender movement. This year, she and her wife will celebrate their 43rd wedding anniversary. But life wasnât always so kind to this Houston lawyer.
What if you could walk into a legal aid office and, by simply tapping out some answers to an on-screen questionnaire, get immediate advice, connections to social services and more? This seemingly simple scenario drives Keith Porcaro.
In May, Florida lawyer Robyn K. Crawford marked her first full year as an assistant stateâs attorney. She is 21 years old.
During its original broadcast run from 1990 until 2010, Law & Order became a cultural phenomenon.
Artist and attorney Harbani Ahuja creates poetry from U.S. Supreme Court opinions.
Kevin Davis was named managing editor in 2018. He joined the ABA Journal staff as an assistant managing editor in 2015 after working as a freelance writer and newspaper reporter. He is the author of the nonfiction books The Wrong Man, Defending the Damned and The Brain Defense.
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