Personal Lives

Traumatic brain injury leads man from ministry aspirations to personal injury law

Ten years ago, Cameron Michael Fathauer was 17 and showing his skateboarding tricks to a neighbor girl when he was hit by a man driving a Lexus and thrown 20 feet away into the grass. One of his shoes was found a week later, hanging from a tree branch.

Sep 15, 2025 3:17 PM CDT

Approaching retirement age? Go back to law school—in a different country

Maybe you can identify with this. You are at the socially acceptable retirement age. Very few people, especially in your age group, understand why you are still working. “Are you retired yet?” “Oh, I’m sorry.” “You can’t take it with you!” “Before long, it will be gone, gone, gone!”

Sep 10, 2025 9:01 AM CDT

Generative artificial intelligence developers face lawsuits over user suicides

As the legal system struggles to catch up with technology, lawsuits are seeking to hold artificial intelligence tools accountable.

Sep 10, 2025 8:53 AM CDT

Domestic abuse survivor who was inspiration for new reduced-sentencing law loses bid for release

A 55-year-old domestic abuse survivor convicted for the 1998 murder of her former fiance has lost her bid for freedom under a new law that she partly inspired.

Sep 8, 2025 11:16 AM CDT

After more than 40 years in the solicitor general's office, this lawyer says it was a privilege

Before retiring from government service in June, Edwin S. Kneedler, 79, argued 160 times before the Supreme Court. He joined the solicitor general’s office after four years in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. He was promoted to deputy solicitor general in 1993 and also briefly served as acting solicitor general in 2009.

Sep 3, 2025 2:07 PM CDT

Not Chickening Out: The world’s oldest profession is fighting

"Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle; for Tweedledum said Tweedledee had spoiled his nice new rattle." —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

Sep 3, 2025 2:03 PM CDT

Delcianna Winders has woven a web of animal law clinics and programs

“Becoming a lawyer was a good pathway to channel my animal advocacy, and the law plays a really important role in the status of animals,” says ABA member Delcianna Winders. “It’s an important lever that I could have an impact on.”

Sep 2, 2025 11:55 AM CDT

Riding Camels in Mongolia With Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: A journey of friendship and the rule of law

When the conversation ended, I simply stared into space, stunned. I must have misheard the official from the U.S. Agency for International Development. This can’t be happening to me, I thought.

Aug 27, 2025 3:37 PM CDT

DC Circuit cites ‘constitutional concerns’ even as it rejects challenge to suspension of federal appeals judge who’s 98

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that it does not have jurisdiction to review the bulk of Judge Pauline Newman’s challenge to her suspension, saying it was bound by 2001 precedent that it cannot overrule.

Aug 25, 2025 1:23 PM CDT

Gerry Spence, Wyoming lawyer known for his trial work and western wear, dies at 96

Gerry Spence, a Wyoming lawyer with a string of high-profile courtroom wins and a dramatic flair, died on Wednesday at his home in Montecito, California, surrounded by family, according to news accounts. He was 96.

Aug 15, 2025 12:46 PM CDT

Maritime lawyer has second job as Miami Heat dancer and team captain

Law firm associate Chelsea Varsaci has a professional and a performance life, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Aug 12, 2025 2:26 PM CDT

Secondary trauma hits attorneys hard; here’s how to navigate it

There’s a lesser-known but profound challenge within the legal profession: secondary trauma. For many attorneys and judges, the emotional toll of handling distressing cases can accumulate, creating lasting psychological impacts.

Aug 12, 2025 9:23 AM CDT

SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein had motive for money offers to firm manager, prosecutors allege

A superseding indictment in a tax fraud case against SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein includes new allegations about attempts to influence his law firm manager and misuse of a firm trust account.

Aug 11, 2025 1:36 PM CDT

Night-Shift Lawyering: Lessons from juggling kids, class and city attorney externship

It’s well past midnight. My desk is a toppling tower of case files and civil procedure treatises; from the next room, I hear the soft, hiccupping snores of my two daughters, ages 2 and 6. In seven hours, I’ll be standing in the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, ready to defend the city against a negligence claim. In nine, I’ll race to campus for evidence. And in 12, I’ll be back in the carpool lane, fielding a debate over whether one bedtime story really means three.

Aug 5, 2025 10:44 AM CDT

After heart attack during New York bar exam, state board of law examiners gathers info about incident

Last week, during the second day of the bar exam, a candidate taking the test at a sports arena rented from Hofstra University collapsed, falling out of her chair shortly before the lunch break, according to a statement from the New York State Board of Law Examiners.

Aug 5, 2025 8:56 AM CDT