Law

Great Case

Nazi-Tainted Treasure Inspires Hunt for Justice

By Jeri Zeder
Summer 2021

In the Field

Meet a Marvel in the Digital Space

There’s no villain in sight, but that doesn’t mean Michael “Saph” Sapherstein ’97 is letting his guard down. As assistant chief counsel of Marvel Entertainment, Sapherstein ...

By Maura King Scully
Summer 2020

Features

The Land of Music & Piracy

In a copyright showdown between the music industry’s Big Three record labels and a broadband internet renegade, Jeff Gould ’06 kept the beat for the plaintiffs ...

By Chad Konecky
Summer 2020

Features

The Mighty Weight of Atrocity

It fell to Dermot Groome ’85 to hoist the load of Ratko Mladić’s cruelty onto the bench of justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for ...

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2020

Features

The Dignity of Work (Is That Even a Thing Anymore?)

In a shapeshifting employment environment, experts sort out what to worry about and what to hope for.

By Jane Whitehead
Summer 2019

Features

The Remarkable, Heroin-Laced, High-Seas, Cartel-Sniffing Takedown

Drawing upon a singular skill set, Andres Torres ’08 built a case that spanned three continents to snag kingpin drug traffickers and torpedo a virtually ...

By Brendan McKinnon ’19
Winter 2019

Great Case

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Mailbox

A strange Hawaii incident involving a minor theft has grown into a scandal that has drawn national attention, toppled those in power, raised questions of ...

By Nick Grube
Summer 2018

Features

Scapegoats

Just what lay behind the New York DA’s aggressive targeting of a small Chinatown bank in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis? Abacus Federal ...

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2018

Features

Ode to A Lost Cause

Six years chasing drug smugglers on the high seas was all it took for this Coast Guard lieutenant to see what the government, for four ...

By Brendan McKinnon ’19
Summer 2017

Features

The China Syndrome

Peter Zeidenberg ’85 comes to the defense of two Chinese Americans accused of spying and discovers it is they who are the victims of an ...

By Chad Konecky
Winter 2017

Features

The Two Sides of the Truth

Walt Kelly’s efforts to win a $36 million wrongful conviction settlement for the man at the center of the Making a Murderer saga exposed egregious ...

By Chad Konecky
Summer 2016

Features

“We Are Still Here”

The San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians may be few in numbers today, but they have in daughter Merri Lopez-Keifer ’98 a legal defender ...

By Maura King Scully
Winter 2016

Features

The Go-To Guy

By Jeri Zeder
Summer 2015