By Any Other Name
by Katherine Glover
The Rake
July 2003

A joke that starts off “a duck walks into a bar,” has good odds of being funny. Ducks are funny. A joke beginning “a water buffalo walks into a bar” just doesn’t have the same ring. But “a can of Spam walks into a bar” – now that’s hilarious. … So when a company that makes spam-blocking software tries to trademark the name “Spam Arrest,” and Hormel takes legal action, it’s funny.

Chicago Muslim professionals go with the flow
by Katherine Glover
Medill News Service
May 2007

Mazen Asbahi admits he sometimes misses prayers. As a lawyer with Schiff Hardin LLP, sometimes he’s in negotiations all day and can’t break out. “A more hard-core Muslim who’s more senior might say, ‘I need to make a five minute break,'” Asbahi said, “but at my point in my career, I can’t always do that.”

St. Salesman
by Katherine Glover
The Rake
February 2004

My mother’s house wasn’t selling. No one was even looking at it; a total of four open houses had yielded less than a dozen people, most of them curious neighbors with no intention of buying. When she shared her troubles with co-workers at the hospital where she works, a fellow nurse directed her to obtain a miniature statue of St. Joseph, bury it in the back yard, and pray for him to sell the house. My mother’s not a religious person, but she figured she had nothing to lose.

From CIA to TBA
Brad Caldwell meets the most convincing law school recruiter ever
Published in: Texas Rising Stars 2009 — April 2009

Who Will Guard the Guards Themselves?
Personal injury lawyer Robert Jarchi, for one
Published in: Southern California Rising Stars 2010 — July 2010

When Every Day Is Earth Day
These four lawyers spend their lives toiling to keep a righteous balance between the needs of the environment and the demands of business and government
Published in: Southern California Super Lawyers 2010 — February 2010

Are You Running With Me, Justices?
Meet three attorneys on the fast track
Published in: Southern California Rising Stars 2009 — July 2009