Mike Knobler, a tax partner at Fenwick & West LLP who retired from practice on December 31, 2025, was a newspaper sports writer for 24 years before law school, has constructed two crossword puzzles that were published in the New York Times, and doesn’t own a car. Mike has run marathons in 49 states. He has a JD from the Yale Law School, an AB in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard College, and somehow passed the California bar exam when it was a three-day test. Mike twice participated in the Worst Golfer in Mississippi tournament but failed to come in first or last either time.