The American Lawyer

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The American Lawyer
Editor-in-chief David Gialanella
Former editorsGina Passarella
Categories Legal magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founder Steven Brill
Founded1979
Company ALM
Country United States
Based in New York City, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Website Law.com
ISSN 0162-3397

The American Lawyer is a monthly legal magazine and website published by ALM Media. The periodical and its parent company, ALM (then American Lawyer Media), were founded in 1979 by Steven Brill. [1]

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In 1983, journalist and lawyer Tom Goldstein wrote an in-depth review of The American Lawyer that was published by the Columbia Law Review , observing that, following "a series of court decisions since 1977" that allowed self-promotion by lawyers; the magazine was the first to treat law as a business, rather than solely as a profession. [2]

In 1986, American Lawyer Media purchased Review Business Publications of Miami, which included four southern Florida newspapers: Broward Review, Palm Beach Review, Miami Review, and South Florida Medical Review. [3]

Warner Media, (later TimeWarner), a minority shareholder in the company, acquired Brill's stake in 1997. [1] That July, TimeWarner Inc. sold American Lawyer Media's print holdings to Wasserstein Perella & Co. [4]

The company was acquired, in 2001, by Dresdner Bank, then renamed Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW). Dresdner subsequently merged with Allianz. [5] In 2007, ALM was purchased by Incisive Media for US$630 million. [6] In 2014, Wasserstein & Co. led a group of investors that acquired ALM Media from Incisive parent Apax Partners and its creditor Royal Bank of Scotland. [7]

The publication also sponsors annually The American Lawyer Industry Awards. [8]

Publications

The website of The American Lawyer, Law.com, publishes daily headline news pertinent to the business of law. [9] Publications include:

References

  1. 1 2 Media and American Courts by S. L. Alexander, ABC-CLIO, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ "The American Lawyer Review by: Tom Goldstein" Columbia Law Review, vol. 83, no. 5, Columbia Law Review Association, Inc., 1983, page 1354. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ Altaner, David (January 10, 1986). "4 area journals sold to N.Y. firm". South Florida Sun-Sentinel . Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ "INVESTMENT FIRM ADDING AMERICAN LAWYER" July 19, 1997. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Corporate finance head leaves DrKW" by Patrick Jenkins, Financial Times, March 14, 2005. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Incisive Media purchases US publisher" by Chris Tryhorn, The Guardian, July 5, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ "ALM Media is sold to prior owner, reportedly at a discount" by Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, June 4, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Greenberg Traurig Named Florida Regional Litigation Department of the Year by The American Lawyer". www.tampabaynewswire.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ "The American Lawyer". americanlawyer.com.
  10. ↑ Blumenthal, Jeff (May 4, 2012), "Per-lawyer revenue up", Philadelphia Business Journal , bizjournals.com, retrieved May 16, 2012
  11. ↑ "Corporate Scorecard" law.com. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
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