The American Lawyer

This article is about the law magazine. For the book by attorney Johnnie Cochran, see Johnnie Cochran.
The American Lawyer
Editor-in-chiefGina Passarella[1]
Executive editorBen Seal[1]
CategoriesLegal magazine
FrequencyMonthly
FounderSteven Brill
Founded1979
CompanyALM
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteLaw.com
ISSN0162-3397

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Warner Media, (later TimeWarner), a minority shareholder in the company, acquired Brill's stake in 1997.[2] That July, TimeWarner Inc. sold American Lawyer Media's print holdings to Wasserstein Perella & Co.[5]

The company was acquired, in 2001, by Dresdner Bank, then renamed Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW). Dresdner subsequently merged with Allianz.[6] In 2007, ALM was purchased by Incisive Media for US$630 million.[7] 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.[8]

The publication also sponsors annually The American Lawyer Industry Awards.[9]

  1. ^ a b "A Live Discussion About the Am Law 100" Yahoo! April 28, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Media and American Courts by S. L. Alexander, ABC-CLIO, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Altaner, David (January 10, 1986). "4 area journals sold to N.Y. firm". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "INVESTMENT FIRM ADDING AMERICAN LAWYER" July 19, 1997. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Corporate finance head leaves DrKW" by Patrick Jenkins, Financial Times, March 14, 2005. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  7. ^ "Incisive Media purchases US publisher" by Chris Tryhorn, The Guardian, July 5, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "ALM Media is sold to prior owner, reportedly at a discount" by Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, June 4, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  9. ^ "Greenberg Traurig Named Florida Regional Litigation Department of the Year by The American Lawyer". www.tampabaynewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-02-13.