NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/DavidLat?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#DavidLatlt;/agt;–Lateral
Link, a leading legal recruiting firm with offices across the United
States and in Asia, today announced that noted legal journalist David
Lat has joined as a managing director in the New York office. Lat will
represent and place top associates, partners and partner groups into
preeminent law firms around the country.
“Given the increasing prevalence and importance of lateral lawyer
movement, this is an exciting time to enter legal recruiting, and I’m
thrilled to join Lateral Link, one of the world’s top legal search
firms,” Lat said. “We’ve worked together since 2007, when Lateral Link
became ATL’s first advertiser, and since then our brands have grown from
disruptive upstarts into two of the most successful and respected names
in our fields.”
In 2006, Lat founded Above the Law (“ATL”), one of the largest legal
news websites in the United States, with approximately 1.3 million
unique visitors per month. He served as managing editor from 2006 to
2017, during which time both he and ATL received awards and recognition
from the American Lawyer, the ABA Journal, the Weblog
Awards, and the Webby Awards, among others. Today Above the Law is owned
by Breaking Media, a network of websites and social-media channels for
influential, affluent business communities.
Prior to founding ATL, Lat launched Underneath Their Robes, a prominent
blog about federal judges that he wrote under a pseudonym before
revealing his identity in an interview with the New Yorker
magazine. Before entering the media world, Lat worked as a federal
prosecutor, a litigation associate at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in
New York, and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Lat graduated from Harvard
College and Yale Law School.
Lat’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington
Post, and Wall Street Journal, and the Times described
his book Supreme Ambitions as “the most buzzed-about novel of the
year” among legal elites. Lat will continue to write, for both ATL and
other publications, and to accept speaking engagements from law firms
for firm-wide retreats, partner retreats, summer associate events, and
diversity initiatives.
“As our clients and candidates know, at Lateral Link we believe deeply
in the importance of finding the right talent,” said Michael Allen,
founder of Lateral Link. “The industry experience, knowledge, and
relationships that David has developed over two decades as a successful
lawyer and legal journalist make him a superb addition to our
well-credentialed and diverse team.”
Lat, who lives in Manhattan with his husband and son, will be based in
New York, but will work with his colleagues at Lateral Link on
placements across the country, including partner and group moves
involving multiple offices. He will also use his experience and
expertise as a journalist to assist Lateral Link with media and public
relations, including social media and content marketing.
About Lateral Link
The major Am Law 200 and specialty firms partner with Lateral Link as
their go-to legal recruiter. With offices in over a dozen cities across
the United States and Asia, Lateral Link’s established relationships and
reputation position the firm to attract and deliver the best legal
talent. Over the past ten years, Lateral Link has completed thousands of
successful placements as a best-in-class legal recruitment agency. https://www.mainspringlegal.com/laterallink/
Contacts
Media Contact
Sarkis Adajian
Marketing and Business
Development
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