American Lawyer Media Names Rex Bossert Editor in Chief of the National Law Journal.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 American Lawyer Media ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and real estate communities. ALM owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, including (ALM), the nation's leading legal journalism and information company, today announced the appointment of Rex Bossert as editor in chief of The National Law Journal(R) (NLJ), effective March 15. Bossert currently serves as managing editor of ALM's New York Law Journal Founded in 1888, the New York Law Journal is the top-selling legal daily in the United States. The newspaper covers legal news, decisions, court calendars, and legislation, and provides analysis and insight in columns written by leading professionals. (R) and succeeds Charles Carter, who will assume Bossert's former position. Founded in 1978, The National Law Journal has the largest paid circulation of any weekly publication serving the legal community. Bossert, 47, joined ALM in 1997 as associate editor of the NLJ and became managing editor of the New York Law Journal in 1999. Previously, he served as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Daily Journal The Los Angeles Daily Journal is the oldest newspaper serving the legal community in Los Angeles, California. External links
A native of Minneapolis, Bossert received his B.A. degree from Carleton College and holds a J.D. degree from Northwestern University School of Law The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1876 and is one of eleven academic entities at Northwestern University. Northwestern enjoys a strong national reputation. and a doctorate in English Literature from Stanford University. Bossert was a recipient of a John Henry Wigmore John Henry Wigmore (4 March, 1863 – 20 April, 1943) was an American jurist and expert in the law of evidence. Born in San Francisco, son of John and Harriet Joyner Wigmore, he attended Harvard University and earned the degrees AB in 1883, AM in 1884, and LLB in 1887. Scholarship at Northwestern and a Stanford University Fellowship. He resides in New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle (French: Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of New York in Westchester County, 16 miles (26 km) from Grand Central Terminal in New York City and 2 miles north of the border with The Bronx. . "Rex has deep and wide-ranging experience in covering legal issues, decisions and developments within the industry that makes him ideally suited for his new position," said William Pollak, president and CEO of ALM. "His leadership will be critical to our expanded efforts to solidify the NLJ as the leading interpreter of national and regional legal news and trends in the profession." "Rex and I will be working together to enhance the newspaper, including expanding coverage of the federal circuit courts and the nation's law firms," added Stephen Lincoln, publisher of the NLJ. "We have already discussed many other exciting ideas for news reporting, commentary and analysis; we look forward to introducing them to an expanded audience in the years to come." Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , ALM is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal industry. ALM currently owns and publishes 27 national and regional legal magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal. ALM's law.com(R) is the Web's leading legal news and information network. ALM's other businesses include book, custom and newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of legal trade shows and conferences, educational seminars and distribution of content related to the legal industry. ALM was formed by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP. More information on ALM, its business and services is available on the Web at www.americanlawyermedia.com. |
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