NEW YORK (March 28, 2011)- ALM’s The National Law Journal today published its annual Most Influential Lawyers report, which recognized 34 lawyers in 10 different areas of practice who have exerted tremendous influence on the practice of law over the course of the past five years.

The lawyers, who were listed in the March 28th issue of the weekly publication, will be honored at the annual NLJ Awards Dinner in June.

“The professionals chosen for our Most Influential Lawyers list this year have all enjoyed national influence in their practice areas and beyond,” explained David Brown, editor in chief of The National Law Journal. “Holding high office or a position of authority wasn’t enough; we sought out lawyers who have used the law to effect big change.”

The individual lawyers recognized in today’s report were selected by the editors of The National Law Journal, based upon nominations from the legal community and reporting by the publication’s correspondents. For more information, please go to www.nlj.com.

The Most Influential Lawyers list consists of the following attorneys:

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Carolyn Lamm, White & Case
David Rivkin, Debevoise & Plimpton
John Trotter, JAMS

Finance and Capital Markets
William Sweet, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Joseph Kaufman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Richard Truesdell, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Government Affairs
Robert Bauer, White House counsel
Thomas Hale Boggs, Patton Boggs
Joel Jankowsky, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Lisa Rickard, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

Health Care
Elizabeth Fowler, White House National Economic Council
Douglas Hastings, Epstein Becker & Green
Eric Zimmerman, McDermott Will & Emery

General Counsel, Private Companies
Alberto Mora, Mars Inc.
Jonathan Oviatt, Mayo Clinic
Theodore (Ted) Ullyot, Facebook Inc.

Law Firm Leaders
Eric Friedman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
John Quinn, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Dan Webb, Winston & Strawn

Media and Entertainment
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Bertram Fields, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger
Schuyler Moore, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan

Real Estate
Martin Edelman, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Jonathan Mechanic, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Jeffrey Steiner, DLA Piper

Trusts and Estates
Dennis Belcher, McGuireWoods
Carol Harrington, McDermott Will & Emery
Pam Schneider, Gadsden Schneider & Woodward

White-Collar Crime
Robert Cary, Williams & Connolly
Brendan Sullivan Jr., Williams & Connolly
Abbe Lowell, McDermott Will & Emery
Richard Marmaro, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Reid Weingarten, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Theodore Wells Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Media Contact:
Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

Fred Rackmil
Rackmil Associates
Phone: 212-421-0044
E-mail: fred@rackmil.com

NEW YORK (March 24, 2011)- ALM’s Corporate Counsel today announced plans for its Seventh Annual IP Counsel Forum, to take place March 30-31 at The Hilton San Jose in San Jose, Calif.

Developed for the benefit of general counsel, intellectual property counsel, IP managers and owners in all industries, the two-day conference will focus on issues related to protecting and monetizing intellectual property in the digital age. Panelists will include attorneys from Accuray Incorporated, Align Technology Inc., Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, IBM Systems Group, JDS Uniphase, Microsoft Corporation, Novellus Systems, Inc., Oracle America, Whirlpool Corporation, Xilinx, Inc., and Zoran Corporation. The complete conference agenda and details are available at www.corpcounsel.com/ipcounsel.

The conference will be chaired by Anne M. Rogaski, partner, Kilpatrick Townsend. Other panelists and speakers will include:

•    Bryan W. Butler, counsel, IP law – storage products and networking division, IBM Systems Group
•    Brian Clarke, director-intellectual property, Accuray Incorporated
•    Andy Culbert, lead in-house patent litigator, Microsoft Corporation
•    Kirk Goodwin, senior counsel, patents, Whirlpool Corporation
•    Steve Luethje, director of IP, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
•    George Simion, senior patent counsel, Oracle America

Session topics to be covered at this year’s event include:

•    “IP Business Strategies for the General Counsel & IP Counsel”
•    “Updates on Patent Reform 2011”
•    “Solid Strategies to Address Patent Reexaminations”
•    “Budgeting for Patent Prosecution”
•    “Damage Calculations”
•    “NPEs Before the ITC”
•    “False Marketing Claims – The New Troll Cases”
•    “Patent Indemnities:  Customers, Suppliers, Trolls and Damages”
•    “Best Practices and Ethical Considerations in IP Transactions”

Sponsors at this year’s conference include: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Kilpatrick Townsend, LexisNexis, Minesoft, Schiff Hardin LLP and Scully Scott Murphy & Presser.

Attendees will be eligible for MCLE credits.  For additional conference information, or to register, contact Carl Seering at 212-457-7905 or e-mail cseering@alm.com or visit www.corpcounsel.com/ipcounsel.

The conference is presented by ALM’s Corporate Counsel, in conjunction with ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for legal and business professionals.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Media Contact:
Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

NEW YORK (March 14, 2011)- Corporate Counsel today announced the launch of the first blog on its Web site, written by Rich Baer, the well-known general counsel and chief administrative officer of Qwest Communications International, Inc. The blog will be updated one-to-two times each week.

To read the blog and find more information on Corporate Counsel, visit corpcounsel.com.

Titled “Reliance on Counsel – Tips, tech, theories and tall tales of an accidental general counsel,” Baer will focus on two areas of interest: the leadership and strategic issues with which general counsel are currently grappling and the role of outside counsel as viewed through the lens of a corporate client. Known for his desire to bring about change in the practice of law, Baer will also discuss how he does his job in his own legal department at Qwest, current events that are interesting to him and to his readership and ways he believes the practice of law should be restructured.

“Leaning on his 27 years of experience spanning from prosecuting homicides in Brooklyn, New York, to chairing a litigation department at a large law firm in Denver, Colorado, and his current role at Qwest Communications, Baer brings to this new blog vast knowledge and a snarky personality that makes him well suited for the blogosphere,” said Anthony Paonita, editor-in-chief of Corporate Counsel.  “We are very excited to start this new project with such an iconoclast in our niche area of law and are confident our readers will thoroughly enjoy his insights.”

Under Baer’s leadership, the Qwest legal department was named the legal department of the year in 2008 by Corporate Counsel magazine, one of the Ten Most innovative Law Departments in 2010 by Inside Counsel magazine, the Minority Corporate Counsel Western Region Employer of Choice, the recipient of the Outstanding Corporate Commitment Award by the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association and the recipient of the Donald W. Hoagland Award by the Colorado Bar Association for the law department’s pro bono work.

Baer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Duke University.

About Corporate Counsel:
The award-winning Corporate Counsel, the nation’s leading magazine for general counsel and in-house attorneys at corporations across the country, is published by ALM in print and on the Web at www.corpcounsel.com.
About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Media Contact:
Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
Phone: 661.297.5292
E-mail: dteague@teaguecommunications.com

NEW YORK (March 1, 2011)- The March issue of The American Lawyer covers Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the lawsuit that may shape the future of same-sex marriage in California. Additionally, readers will delve in to major changes at Europe’s Norton Rose. Finally, the March issue takes a look at an error that a Bingham McCutchen partner made in preparing the marital property agreement for Frank and Jamie McCourt—the owners of the L.A. Dodgers. To access these stories and more, visit www.americanlawyer.com.

“This month’s issue takes our readers inside Norton Rose, the London-based firm that has gone through a paradigm shift while playing catch up with their competitors,” says Robin Sparkman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer.  “The story gives our readers an in-depth look at what the firm has done to come back from two terrorist bombings in the early 1990s.”

In “Marriage Brokers,” Senior Reporter Ross Todd takes us inside Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a groundbreaking lawsuit that puts together two of the country’s best-known lawyers together.  Theodore Olson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who represented George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore, and David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, who represented Al Gore in the same proceeding, have wanted to work together for some time.  When the case against Proposition 8 presented itself, they jumped at the opportunity.

In late 2008, after meeting with Chad Griffin, a Los Angeles political strategist, Ted Olson decided to help him try to strike down California’s Proposition 8 and quickly brought on David Boies to assist. The story details the two lawyers’ professional collaboration and their groundbreaking work on the controversial lawsuit.

“Taking On The World” shows American Lawyer readers the rebuilding of London-based firm Norton Rose.  Chief European Correspondent Chris Johnson tells the story of the firm, once in near ruin after two terrorist bombings by the Irish Republican Army in the early 1990s, building itself up through CEO Peter Martyr’s brokering of alliances with law firms in Australia, Canada and South Africa. The deals have helped Norton Rose increase revenue and the firm’s global presence.  What’s next?  Finding a suitable U.S. firm to join the party.

In “Error at Home,” Senior Reporter Drew Combs takes readers inside the contentious divorce between Frank McCourt, the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and his wife Jamie. Mrs. McCourt filed for divorce in 2009. As the divorce proceedings got underway, an error by the couple’s Bingham McCutchen attorney quickly came to light. That error, which involved a drafting mistake in the couple’s marital property agreement, has come to play a central role in the McCourts’ divorce proceedings.

The American Lawyer

Follow The American Lawyer on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AmLawDaily. To subscribe or request back copies of The American Lawyer, please call (800) 755-2773 or (212) 545-5990 outside the U.S. A digital edition of the magazine can also be purchased online. The American Lawyer is published in print and online by ALM.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Contact:
Kevin Iredell
Phone: (212) 457-9500
E-mail: kiredell@alm.com

NEW YORK (February 10, 2011)-ALM Legal Intelligence, a leading source of business intelligence for the legal profession, today released its 2011 report on billing rates and practices for attorneys in small and midsize firms. Law practices around the country are starting to make the slow climb back from the depths of the recession. The national average hourly billing rate for attorneys rose 4.6 percent to $295 in 2010. The report focuses on billing practices based on factors including firm size, geography, practice area and years in practice. For more information, visit www.almlegalintelligence.com.

Data is extracted from The National Law Journal’s Survey of Law Firm Economics, a comprehensive annual review of the legal profession’s financial and economic performance that provides one of the most complete, accurate and up-to-date sets of industry economic data available.

The region with the highest average billing rate was once again the Northeast ($330), up 9 percent from 2009, followed by the West region ($298), up 8 percent from the previous year.  Lawyers in large metropolitan areas reported the highest average hourly billing rates nationally, led by New York ($380) and Washington, D.C. ($374).  On a national level, the specialty practice areas with the highest average hourly billing rates were commercial litigation ($398), followed by general law ($303) and insurance defense litigation ($199).

A total of 176 law firms participated in The National Law Journal’s Survey of Law Firm Economics, 2011 Edition, providing usable standard hourly billing rate data for 10,913 lawyers, including 3,712 associates, 6,236 partners/shareholders (equity and non-equity), 608 active counsel and 357 staff lawyers.  Additional information can be obtained by contacting almlegalintel@alm.com or calling 1-888-770-5647.

ALM Legal Intelligence offers detailed business information for and about the legal industry, focused on the top U.S. and international law firms. The division’s online research Web service, www.almlegalintelligence.com, provides subscribers with direct, on-demand access to ALI’s extensive database of surveys, rankings and lists related to law firms and the legal industry. The site also includes an online store where non-subscribers can, on an individual basis, purchase and download preformatted individual law firm reports, ALI research reports and selected current-year survey data.  ALM Legal Intelligence is a division of ALM.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Contact:
Lee Ann Farwell
Phone: (212) 457-9535
E-mail: lfarwell@alm.com

NEW YORK (January 28, 2011)-The February issue of The American Lawyer covers the ten-year low in lateral moves that we saw in 2010. In addition, the February issue reports the few big moves that some attorneys did make from law firms and the public sector, a groundbreaking compensation survey and the way in which Chinese law firms are attracting top Western talent to their ranks. To access these stories and more, go to: www.americanlawyer.com.

“This month’s issue has an interesting look at Chinese firms and why Western attorneys are making the jump outside of their comfort zones to those firms,” says Robin Sparkman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer.  “This is a trend we are going to keep a close eye on over the next year, because it doesn’t seem to be slowing down.”

In “Staying Put,” Victor Li takes a look back at 2010 and how many lateral moves we didn’t see.  In the 12-month period ending September 30, 2010, only 2,014 partners had left or joined Am Law 200 firms, a decrease of 27 percent from the same period one year earlier.  One contributing factor?  A decrease in litigation as companies realized they were not in a strong place financially for prolonged lawsuits.

In “Lateral All-Stars,” D.M. Levine and Claire Zillman show us that while most partners stayed put, there were some major moves made in 2010.  The most significant partner moves of the year included impressive acquisitions by firms such as: Davis Polk, DLA Piper, Fulbright & Jaworski, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell.  In addition, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom lured two high-profile government attorneys and Lowenstein Sandler welcomed an attorney with close ties to Bernard Madoff.

“How’m I Doing?” tells The American Lawyer readers about a groundbreaking new compensation survey that took a look at partners’ satisfaction with their wages.  Major, Lindsey & Africa partnered with ADF Research and sent a compensation satisfaction survey to 30,000 law firm partners across the country.  Nate Raymond tells us respondents in New York reported earning more than in any of the other 10 cities surveyed, but partners in six other cities said they bill more hours than their counterparts in Manhattan.  Also, partners were more satisfied with their compensation in firms with open compensation systems compared to those at a firm with a closed system.

In “China from the Inside,” Anthony Lin takes a close look at the new trend of Western partners making the once unthinkable move to Chinese law firms.  Over the past several months, a new wave of American partners and other senior lawyers have moved to Chinese firms, following associates, especially those of Chinese origin, who began making the switch years ago.  The move is ideal for both sides: Chinese firms that take on Western lawyers can deepen and expand relations with multinationals while the switch makes it possible for Western lawyers to preserve a vibrant Chinese practice.  Simply put, Chinese firms have more work.

The switch also benefits American companies who do a large volume of business in China.  One partner who made the move to a Chinese firm estimates his hourly billing rate dropped by over 40 percent once he moved to a local shop.    In addition, Chinese firms have practicing Chinese lawyers, a bonus that Western firms lack.

The American Lawyer

Follow The American Lawyer on Twitter at http://twitter.com/AmLawDaily. To subscribe or request back copies of The American Lawyer, please call (800) 755-2773 or (212) 545-5990 outside the U.S.  A digital edition of the magazine can also be purchased online.  The American Lawyer is published in print and online by ALM.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Contact:
Lee Ann Farwell
Phone: (212) 457-9535
E-mail: lfarwell@alm.com

NEW YORK (January 27, 2011)-ALM’s LegalTech New York Tradeshow, the world’s largest and most prestigious legal technology conference and trade show, opens next Monday with a keynote address by Gabriel Buigas, VP and Deputy General Counsel at Hewlett-Packard, on why a company’s legal and information technology departments should develop a more collaborative relationship. The conference runs through Wednesday, February 2, 2011, and will take place at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City.

New for the conference’s 30th year are judicial panels that will consist of respected Judges from around the nation covering topics including: Why the Legal Industry Needs to Change and Embrace Technology on Monday; The Future of Litigation and E-discovery: Amending the Federal Rules and Beyond on Tuesday and The View from the Bench on Wednesday.  These judicial panels are open to all LegalTech attendees and are eligible for complimentary CLE credits.  For more detailed information and a full conference schedule, exhibitor list and other details, please visit www.legaltechshow.com.

Additional conference program highlights include:

•    A February 1 keynote discussion with Gonzalo de Cesare, political advisor with the European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, entitled “United Nations War Crimes Investigations – Information Management in High-Volume Legal Proceedings.”  This keynote will give attendees an opportunity to hear about the United Nation’s best practices for managing some of the largest and most complex cases in the world.
•    A keynote speech by Michael Rogers, author and futurist for The New York Times and MSNBC, on February 2 that will cover what the practice of law will look like in 2020 and will bring practical tips for bringing innovation into a traditional organization today, ready to adapt for tomorrow.

Also new this year is LegalTech Mobile, a free downloadable application for your smartphone.  This app is currently in development for the Apple Store for iPhone.  With LegalTech Mobile, you can find, bookmark and save sessions and exhibitors to create a plan for everything LegalTech.  LegalTech Mobile also puts maps of the conference at your fingertips so you can easily and quickly find an exhibitor or session.  For more information, visit www.legaltechmobile.com.

LegalTech New York 2010 attracted over 12,000 attendees and featured 337 exhibiting companies.  The 2011 conference will offer more than 55 educational sessions for attendees on topics ranging from electronic discovery and knowledge management to emerging technologies, 350 exhibitors and complimentary CLE credits for all keynote discussions and judicial panels.

LegalTech is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals.  Other ALM events include: ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate professionals.

About LegalTech
LegalTech is presented by ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals.  Other ALM events include ALM Legal Conferences, Insight Information Conferences and the RealShare Conference series for commercial real estate professionals

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Contact:

Lee Ann Farwell
Phone: (212) 457-9535
E-mail: lfarwell@alm.com

NEW YORK (January 26, 2011) –ALM, an integrated media company, announced that Nigel Holloway has been appointed the new vice president, research. Holloway will lead ALM’s Legal Intelligence division including its editorial research team, and will be responsible for developing ALM’s extensive research into the business of law, in addition to expanding its subscription and custom research for law firms and general counsel.

Holloway comes to ALM from the Economist Intelligence Unit (part of The Economist Group) where he served as chief editorial strategist in the Americas for business research.  Prior to the Economist Intelligence Unit,

Holloway was founding deputy editor at Forbes Global.  Holloway’s career includes significant experience as an international business editor and correspondent working with the BBC, The Economist and the Far Eastern Economic Review.

Holloway was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and studied at Harvard University and the National University of Singapore.  At ALM, he will report to Aric Press, vice president and editor-in-chief, ALM, and will be based in the New York office.

“Nigel comes to us from one of the world’s leading business research units and with many years experience as an international business correspondent and commentator.  We are delighted to welcome him,” said Aric Press.  “Nigel will be taking the lead in developing our digital research products, extending our use of online information sources and helping ALM to integrate its data and newsgathering operations.”

Holloway can be reached at: nholloway@alm.com

About ALM

ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

About ALM Legal Intelligence

ALM Legal Intelligence offers detailed business information for and about the legal industry, focused on the top U.S. and international law firms. The division’s online research Web service, http://www.almlegalintelligence.com, provides subscribers with direct, on-demand access to ALM LI’s extensive database of surveys, rankings and lists related to law firms and the legal industry. The site also includes an online store where non-subscribers can, on an individual basis, purchase and download preformatted individual law firm reports, research reports and selected current-year survey data. ALM Legal Intelligence is a division of ALM.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.
Contact:

Lee Ann Farwell

Phone: (212) 457-9535

E-mail: lfarwell@alm.com

NEW YORK (January 25, 2011)-ALM today launched its first Smart Litigator product, focused on providing litigators with comprehensive access to online legal resources including cases, statutes, verdicts, forms, judges’ profiles and citation checks, plus exclusive content developed by a contributing team of prominent litigators and news and analysis from the New York Law Journal.

The New York version of Smart Litigator in conjunction with the New York Law Journal will concentrate on providing the state’s litigators with the information they need to succeed in the courtroom, all easily accessible on one user-friendly website.  This launch represents the first in a series of regional Smart Litigator rollouts planned for 2011, with versions for New Jersey and Pennsylvania next to be launched.  Detailed information and a 30-day free trial for new subscribers are available at www.smartlitigator.com.

The Smart Litigator offers a low, flat annual rate, with no “out-of-plan” fees or pay-as-you-go features. Using a 50-state case law database provided in conjunction with FastCase®, litigators can research cases from any federal or state appellate court. Statutes can also be searched or browsed by topic and the site includes verdict and settlement data from VerdictSearch®.  With an intuitive interface and powerful database-driven search, Smart Litigator gives litigators the information needed to research and draft their cases more efficiently.

Major features include:

•    Cases from all 50 state and federal courts provided in association with FastCase®.

•    Decisions of Interest, news and analysis from the New York Law Journal.

•    An editorial board and featured site contributors, including some of New York’s most prominent litigators. Each member has contributed specific and original content, as well as their knowledge of New York law and practice.    The editorial board consists of: Ben B. Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz; Larry Lum of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP; Matthew Gaier of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore; Daniel A. Cohen of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP and Kevin G. Faley of Morris Duffy Alonso & Faley.

•    Exclusive featured case files from our editorial board, including complaints, depositions, trial transcripts and trial and appellate briefs.

•    State and federal statutes.

•    New York verdicts and settlements from VerdictSearch®.

•    New York Judges’ Profiles including biographies, decisions and appeals.

•    Citation Check.

•    Court-tested forms and checklists developed by prominent New York litigators.

•    Client-code billing capable of tracking usage by case or client.

According to Sara Diamond, Group Vice President, Substantive Law, “Litigators need fast tools and resources that are intuitive and comprehensive. ALM owns a remarkable and growing collection of exclusive litigation resources that we have built out and added to, and have developed into a new and highly functional tool for litigators.”

Smart Litigator will be formally unveiled at the New York State Bar Association annual meeting January 25-30 and LegalTech New York January 31 to February 2.  Smart Litigator is currently available for a 30-day free trial at www.smartlitigator.com.

About ALM
ALM, an integrated media company, is a leading provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal and commercial real estate sectors. ALM’s market-leading brands include The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum. Headquartered in New York City, ALM was formed in 1997. For more information, visit www.alm.com.

New York Law Journal
Founded in 1888, the New York Law Journal is the largest daily circulation legal newspaper in the nation. Each business day, thousands of New York lawyers turn to the New York Law Journal and its website, www.nylj.com, for the latest legal news, court information, decisional law, advance word on new statues and regulation, and coverage of the profession, all coupled with expert analysis and perspective.

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Contact:

Lee Ann Farwell
Phone: (212) 457-9535
E-mail: lfarwell@alm.com

NEW YORK (January 18, 2011)-ALM, an integrated media company, announced the appointment of Kevin Iredell as the new vice president/marketing. Iredell will be responsible for managing the corporate marketing, brand team and creative department, and for providing innovative marketing services to ALM customers and advertisers. He will be based in New York City, reporting to senior vice president Kevin Vermeulen.

Iredell joined ALM in 2006 as director of marketing for its national publications where he led the transformation of the marketing team from an internal unit to a client-focused service provider. In 2009 he was promoted to head the company’s Legal Intelligence business unit. Prior to joining ALM, Iredell spent almost five years at LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell in a variety of marketing and product development positions, delivering both traditional advertising services and digital client-development products to the legal market.  He also held previous positions in marketing at Lucent Technologies and The Hertz Corporation. Iredell is a frequent speaker on topics including research, marketing, branding and law firm economics.

Kevin Vermeulen, senior vice president, ALM, said, “Kevin Iredell has already made an enormous contribution to ALM.  Kevin led the ALM Legal Intelligence group with great passion and creativity and I am sure he will demonstrate the same leadership ability with the marketing group.”

Iredell can be reached at kiredell@alm.com

ALM, The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, GlobeSt.com, Insight Conferences, Law.com, Law Journal Press, LegalTech, The National Law Journal and Real Estate Forum are trademarks or registered trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC or affiliated entities.

Contact:

Jenny Hall
Phone: (212) 457-9535
E-mail: jhall@alm.com