The American Lawyer Marks 25th Anniversary with Blockbuster Issue, First Lifetime Achievement Awards

[Ny American Lawyer via BizWire]

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2004--The American Lawyer's
upcoming May issue celebrates the magazine's 25th year of in-depth
coverage of lawyers, law firms and the legal profession with a special
issue that examines past and future trends and personalities, and
introduces the magazine's inaugural list of Lifetime Achievement Award
winners. Highlights from the May issue, available to subscribers on
Monday, will be published on the Web at www.americanlawyer.com or
through www.law.com.
Since its founding in 1979, originally as a black & white tabloid
newspaper, The American Lawyer has won numerous journalism and
publishing awards, including four National Magazine Awards from the
American Society of Magazine Editors, and, most recently, two Jesse H.
Neal National Business Journalism Awards in March, 2004.
"Over the past 25 years, The American Lawyer has grown from a
maverick publication that firms were going to run out of town to a
maverick publication that firms turn to for honest, reliable and
sometimes uncomfortable information," said editor in chief Aric Press.
"We're glad to have made it this far and expect that our best years
are ahead of us."

Highlights from the magazine's May issue include:

-- "Almost a Revolution" -- a chronicle of the 20 biggest changes
in the legal business

-- "Not All Black And White" -- the stories of African-American
law graduates of Harvard and Howard universities from 1979,
'89, and '99

-- "The Next 25 Years" -- predictions from law's leaders

-- "Keeping Score" -- from billing rates to starting salaries, an
examination of 25 years of charting the fortunes of the
nation's biggest law firms, from the original Am Law 50 to
today's Am Law 100.

In addition, the magazine profiles the first winners of its
Lifetime Achievement Awards, recognizing accomplishments in business
and public service. Recipients include William Coleman, Jr., O'Melveny
& Myers; John Pickering and Lloyd Cutler, Wilmer Cutler Pickering;
Joseph Flom, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Alexander Forger,
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Newton Minow and Howard Trienens,
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood; Robert Raven, Morrison & Foerster; John
Rosenberg, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky, Inc.;
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Robert Strauss,
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; and Patricia Wald, former chief judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

The American Lawyer is published by American Lawyer Media (ALM).
Headquartered in New York City, 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(R). 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 and its business and services is available
on the Web at www.americanlawyermedia.com.