David Lat
| David Lat | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Benjamin Lat June 19, 1975 Bergenfield, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Harvard College (A.B.) Yale Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Legal Commentator and Author |
| Notable work | Supreme Ambitions; Founder of Above the Law |
| Website | abovethelaw |
David Benjamin Lat (born June 19, 1975) is an American lawyer, author, and legal commentator. Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law, a website about law firms and the legal profession.
Before blogging, Lat attended Harvard College and Yale Law School. After law school, he worked as a law clerk for a federal appeals judge (Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain), an associate at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, and an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the appeals division in the District of New Jersey.
Lat first began blogging anonymously for the judicial gossip blog "Underneath Their Robes," until he revealed his identity in a November 2005 interview with Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker. Shortly thereafter, Lat launched Above the Law, a website featuring news about law firms and the legal profession and legal gossip. In December 2014, Lat published his debut novel, Supreme Ambitions.
David Lat is the child of Filipino doctors. He grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and Saddle River, New Jersey. While living in Saddle River, his neighbors included former President Richard M. Nixon. On Halloween, he would get a Halloween card and a handshake from the former president. Lat attended Regis High School in Manhattan, New York. Lat won the Villiger Tournament for extemporaneous speaking in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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