Writer, lawyer, columnist, executive. Assistant to Mayor John Lindsay, New York, NY, 1972-73; contributing editor and columnist to New York magazine, 1974-76; Esquire, New York, law columnist and writer, 1977-79; American Lawyer, New York, founder and editor-in-chief, 1978-82; AM-LAW Publishing Corp., New York, executive vice president, 1978-82; Courtroom TV Network, American Lawyer Media, L.P., president, chief executive officer, and editor in chief, 1982-97; currently a columnist, Newsweek. Consultant to the Police Foundation, Washington, DC, 1975-77, and to the National Broadcasting Corp (NBC). Founder, Brill's Content, 1998-2001; founder, Verified Identity Pass, Inc., 2003-09. Yale University, B.A., 1972, J.D., 1975.