Steven Brill
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Steven Brill

American lawyer, journalist, and entrepreneur

Steven Brill (born August 22, 1950) is an American lawyer, journalist, and entrepreneur who founded monthly magazine The American Lawyer and cable channel Court TV. He is the author of the best-selling book, Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall – and Those Fighting to Reverse It.2

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Born Aug 22, 1950.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedYale University3 4
  • Date not recordedDeerfield Academy3
  • Date not recordedYale Law School3 4

Brill was born to a Jewish family in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. He is a graduated from Deerfield Academy and earned a B.A. from Yale College in 1972 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1975.

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Career

Occupation: lawyer, non-fiction writer, journalist, writer, jurist, university teacher.10

  • Date not recordedWorked at Yale University4 5
  • Date not recordedWorked at Time5
  • Date not recordedFounded ALM6
  • Date not recordedFounded Court TV7
  • Date not recordedFounded NewsGuard8
  • Date not recordedFounded The American Lawyer9

Personal life

  • BornAug 22, 1950, Far Rockaway11
  • CitizenshipUnited States12

Brill is married and has three children. He resides in New York City and Bedford, New York.

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Awards

  • 2013The Sidney Award13 14