David Lat

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David Benjamin Lat (born June 19, 1975) is an American lawyer, author, and legal commentator. In 2006, Lat founded Above the Law, a website about law firms and the legal profession. In 2019, he left Above the Law, which is now owned by Breaking Media, a network of business-to-business media brands. As of 2026, Lat publishes Original Jurisdiction, a newsletter on the Substack platform, and hosts its companion podcast of the same name. He also writes a column for Bloomberg Law, which launched in 2023. Lat attended Harvard University and Yale Law School. After law school, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, became an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and later was 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. In 2006, Lat launched Above the Law, a website featuring news, gossip, and commentary about law and the legal profession (including law firms, law schools, and the courts). In December 2014, Lat's debut novel, Supreme Ambitions, was published.