About Edward A. Adams
I manage the editorial and business operations of the ABA Journal, the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association. We cover the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. More than half of the nation's 1.1 million lawyers read us every month.
Professional Experience
| Experience | Years |
|---|
| Editor and Publisher, ABA Journal | 2006-Current |
| Public Information Officer, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | 2002-2006 |
| As the only public information officer working in the federal trial courts, I created media relations plans for dozens of high-profile cases nationwide, including those of al Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui, "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, enemy combatant Yaser Hamdi, al Qaeda scout Iyman Faris, Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy. Collaborated with judges, court administrators, and representatives of local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Department of State, the National Security Agency and more than 150 media organizations. |
| Editor, New York Law Journal | 1989-2002 |
| Reported about the business of major law firms and created and ran websites for this daily newspaper for lawyers, which is part of Incisive Media (then known as American Lawyer Media). |
Education
| School | Focus | Degree | Year |
|---|
| Columbia University School of Law - Columbia University | | J.D. | 1988 |
| Miami University of Ohio | Interdisciplinary Studies | B. Phil. (1985) | 1985 |
| Honors: Magna Cum Laude |
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