American Lawyer hires Packel to cover business of law

Dan Packel

Dan Packel has been hired by ALM Media to cover the economics and global strategy of the biggest U.S. and international law firms, writing mainly for The American Lawyer.

Packel, based in Philadelphia, spent the past six years reporting on litigation, regulatory issues and the legal industry in Pennsylvania for Law360.

His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, the New Republic, the Daily Beast, the Awl and other outlets.

Packel holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.