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James is a senior analyst with ALM Legal Intelligence with particular interests in corporate legal departments, litigation trends, the UK legal industry and the business of law more generally.

Prior to joining ALM Intelligence, James was a Senior Research Analyst at The Lawyer magazine, a UK legal publication, where he was responsible for compiling and leading research reports on a variety of topics relating to both the UK and global legal market. In addition to this, as part of his role, James also worked extensively on developing and maintaining a number of legal market intelligence data tools. Before joining The Lawyer, James was a researcher at a criminal justice think tank where he undertook research reports on behalf of UK police forces.

James earned a Law LLB (with Honours) from the University of East Anglia in 2012, and obtained a Law LLM (with Distinction) from the University of Sussex in 2014.

Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office.

Patrick Fuller is the Vice President and General Manager of ALM Legal Intelligence. He has spent the last 20 years of this career in the legal industry, holding a variety of business development, consulting, and senior leadership roles. Prior to joining ALM, he served as the VP of Business Development for AI start-up Neota Logic, and previous to that was the Director of Legal Analytics for Wolters Kluwer’s ELM Solutions, working with legal departments to define, measure, and take action on key performance indicators for legal departments and operations. His career also includes stints with Martindale-Hubbell, Thomson Reuters, Hildebrandt Consulting, and LawVision Group. He is a frequent author and speaker, with over 200 speaking and authorship credits within the legal industry.

Gina Passarella is editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer. She has covered the business of law for her entire career, first as a reporter and special projects editor with The Legal Intelligencer in Pennsylvania and then as senior editor for business of law in ALM's global newsroom. She took over as editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer in January 2017.