David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law, an award-winning legal website that reaches more than 1 million unique visitors a month. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Prior to starting Above the Law, he founded Underneath Their Robes, a blog about federal judges. David previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. David graduated from Regis High School, Harvard College, and Yale Law School. Supreme Ambitions is his first novel.