A Voice in the Dark: Above the Law Founder David Lat's COVID-19 Battle Gave the Legal Industry a Warning
In 2020, David Lat did what he has always done: bring transparency and vital information to many. But this time, the information was different—it was his story of survival.
December 30, 2020 at 10:40 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
On March 17, David Lat, the legal recruiter and well-known founder of the legal news site Above the Law, lay on a hospital bed in Manhattan getting supplemental oxygen pumped through his nose. Each time he tried to walk across his hospital room at New York University Langone Medical Center, he struggled to breathe and was forced to sit down. In those moments, he posted a series of messages to his 32,000 followers on Twitter:
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