Steven Brill is an American lawyer, journalist, and entrepreneur who founded monthly magazine The American Lawyer and cable channel Court TV. He is the author of the best-selling book, Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall – and Those Fighting to Reverse It. In March 2018, Brill and fellow veteran journalist and entrepreneur, Gordon Crovitz partnered to form a new for-profit company, NewsGuard.