Julie Creswell was named legal reporter for The New York Times Business Day section in Feb. 2006.  Ms. Creswell joined The Times in May 2005 as a banking reporter for the same section.

Previously, she was a writer for Fortune Magazine since March 1998.  Before that, Ms. Creswell worked for Dow Jones Newswires since 1994 as a reporter for Money Management Alert and Dow Jones Capital Markets Report, newswires covering the mutual fund industry and debt markets, respectively.  

Ms. Creswell was born Nov. 28, 1969 and grew up in Blencoe, Iowa.  She graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Iowa in 1992.

Ms. Creswell lives with her husband, a Wall Street equity analyst, and their son, Bryan.