Leslie Minora is an associate in the Litigation Department with a focus on media and entertainment law and First Amendment issues. She has experience with matters related to newsgathering and publication, defamation, access to public documents, and both state and federal wiretap acts. Her legal practice is informed by her four years as journalist for publications including The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Observer, and New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
Professional Highlights
Judicial Clerkships
Hon. Luis Felipe Restrepo, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2019-2020
Hon. Lawrence F. Stengel, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2017-2018
Judicial Internships
Hon. David R. Strawbridge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2016-2017
Hon. C. Darnell Jones II, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2015
Board Memberships & Community Service
The Legal Intelligencer, Young Lawyer Editorial Board
Publications
Co-author, "Pennsylvania Judge Called “QAnon-Linked” Loses False Light Lawsuit Against The Daily Beast," MLRC MediaLawLetter, June 2023
Co-author, "Pennsylvania: Open Courts Compendium," Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2021
Co-author, "D.C. Federal Court Vindicates Key Arguments for Quashing Subpoenas to the Media in Associated Press Case," MLRC MediaLawLetter, December 2021
Co-author, "Maryland "Broadcast Ban" is Unconstitutional as Applied to NPR Podcast," MLRC MediaLawLetter, October 2021
Credentials
Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2017)
Editor-in-Chief, Temple Law Review
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.S. 2010)
New York University (B.A., cum laude, 2008)
Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania