Professional Activities
Board member, American Bar Association Litigation Journal
Central Regional Division Co-Chair, American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law
Media Law Resource Center
Children's Law Center of Minnesota
Volunteer Lawyers Network
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, litigation-First Amendment, 2020, 2021
The Legal 500, Media and Entertainment: Litigation, 2020
Minnesota Lawyer, Attorneys of the Year, 2020
Publications
Co-author, "Minnesota Open Government Guide" and "Minnesota Reporters Privilege Compendium" chapters, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2018 edition
Co-author, "A New 'Slant' on Pacifica?," Communications Lawyer, Winter 2018
Co-author, "A Theory for Defending Libel Suits in an AI World," Law360, November 2018
"Prince, Jordan and Bolger: How Corporate Tributes to the Minnesota Megastar Reveal Problems with the Three-Part Commercial Speech Test," Communications Lawyer, Summer 2016
Co-author, "Recent Developments in Media, Privacy and Defamation Law, " Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Winter 2015
Speaking Engagements
"Constitutional Law: Caught in the Middle ΜΆ Protecting the Media’s First Amendment Rights in a Time of Protests and Social Unrest," Minnesota CLE, December 9, 2020
Panelist, "Defamation and Related Claims," Communications Law in the Digital Age 2020, Practising Law Institute, November 12, 2020
Panelist, "From Ferguson to George Floyd to Portland: Protesters, Police, and the Journalists in the Middle," Media and the Law Online CLE, University of Kansas School of Law, September 9, 2020
"Journalism and Law in the Age of Fake News," Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter, Annual Federal Practice Seminar, June 20, 2019
"45 Ideas in 45 Minutes," MACTA Annual Conference, Minneapolis, June 13, 2019
"Libel-Proofing Your PR Campaign: #MeToo Lessons for Responding to Whistleblowers," 8th Annual Minnesota In-House Counsel, Minneapolis, June 13, 2019
Moderator, "'Deep Fakes': Trust Not What Your Eyes Perceive" 32nd Annual Media & The Law Seminar, University of Kansas School of Law, May 3, 2019
"Media Law: Essential Tools of the Trade," 32nd Annual Media & The Law Seminar, University of Kansas School of Law, May 2, 2019
Panelist, "The Power of Investigative Journalism," Midwest Journalism Conference, Bloomington, MN, April 12, 2019
"Libel Proofing Your PR Campaign," IABC Minnesota and Minnesota Journalism Center's CONVERGENCE Summit 2019, Minneapolis, March 28, 2019
Panelist, "Tips from the Hot Seats: IP Litigation in Minnesota," Federal Bar Association, October 2018
Panelist, "Free Speech Rights—2 Key Decisions This Term and How They Affect Free Speech Jurisprudence," Minnesota CLE, August 2018
Panelist, "The Digital Economy: Friend or Foe to Franchising?" International Franchise Association 51st Annual Legal Symposium, May 2018
"U.S. Privacy Roundup: Looking Back at 2016 and Into the Crystal Ball, " Midwest Privacy Retreat, November 2016
Panelist, "Monday Morning Quarterback—Lessons from Recent High-Profile Trials," University of Kansas School of Law 29th Annual Media & Law Seminar, April 2016
Community Activities
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, youth athletics coach