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Our Lawyers

FAC has had the good fortune of being represented by some of the best First Amendment and open-government lawyers in the country. We list them here to thank them and to acknowledge their expertise in areas such as defamation, open-meeting laws, the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and California Public Records Act, copyright, trade secrets, protecting journalists’ sources and appellate litigation.

Thomas Burke

Thomas Burke

 Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP
San Francisco

Duffy Carolan, Jassy/Vick/Carolan

Duffy Carolan

 Jassy, Vick, Carolan
San Francisco

Aaron Field

Aaron Field

Cannata, O’Toole, Fickes & Olson
San Francisco

Katherine Keating

Katherine Keating

Bryan Cave, LLP
San Francisco

Leila Knox

Leila knox

Info Law Group
San Francisco

JOSHUA KOLTUN

Joshua koltun

Law Offices of J. Koltun
San Francisco

Roger Myers

Roger Myers

Bryan Cave, LLP
San Francisco

Paven Malhotra

Paven MalHotra

Keker, Van Nest & Peters
San Francisco

Rachel Matteo-Boehm

Rachel
Matteo-Boehm

Bryan Cave, LLP
San Francisco

Karl Olson

Karl Olson

Cannata, O’Toole, Fickes & Olson 
San Francisco

Michael Risher

Michael Risher

Law Offices of Michael Risher
Berkeley, CA

Tenaya Rodewald, Sheppard Mullin, LLP Silicon Valley, CA

Tenaya rodewald

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Palo Alto, CA

James Chadwick

James Chadwick

Palo Alto, CA

Paul Boylan

Paul Boylan

 Law Offices of Paul Boylan
Davis, CA

Kelly Aviles

Kelly Aviles

Law Offices of Kelly Aviles
Los Angeles

Gary Bostwick

Gary Bostwick

Bostwick Law
Los Angeles

Jean-Paul Jassy

Jean-Paul Jassy

Jassy, Vick, Carolan, LLP
Los Angeles

Kent Raygor

Kent Raygor

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Los Angeles

Shannon Roggin

Shannon Roggin

Bryan Cave, LLP
Irvine, CA

Kelli Sager

Kelli Sager

Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP
Los Angeles

Jonathan Segal, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP Los Angeles

Jonathan Segal

Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP
Los Angeles

Kevin Vick

Kevin Vick

Jassy, Vick Carolan, LLP
Los Angeles

Selina MacLaren

Selina Maclaren

Davis, Wright Tremaine, LLP
Los Angeles

Dean Ringel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Washington, DC

Dean Ringel

Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP
New York

Heather Goldman

Heather Goldman

Bryan Cave, LLP
Washington, DC

Eric Parnes

Eric Parnes

Hughes Hubbard, LLP
Washington, DC

Floyd Abrams

Floyd Abrams

Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP
New York

Gilbert Kaplan

Giblert Caplan

King & Spalding, LLP
Washington, DC

William Stein

William Stein

Hughes Hubbard, LLP
Washington, DC