First Amendment lawyer Duffy Carolan–who is also a long-time Board member of the First Amendment Coalition–will receive a special honor from the Society of Professional Journalists (NorCal Chapter) at an award ceremony on March 16.
Carolan, a lawyer in the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, is receiving the organization’s “Legal Counsel” award in recognition of 20 years of successfully defending media clients, individual journalists and others in free speech, libel, and freedom of information cases.
In a press release, SPJ said of Carolan:
“As an attorney first with Crosby, Heafy, Roach and May and since 1998 with Davis, Wright & Tremaine, Duffy has represented the Oakland Tribune, the Contra Costa Times, the Associated Press, the San Mateo County Times and many others.
Since 2007, Duffy has served pro bono as the lead attorney for the Chauncey Bailey Project. She currently serves on both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the First Amendment Coalition.”
Read full press release here: