Ballard Spahr LLP

Litigation

Partner

Seth D. Berlin has represented clients in First Amendment, defamation, privacy, access, reporter's privilege, copyright, and trademark disputes for more than 25 years. He has appeared on behalf of media clients in numerous federal trial and appeals courts, and in state courts throughout the country.

Seth's clients include television and radio networks, station owners, cable television networks, production companies, national and local newspapers, magazine publishers, websites, and specialty publications. He also regularly represents advocacy groups and political organizations in enforcing and defending their First Amendment rights. He has successfully handled numerous copyright and trademark disputes for publishers, advertising agencies, and music houses, as well as for publishers focused on unauthorized access to password-protected areas of their websites.

Admissions

District of Columbia

Maryland

New York

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

ABA Forum on Communications Law, past Governing Board

ABA Media Advocacy Workshop, Founder

Georgetown University Law Center, Adjunct Professor of Media Law

Philip Merrill College of Journalism of the University of Maryland, Adjunct Professor of Media Law, 2006

Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991)

Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988)