Seth Berlin > Ballard Spahr LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

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

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)