Areas of Practice
Advise and represent media and other clients on both online and print matters, including defamation, privacy, advertising, access to public records, other First Amendment issues, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, copyright, trademark, domain names, and the breadth of immunity afforded online publishers by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

Representative Experience
Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley, et. al. v. Roommates.com, LLC, No. 04-56916 (9th Cir. Apr. 4, 2008) (en banc): Assisted in drafting of amicus brief on behalf of numerous media amici in case involving scope of immunity afforded by Section 230 to websites for both pure third-party content and third-party content mixed with website’s own content.

Dibbs v. The Franklin Mint. et al., No. CV06-604 RSM (W.D. Wash. 2006-2007): Assisted in representation of defendant in copyright infringement dispute concerning use of photographs, resulting in successful settlement.

Browne v. Avvo, Inc., 525 F. Supp. 2d 1249 (W.D. Wash. 2007): Assisted in representation of attorney evaluation website, resulting in successful motion to dismiss on First Amendment opinion grounds, with court also holding that distribution of information is not "commerce" under state consumer protection law.

Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C.

Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA

Public Interest Law Initiative Intern, American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago, IL

Legal Intern, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Durham, NC

Legal Intern, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, IL

Publications and Presentations
Co-author, "The Impact of the Ninth Circuit's Roommates.com Ruling on Websites," Practically Pocket-Sized Internet Law Treatise, Media Law Resource Center, September 2008

Co-author, "Responding To Demands To Correct Or Remove Dated Online Material," Practically Pocket-Sized Internet Law Treatise, Media Law Resource Center, September 2008

Co-author, "Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Announces a New Legal Test for Mixed-Content Websites," New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal, Volume 18, Number 3, Summer 2008

Co-author, "9th Circuit Affirms Immunity for Pure Third-Party Web Content: En banc decision defines scope of immunity for mixed-content websites,” DWT Advisory Bulletin, April 2008

Co-author, "The Uncertain Future of Section 230 and Liability for Mixed-Content Websites," e-Commerce Law Report, November 2007

Co-author, "Amendment XXVIII? Defending Corporate Speech Rights," South Carolina Law Review, Volume 58, Number 4, Summer 2007

"Using Courts to Enforce the Free Speech Provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights," Chicago Journal of International Law, Summer 2006, at 351

"Southern Courtrooms Transform the First Amendment," The First 100 Years: Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, 131 (Reg Ivory ed., 2003)

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association

American Bar Association

South Asian Bar Association of Washington

Board member, Duke Student Publishing Company, 2002-present

Education
J.D., with honors, The University of Chicago Law School, 2006

• Chicago Journal of International Law

• Editor-in-Chief and President, The Chronicle, the daily independent student-run newspaper of the Duke community