Jesse Feitel

Associate

T 212.603.6486 New York
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Jesse Feitel is a media and entertainment lawyer with a comprehensive background in litigation, pre-publication review, and counseling.  He represents clients in a wide range of content-related matters, including copyright, First Amendment, defamation, libel, right of publicity, invasion of privacy, reporters' shield laws, and other intellectual property issues. He provides counseling advice to clients producing and releasing television programs, podcasts, and other written and video content.

From 2016-2017, Jesse served as a law clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego. Prior to law school, Mr. Feitel served as a White House Intern in the Office of the Counsel to Vice President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

*Denotes an attorney's experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine

Admitted to Practice

  • New York, 2017
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2020
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 2024
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2019
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2019
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2021

Education

  • J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, 2016, magna cum laude
    • Order of the Coif
    • Lead Articles Editor, Syracuse Law Review
  • M.P.A., Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 2016
  • B.A., Political Science, Syracuse University, 2013, magna cum laude

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Advisory Board Member, Tully Center for Free Speech, Newhouse School of Public Communications, 2022-present
    • Co-Chair, Entertainment Law Committee, Media Law Resource Center, 2023-present (previously Vice Chair, 2019-2023)
    • Communications & Media Law Committee, New York City Bar Association, 2018-present
    • Board of Directors, Syracuse University Law Alumni Association

Professional Recognition

    • Selected to "New York Rising Stars" in Media and Advertising, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2024

Background

    • Associate, Arnold & Porter, New York, 2017-2020
    • Law Clerk, Hon. William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, San Diego, 2016-2017
    • White House Intern, Office of the Counsel to the Vice President of the United States, Washington, D.C., 2013
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