Cydney Swofford Freeman

Cydney Swofford Freeman counsels and defends traditional, new, and disruptive content creators. She is fascinated by the law's influence on creativity, with a particular interest in how copyright laws apply to choreography. Her practice focuses on First Amendment, copyright, trademark, idea-submission, defamation, right-of-publicity, privacy, reporter's privilege, and Section 230 matters. In additional to traditional litigation, she regularly provides pre-broadcast fair use, defamation, privacy, and production counseling for a wide range of documentary, scripted, and unscripted productions.

Cydney co-edits the Media Law Monitor and served on DWT's pro bono committee. She joined DWT after starting her legal career in New York, where her practice covered a broad range of First Amendment, media, commercial, and white-collar matters. She also co-chaired a pro bono program teaching the nuts and bolts of constitutional and criminal law to high school students in the Bronx.