First Amendment Litigation

Davis Wright Tremaine’s First Amendment litigation team is widely recognized as the leading group in the country. With a long history of handling high-stakes, precedent-setting cases, the team has successfully represented many of the country’s leading studios, networks, publishers, producers, creators, journalists, performers, and distributors. The team has a significant presence in the media centers of New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., as well as nationally recognized practitioners in the technology hotbeds of San Francisco and Seattle. The team brings its multidisciplinary expertise to bear in trial and appellate courts throughout the country, assisting clients in groundbreaking litigation affecting free expression, content ownership, access to public records, journalists’ privilege, and other vital issues. American Lawyer Media describes Davis Wright Tremaine as “practically synonymous with First Amendment litigation” and Law360 has honored the team as Media/Entertainment Practice Group of the Year for five years straight. In the Hollywood Reporter’s 2019 Power Lawyers issue, the magazine singled out Davis Wright for its “outsize influence on media at a particularly critical moment.”