Cydney Freeman

Cydney Swofford Freeman counsels and defends traditional, new, and disruptive content creators. She handles both litigation and pre-broadcast counseling for clients ranging from larger players like worldwide streaming services to individual documentarians, producers, and journalists. She is fascinated by the law's influence on creativity, with a particular interest in how copyright laws apply to choreography. Her litigation practice focuses on First Amendment, copyright, trademark, idea-submission, defamation, right-of-publicity, and related matters. And she regularly provides pre-broadcast fair use, defamation, privacy, and production counseling for a wide range of documentary, scripted, and unscripted productions.

Cydney joined DWT after starting her legal career in New York, where her practice covered a broad range of First Amendment, media, and other litigation 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.

Active Member, Production Executives Peer Group, Television Academy