Deanna K Shullman

Publications

Author, Letter to a Young Media Lawyer, MLRC MediaLawLetter (February 2020).

Co-Author, Overbroad Victims’ Rights Laws Impede Access to Public Records, Communications Lawyer, (Summer 2019).

Co-author, Seeing Stars: Courts and Congress Consider Whether to Knock Out Online Ratings to Defamation Claims, Communications Lawyer, American Bar Association, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Fall 2016).

Co-Author, Mug Shots on Lockdown: Government and Citizen Backlash to "Exploitation" Websites Surges, Free Speech Is the Casualty, Communications Lawyer, June 2014.

Co-Author, Reporter's Privilege Compendium (Florida), Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press (2010 - 2018).

Author, The Playground, Communications Lawyer (2009).

Author, Florida Supreme Court Extinguishes False Light, The Brechner Report (University of Florida) (2008).

Author, Lights out on False Light in Florida, MLRC MediaLawLetter (2008).

Co-Author, Court Clears FEMA's Cloud of Secrecy, The Brechner Report (University of Florida) (2007).

Co-Author, Florida Supreme Court Stops Secret Dockets Known as Super Sealers, MLRC MediaLawLetter (2007).

Co-Author, Recent Developments in Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law, 41 Tort Trial & Ins. Practice L.J. 2 (Winter 2006).

Author, Jury Rejects False Light Claim by Tampa Police Officer, The Brechner Report (University of Florida), (discussing Deanna’s and her law partners' successful defense of a television station and its reporter in a false light invasion of privacy trial) (November 2006).

Author, Perfect Storm Gives Way to Calm Seas for First Amendment Advocates (2006).

Co-Author, D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing of Wen Ho Lee Contempt Citations, MLRC MediaLawLetter (November 2005).

Co-Author, D.C. Circuit Upholds Contempt Citations of Four Journalists in Wen Ho Lee Matter, MLRC MediaLawLetter (July 2005).

Co-Author, Florida Supreme Court Confirms that Misappropriation Statute Does Not Apply to "Perfect Storm," MLRC MediaLawLetter (April 2005).

Author, Florida Street Vendor Statute Declared Constitutional: Newspaper Vendors Told (Not) to Hit the Road, MLRC MediaLawLetter (August 2003).

Author, Judge Modifies Gag Order in Georgia Crematory Case, LDRC MediaLawLetter (March 2002).

Author, The Domain Name Game: Applying Trademark Principles to an Internet Tug of War, Computer Law Review (September 1999).

Author, Failure to Release Public Record Leads to Jail Time for Florida School Board Member, LDRC LibelLetter (July 1999).

Practice Areas

Deanna Shullman develops and implements successful strategies for defending clients in business, intellectual property, and content-related litigation. She is known for her ability to solve practical problems for businesses both inside and outside of litigation.

In her media/First Amendment practice, she has defended hundreds of defamation cases in state and federal courts and is counsel of record in more than one hundred reported decisions. Deanna provides pre-broadcast and pre-publication review and newsgathering advice, offers advice concerning content and publication practices, defends against subpoenas to reporters, defamation, and privacy claims, and prosecutes actions concerning access to government records and proceedings. In her intellectual property practice, Deanna litigates copyright and trademark disputes and provides advice concerning intellectual property management and enforcement. In her commercial litigation practice, Deanna litigates commercial disputes for corporate clients of all sizes, including contract disputes, business torts and related areas.

Deanna also prepares and reviews contracts and other documents related to business operations and management. In addition, she provides effective strategies for navigating corporate online presence, including guidance on privacy and data-collection regulations and preparation of website management documents like terms of use and other online policies. She has also served as an expert witness on attorneys' fees in defamation, privacy, and public records cases and has testified at deposition and in court regarding such matters.

Deanna is a member of the American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law, where she has served on the Governing Committee and several sub-committees. She is also a member and past Chair of the Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law

Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee

Education

Awards