Linda Steinman

Practice Areas

Linda Steinman has more than 35 years of litigation and counseling experience in First Amendment and intellectual property law. Many of her clients are media companies but she also represents nonprofits, tech companies, universities, and government agencies seeking her expertise. She helps them grapple with the legal and business impact of a rapidly changing world, whether as a result of technology, politics or other forces.

Linda's areas of practice include defamation, privacy/publicity, copyright, trademark, newsgathering torts, reporter's privilege, prior restraint, public/private forum analysis, intellectual property rights acquisition and licensing, and other publishing law and First Amendment issues.

Linda has litigated scores of cases in state and federal courts, including leading copyright, First Amendment, and defamation litigations. She also regularly performs pre-publication and pre-broadcast review. More broadly, she often works with clients to counsel them on their wide-ranging business challenges related to their content. Having worked in-house at Random House before joining DWT, Linda understands the legal issues that clients face from the inside out.

Professional Memberships

Board of Trustees, Princeton University Press