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Robert Balin

Robert Balin

USA 2026

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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation

New York

10 years ranked

First Amendment Litigation

USA - Nationwide

15 years ranked

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Practice Areas

Rob Balin represents clients in all aspects of media law, including defamation, privacy, news gathering torts, First Amendment issues, copyright and trademark litigation, and contracts. Rob handles complex litigation for multinational and national corporations, including publishers, broadcasters, and new media.

Rob has represented 02138 magazine, adidas, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Thomas Friedman, Henry Holt and Company, Random House, Reader's Digest, St. Martin's Press, Woman's World, Yellow Book USA, and Sing Tao Daily.

Professional Memberships

Adjunct Professor, Media Law, Columbia Law School

Communications and Media Law Committee, International Bar Association

Forum on Communications Law, American Bar Association

Media Law Committee, New York City Bar Association

Libel Letter Committee, Media Defense Resource Center

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation - New York

Band 2
Individual Editorial
Robert Balin is regularly engaged by major news organizations to handle pre-publication review and First Amendment litigation.
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First Amendment Litigation - USA - Nationwide

Band 3
Individual Editorial
Robert Balin offers prepublication counsel to major news outlets, and also often assists clients with defamation lawsuits and resisting subpoenas.
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