Robert Balin

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