David Kushner's principal practice is in communications and media law, including broadcasting, telephony and First Amendment issues, including defamation. David also routinely practices in commercial litigation (motions and appellate practice) and intellectual property (copyright and trademark), with special expertise in statutory compulsory copyright license issues.
David has been a frequent speaker at the National Association of Broadcasters convention and the UNC Festival of Legal Learning.
Professional & Community Activities
· Chair (2007-08), Vice Chair (2006-07), Council Member (2003-06), Member (2003--), Constitutional Rights & Responsibilities Section, North Carolina Bar Association
· Editor, The Constitutionalist, Constitutional Rights & Responsibilities Section, North Carolina Bar Association, 2003-2007
· Member, North Carolina Bar Association, 1996--
· Member, Federal Communications Bar Association, 1994--
· Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association, 1997--
· Member, American Bar Association, 1993--
· Member, Wake County Bar Association, 1997--
· Member, History of Science Society, 1987--
· Member, Board of Directors, United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County (2007--); Vice Chair, Administration (2008--)
· Youth baseball coach
Articles, Publications, & Speeches
· Speech, "Extraordinary Measures: Legislative and Regulatory Gymanstics to Preserve Ownership Regulation and Next-Gen SHVERA," American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law, the National Association of Broadcasters and the Federal Communications Bar Association (2010)
· Co-Author, Survey of North Carolina Privacy Law and Related Claims Against the Media, Media Law Resource Center 50-State Survey, Media Privacy and Related Law (1998-- ).
· The Communications Decency Act and the Indecent Indecency Spectacle, 19 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 87 (1996)
· Free Exercise, Fair Housing and Marital Status - Alaskan Style, 12 Alaska L. Rev. 335 (1995)
Stories
· Revel in the Details
Clerkship(s)
Law clerk to Judge Sam J. Ervin, III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996-1997