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Matthew A. Leish

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Matthew A. Leish

Matthew A. Leish

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Carlton Fields, P.A.
4221 West Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000
Tampa, Florida  33607-5736
(Hillsborough Co.)

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3239, Tampa, FL, 33601-3239

Telephone: 813-223-7000
Fax: 813-229-4133
http://www.carltonfields.com/tampa



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Practice AreasCommunications and Media; First Amendment Litigation; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Intellectual Property; Civil Litigation
 
EducationColumbia University Law School, J.D., 1997, University of Chicago, B.A., with honors, 1990
 
Admitted1998, New York; 2008, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
 
MembershipsThe Florida Bar (Member, Media and Communications Law Committee); New York State Bar Association (Member, Media Law Committee, 2003-2007); American Civil Liberties Union (Legal Panel, Greater Tampa Chapter).
 
BornNew York, N.Y.
 
BiographyHarlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School. "Actual Malice Practice Guide," Media Law Resource Center (December 2006). Co-Author: "In Defense of Public Trials" in Litigation, The Journal of the ABA Section of Litigation (Summer 2003); "Responding to the Anonymous Cyber-Griper," ACCA Docket (May 2002); "'Cyberlibe' and John Doe: The Emerging Standards For Protection Of Anonymous Speech On The Internet" in American Bar Association Tort And Insurance Practice Committee News (Winter 2001); "A Selective Survey of Current Issues Facing Book and Magazine Publishers" in Internet Publishing: The Legal and Business Issues as Traditional Publishing Moves to Electronic Media, 601PLI/IP 9 (PLI, 2000); "The Mayor Versus the First Amendment: Will The Fight Last A Full Fifteen Rounds?" Communications Lawyer (Summer 2000). Panelist, Hillsborough County Bar Association's Leadership Institute program on The Law and the Media, May 6, 2009.
 
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