Individuals
For a list version of individuals who support federal anti-SLAPP legislation click here.
Executive Director – North Dakota Newspaper Association
Brett Bezzant
Former Publisher, American Fork Citizen New Utah! Sued for information he published to correct a paid advertisement in his paper.
James Bopp Jr.
General Counsel of the James Madison Center for Free Speech, Bopp Coleson & Bostrom. Terre Haute, Indiana
Jerome Braun, Esq.
Farella, Braun + Martell, LLP, San Francisco, California.
Author of two law review articles on the California anti-SLAPP law.
Professor John C. Brittain
David A Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia
Professor Michael W. Carroll
Professor of Law, Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property – American University, Washington College of Law
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
Founding Dean – Irvine School of Law, University of California
James R. Copland
Director – Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy
SLAPP Target – Portland, Oregon (Twitter Libel Lawsuit)
Laura Bryant & Jeanne Rhoades – Ward 4 Council Members
Vi Smith – Former Executive Vice President of Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce
Terry Johnston & Keith Prokop – Creve Coeur Residents
Doug Crews
Executive Director – Missouri Press Association
Professor Charles Davis
Executive Director – National Freedom of Information Coalition
Col. Morris Davis (ret.)
Former U.S. Air Force Officer and Chief Prosecutor of Guantanamo Military Commissions
Member Relations – Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights
Harmeet K. Dhillon, Esq.
Dhillon & Smith, LLP
Member – Republican National Lawyers Association
Member – California Republican Lawyers Association
Board of Directors – ACLU of Northern California, 2002-2005
Chair – Civil Rights Committee, South Asian Bar Association of Northern California, 2007-2009
Professor Norman Dorsen
Professor of Law
Co-Director – Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program
Counselor to the President of the University, New York University
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld
Director – American Center for Democracy
Jon B. Eisenberg, Esq.
Eisenberg and Hancock, LLP
San Francisco, California
Christopher Elliott
Consumer Advocate – SLAPPed for blogging about a travel agency
Adrianos M. Facchetti, Esq.
Law Office of Adrianos Facchetti, Los Angeles, California
Author of the California Defamation Law Blog
Peter Fox
Executive Director – Wisconsin Newspaper Association
Professor Michael Froomkin
Professor of Law and Director of Faculty Development – University of Miami School of Law
Jeremy Gin
Founder – Sitejabber.com
Professor Eric Goldman
Associate Professor of Law, Director – High Tech Law Institute & Associate Professor of Law – Santa Clara University School of Law.
SLAPP Target – “Dentist the Menace”
Executive Director – Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
Mickey Huff
Director – Project Censored
Board Member – Media Freedom Foundation
Associate Professor of History at Diablo Valley College
Community Activist & Lawsuit Target
Andy Keller
President – ChicoBag
Thomas F. King
Author: Our Unprotected Heritage
Steve Kling, Esq.
Jenkins & Kling, LLC – St. Louis, Missouri
Professor Mark A. Lemley
Director – Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology
Partner – Durie Tangri LLP
Professor Lawrence Lessig
Director – Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
Professor Daniel Mandelker
Professor of Law – Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Author – Planning and Control of Land Development; Land Use Law
Co-author – Federal Land Use Law and Property Law and the Public Interest
Animal Welfare Activist & SLAPP Survivor
Moderator – SLAPP Victims’ Support Group
Michael A. Pezza, Jr., Esq.
Law Office of Michael A. Pezza, Jr.
Peter Phillips
President – Media Freedom Foundation
Former Director – Project Censored
Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University
Daniel Pipes
Director – Middle East Forum
Professor George Pring
Professor of Law – University of Denver Sturm College
Co-Author – SLAPPs: Getting Sued for Speaking Out.
Coined the term SLAPP
Randazza Legal Group
Executive Director – New York Press Association
Michael Reedy, Esq.
McManis Faulkner, LLP
Professor Robert D. Richards
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Law – Penn State University
Peter Rodino
Founder, President – Rodino Consulting
Jeremy Rosen
Partner – Horvitz and Levy, LLP
Advisory Board Past President – Los Angeles Chapter of the Federalist Society, The Federalist Society – Los Angeles Chapter
Pamela Samuelson
Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law
Professor of Information Management
Chancellor’s Professor
Director – Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
Peter Scheer
Executive Director – First Amendment Coalition
SLAPPed for blogging about a Florida business owner who shot two pet Siberian huskies – Comins v, Van Voorhis
Kenneth White
Partner, Brown White & Newhouse LLP
Consumer Advocate, Author, Consultant
SLAPPed in three states for work on life insurance viatical settlements
