Matthew Aaron Leish

Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School. Head Writing and Research Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. Author: "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); "'Cyberlibel' 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). Speaker, "Free Speech and the Internet," ACLU of Florida Forum at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (August 18, 2010). Speaker, "Anonymous Speech and the Internet," Florida First Amendment Foundation Sunshine Seminar at Florida A&M Law School, Orlando, FL (September 21, 2010). Speaker and Panelist, "Florida's Sunshine Law," Florida First Amendment Foundation Sunshine Litigation Seminar, Tampa, FL (September 25, 2010). Panelist, "If I Post This, What Can They Do To Me? New Frontiers in Ethics and the First Amendment on the Internet," at the annual conference of the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section of The Florida Bar (May 30, 2010). Panelist, "Protecting Anonymous Posters," at The Florida Bar Media Law Conference, Florida International University College of Law (March 26, 2010). Panelist, "The Law and the Media," at the Hillsborough County Bar Association's Leadership Institute program (May 6, 2009). Presenter, "Libel and Privacy Law," at a Newsroom Seminar for the editorial staff of the Tampa Bay Business Journal, three-hour presentation (July 31, 2008). Legal Panel of the Greater Tampa Chapter of the A.C.L.U.