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Kevin M. Goldberg

Kevin M. Goldberg is a Special Counsel to Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C. His expertise is in First Amendment issues, especially those relating to newspaper and Internet publishing. He regularly advocates issues involving freedom of speech on behalf of press organizations, including lobbying against a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow criminalization of flag desecration, lobbying in favor of increased access to government records and proceedings, and protecting the rights and privileges of reporters. Kevin also consults regularly with these organizations concerning the continued freedom of speech on the Internet, focusing on issues such as regulation and voluntary implementation of blocking software. Kevin assists newspapers and television and radio stations in prepublication review of stories for possible legal problems.

Kevin's interest in the First Amendment stems from an undergraduate major in communications, with concentrations in TV/Radio and Journalism, at James Madison University, an institution from which he was graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1992. After graduating from James Madison, Kevin attended law school at George Washington University. He was graduated with high honors in 1995 and was named to the Order of the Coif. Kevin received the 1995 Imogene Williford Constitutional Law Award for his exemplary achievements in that field during his three years of law school. He served as the research assistant to Constitutional Law Professor C. Thomas Dienes, assisting Professor Dienes in updating and editing his books on constitutional law and researching issues concerning access to court proceedings and judicial records for the book, Newsgathering and the Law.

During his third year of law school, Kevin interned in the Policy and Rules Division of the Federal Communications Commission's Mass Media Bureau. He participated in various FCC rulemaking proceedings including the repeal of the Prime Time Access Rule, rules creating Children's Television Educational Programming Requirements, and the institution of Unattended Operation for broadcast stations.

Kevin is licensed to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law, the Federal Communications Bar Association, the Computer Law Association, and the Virginia Coalition for Open Government and was recently named to the First Amendment Advisory Council of the nonprofit organization, The Media Institute. He has also written several articles on First Amendment Law. He co-wrote, with Richard M. Schmidt, Jr., chapters dealing with libel law in the 1997, 1998, and 1999 versions of The First Amendment and The Media, a publication of The Media Institute. Kevin and Dick also co-wrote an article entitled "The Reardon Report" for the Winter 1998 edition of the Media Studies Journal. They have also co-written an article for the Winter 1999 edition of Communications Lawyer about their experiences in Cuba, entitled "Castro -- Alive and Well -- Continues 40 Years of Controlling Cubans' Speech". Kevin wrote a book review that appeared in the Summer 1997 edition of the Catholic University CommLaw Conspectus. It is entitled "A Review of 'Silencing the Opposition: Government Strategies of Suppression of Freedom of Expression' by Craig R. Smith, Editor." Kevin has also been a guest expert on the radio, appearing on WTEM/WBIG's Sunday Morning Public Affairs Program, "Metrotalk."

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