JUNE 14, 2024 – Kelli Sager, a veteran First Amendment and media attorney at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, has been named to the Hollywood Reporter's 2024 list of Legal Legends. The list honors attorneys "whose careers have had enduring impact on both the entertainment industry and the law."
Sager, the only woman on this year's list of five honorees, is widely known as one of the country's preeminent litigators for media and entertainment clients. Over the course of her nearly four-decade career, she has argued dozens of times in federal and state appellate courts, including many times in the California Supreme Court and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, achieving results for her clients that include precedent-setting rulings protecting their rights to gather and disseminate content to the public.
THR called Sager "a warrior for the First Amendment and for the fourth estate's right to access information."
Sager has received countless accolades for her expertise and dedication to client success. In the past year alone, she was honored with the Legal Excellence Award by the Los Angeles Business Journal, named one of the Top 100 lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, and recognized by U.S. News and Best Lawyers as Los Angeles "Lawyer of the Year" in both First Amendment Law and First Amendment Litigation.
In addition, Sager is one of only two lawyers in the country—along with DWT's Elizabeth McNamara—to be recognized by Chambers USA as a Star Attorney in First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide). McNamara was also recognized this year as one of the Hollywood Reporter's 2024 Power Lawyers, a list of the entertainment industry's top 100 attorneys.
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