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Robert D. Balin

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T 212.603.6440 New York
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Rob Balin represents clients in all aspects of media law, including defamation, privacy, news gathering torts, First Amendment issues, copyright and trademark litigation, and contracts. Rob handles complex litigation for multinational and national corporations, including publishers, broadcasters, and new media.

Rob has represented 02138 magazine, adidas, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Thomas Friedman, Henry Holt and Company, Random House, Reader's Digest, St. Martin's Press, Woman's World, Yellow Book USA, and Sing Tao Daily.

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Admitted to Practice

  • New York, 1987
  • New Jersey, 1985

Education

  • J.D., Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 1984, magna cum laude
    • Editor, Law Review
  • B.A., University of Vermont, 1981, cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Adjunct Professor, Media Law, Columbia Law School
    • Communications and Media Law Committee, International Bar Association
    • Forum on Communications Law, American Bar Association
    • Media Law Committee, New York City Bar Association
    • Libel Letter Committee, Media Defense Resource Center

Professional Recognition

    • Named one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" by Chambers USA in First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide), 2012-2022; Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York), 2017, 2019-2022
    • Named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Media Law by Best Lawyers, 2011-present
    • Selected to "New York Super Lawyers" in Media and Advertising, Thomson Reuters, 2006-2009, 2011, 2013-2022
    • National Press Photographers Association, Kenneth P. McLaughlin Award of Merit, 2014
Ranked in Chambers USA 2021
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