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Lindsey B. Cherner

Associate

T 212.402.4093 New York
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Lindsey Cherner is a member of DWT's media, entertainment, and intellectual property group where she represents and defends media and entertainment companies in content-related litigation disputes involving the First Amendment, defamation, records and courtroom access, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, and copyright claims. She also maintains a robust counseling and pre-publication review practice in which she mitigates legal risk for publishers, reporters, and content creators across all media formats and platforms on a 24/7 news cycle, including for the New York Post, Sports Illustrated, Vice, The City, and Firing Line.

Prior to law school, Lindsey majored in journalism and worked as a life and arts reporter for multiple daily and weekly news publications in Texas and New York, including the Houston Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, and the New York Observer.

Practice Highlights

Social media host defenses

Significant international experience defending social media companies against a variety of defamation, intellectual property, and data processing claims under Article 14 of the e-Commerce Directive, the GDPR, and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
*Denotes an attorney's experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine
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Admitted to Practice

  • New York, 2018
  • Texas, 2020
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2019

Education

  • J.D., Columbia Law School, 2017
    • Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    • Executive Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts
    • Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Society
  • B.J., University of Texas at Austin, 2014
    • Dean's List 
    • Staff Writer, Life & Arts – The Daily Texan

Professional Recognition

    • Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law, 2026
    • Social Justice and Rule of Law Award, Financial Times FT Innovative Lawyers North America, 2020
    • Pro Bono Award of Excellence, White & Case LLP, 2018-2021

Background

    • Litigation Associate, 2017-2021; Summer Associate, 2016 – White & Case LLP, New York
    • Judicial Extern, Hon. Pamela K. Chen, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2016
    • Legal Intern, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., 2015
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