Abigail Everdell

Abigail Everdell counsels and defends clients in a wide range of media, intellectual property and First Amendment matters. In counseling, Abigail provides clients a clear and accurate picture of legal and practical risks, while formulating a reasonable path to publication. She has extensive experience providing both on-call and on-site prepublication review for newspapers, books, documentary, and scripted content for a broad array of clients including The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, Global Witness, Refinery 29, Vice, Buzzfeed, The Trace, Showtime, MTV, NowThis, In Touch, and Life & Style. Abigail is also an experienced litigator in both state and federal courts, providing vigorous and strategically minded representation to clients in high-profile matters involving defamation, copyright, privacy law, anti-SLAPP, reporter's privilege, advertising, and speech-focused tort claims, as well as in general commercial and contractual disputes.

Abigail regularly advises clients on their rights and obligations under the First Amendment, and works closely with clients to develop internal content and speech-related policies and strategies tailored to their business needs. Abigail has authored amicus briefs for the Supreme Court and Federal Appeals Courts concerning the broader free speech and press freedom implications of federal laws, doctrines, and executive orders. She works with the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund to counsel and defend clients facing legal threats for speaking out about harassment and assault, and serves on the associate board of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Abigail worked in music journalism prior to pursuing a legal career.