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Cydney Swofford Freeman

Associate

T 213.633.8612 Los Angeles
I help creators make and protect some of the best content out there.
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Cydney Swofford Freeman counsels and defends traditional, new, and disruptive content creators. She is fascinated by the law’s influence on creativity, and has a particular soft spot for how copyright laws apply to choreography. Her practice focuses on First Amendment, copyright, trademark, idea-submission, defamation, right-of-publicity, privacy, reporter’s privilege, and Section 230 matters. In additional to traditional litigation, she regularly counsels and conducts prebroadcast reviews for a wide range of clients including Amazon Studios, Asylum, Bento Box, Bunim/Murray, Disarming Films, Facebook, IFC, Lime Grove, Lionsgate, Magical Elves, Netflix, Our House Media, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Scripps, Showtime, Spotify, Super Deluxe, Titmouse, and Vox.

Cydney co-edits the Media Law Monitor and is a member of DWT’s pro bono committee. She joined DWT after starting her legal career in New York, where her practice covered a broad range of First Amendment, media, commercial, and white-collar matters. She also co-chaired a pro bono program teaching the nuts and bolts of constitutional and criminal law to high school students in the Bronx.


Practice Highlights

Prebroadcast and IP counseling

Providing prebroadcast counseling and review, rights analyses, fair-use opinions, and other IP advice to traditional and new-media, entertainment, and technology companies.

Media litigation

Regularly represents media clients in copyright, trademark, defamation, idea-submission, right-of-publicity, anti-SLAPP, and other litigation matters nationwide to protect television shows, films, books, music, and less traditional content (recently, an instructional recipe and flight safety videos).
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Admitted to Practice

  • New York
  • California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law, 2015
    • Articles Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law
    • Clinic on Policy Advocacy in Latin America
  • B.A., Broadcast Journalism and Latin American Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012
    • ABC11/Walt Disney Scholar

Languages

  • English, Spanish

Professional Recognition

    • Pro Bono Publico Award, Legal Aid Society, 2017

Background

    • Associate, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, N.Y., 2015-2017
    • Legal Intern, Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office, Charlotte, N.C., 2013
    • Undergraduate Intern, CNN International, CNN en Español, NBC News (IRTS Fellow), ABC WTVD
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