Olalekan N. Sumonu

Olalekan Sumonu is a media and entertainment litigation associate at Davis Wright Tremaine, based in New York. As a member of the nation's market-leading media group, Lekan focuses on a diverse array of First Amendment and intellectual property matters. Lekan's expertise encompasses pre-publication review, counseling, and litigation on behalf of journalists, authors, content creators, and prominent news and media entities such as Netflix, CBC, Associated Press, and ESPN, among others. Lekan maintains a robust practice that spans areas of defamation law, invasion of privacy, and right of publicity. His practice also extends to trademark and copyright registration, enforcement, and litigation for media companies, as well as those in the fashion and apparel industry.