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Overview
Practice Areas
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40% Communications / Media
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20% Internet
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20% Entertainment
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20% Intellectual Property
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Contact Information
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Résumé
License
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22 years since Thomas Rohlfs Burke was first licensed to practice law.
| State |
License status |
Year acquired |
Last updated by Avvo |
| California |
Active
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1989 |
11/07/2011 |
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Education
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| School |
Major |
Degree |
Graduated |
| University of San Francisco School of Law |
Law |
JD - Juris Doctor |
1989 |
| Arizona State University |
Broadcast Journalism |
BS - Bachelor of Science |
1984 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| Best Lawyers in America |
Best Lawyers in America |
2010 |
| Northern California Super Lawyer |
Super Lawyers |
2009 |
| Best Lawyers in America |
Best Lawyers in America |
2009 |
| America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment |
Chambers USA |
2009 |
| Northern California Super Lawyer |
Super Lawyers |
2008 |
| Best Lawyers in America |
Best Lawyers in America |
2008 |
| America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment |
Chambers USA |
2008 |
| Best Lawyers in America |
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2007 |
| Northern California Super Lawyer |
Super Lawyers |
2007 |
| Northern California Super Lawyer |
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2006 |
| America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment |
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2006 |
| Best Lawyers in America |
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2006 |
| America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment |
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2005 |
| Northern California Super Lawyer |
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2004 |
| America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment |
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2004 |
| America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment |
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2003 |
| James Madison Freedom of Information Award for Legal Counsel |
Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter |
2002 |
| America's Leading Business Lawyers - Media & Entertainment |
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2002 |
| Northern California Super Lawyer |
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See all 19 awards
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Associations
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| Position |
Association Name |
Duration |
| Governing Board |
ABA Forum on Communications Law |
2008-present
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| Legal Advisor |
Student Press Law Center |
2008-present
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| Co-Chair |
Media Defense Resource Center Internet Law Committee |
2004-present
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| Legal Advisor |
First Amendment Coalition |
1990-present
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| Co-chair |
Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Freedom of Information Committee |
2006-2008
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Portfolio
Publications
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| Confronting Blog Spam |
GC New York |
2007 |
| Cyber outlaws: Tracking Spammers, Phishers and Cybersquatters |
New York Law Journal |
2005 |
| Disabilities and Internet Site Design |
Internet Law & Practice |
2002 |
| Acess to the Courts |
The Courts and the News Media |
2002 |
| The Reporter's Handbook on Media Law |
California newspaper Publisher's Association |
2000 |
| Online Correction Policies: Reducing Defamation Exposure |
Media Law and Defamation Torts Committee News (ABA) |
1999 |
| Access to the Courts |
The Courts and the News Media |
1993 |
| SLAPP Happy? California's anti-SLAPP statute has been undergoing some changs |
The Recorder |
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See all 10 publications
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Speaking Engagements
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| Presentation Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Breaking Down Social Media: Opportunities & Challenges for Content Owners, Brands & Marketers |
Digital Media Conference |
2009 |
| California's Anti-SLAPP Law and Environmental Litigation |
Second Annual Environmental Law Forum |
2007 |
| Section 230 Hypotheticals After Roommates.com |
California Chapter of the Media Law Resource Center |
2007 |
| Media Mutation: A Fateful Force in Press Freedom |
20th Annual Media & Law Seminar |
2007 |
| Citizen Witness |
Second Annual William G. McGowan Forum on Communications, Technology and Government |
2006 |
| Internet Legal Issues |
Media Law Resource Center's Bi-Annual Conference |
2006 |
See all 6 speaking engagements
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