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About Geoffrey
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Practice Area
Constitutional
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16 years
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Licensed in California for 16 years
State: California
Acquired: 2009
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Experience
Work Experience
2013 - Present
Internet Advocacy Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists
2013 - Present
Lecturer, Media Studies ("Media and Social Change"), University Of California at Berkeley
2011 - Present
Lecturer, Media Studies ("Privacy in the Digital Age"), University Of California at Berkeley
2003 - Present
Documentary Photographer, Self Employed
2012 - 2012
Contract Attorney, Law Offices of James Chanin
2012 - 2012
Contract Attorney, Gross Belsky Alonso, LLP
2012 - 2013
First Amendment Attorney, California Anti-SLAPP Project
2009 - 2011
Staff Attorney, First Amendment Project
2008 - 2008
Law Clerk, Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California
2008 - 2008
Summer Associate, Hogan Lovells
2008 - 2008
Legal Intern, American Civil Liberties Union Of Northern California
2007 - 2007
Legal Intern, Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution (Senator Feingold)
Associations
2011 - Present
Society of Professional JournalistsCo-Chair, Freedom of Information Committee
Sample of Legal Cases
Morse v. UCPD
Case settled for (1) $162,500 and (2) department-wide re-training of officers on protections for press and non-press newsgatherers/observers.
In re search warrant 2009-2775 (Morse)
Search warrant quashed pursuant to California law regarding journalistic work product; police ordered to return/destroy all copies of work product, file affidavit detailing any dissemination of materials to other agencies.
(Omitted to preserve client privacy.)
The Court granted the anti-SLAPP motion and dismissed the case.
Education
2009
Stanford Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
2004
University of California - Berkeley
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2014
Walter Cronkhite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
Attacks on the Press: Leak Prosecutions and Digital Surveillance
2014
RightsCon 2014
Encryption TK: Securing the Future of Journalism and Human Rights
2014
RightsCon 2014
Demonstrate & Disobey: Protest and Civil Disobedience On and Offiine
2014
RightsCon 2014
Metadata for Good? Control, Empowerment and Innovation
2014
Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference 2014
They're watching you: Investigating the surveillance society and protecting your work from prying eyes (showcase panel)
2014
guest lecture for “International Human Rights: Media and Education”
The Internet’s Empowerment of Advocates and Journalists, and the Coming Backlash
2014
#WJChat
Internet Journalist Rights and Safety
2013
SHARE Boatcamp 2013, Rijeka, Croatia
Privacy, Surveillance and Freedom of Information
2013
Keynote speech for Fall 2013 issue
Privacy in the Digital Age
2013
Guest lecture for “The Art and Science of Digital Photography”
The Legal Rights of Photographers
2013
Guest lecture for “Introduction to Photojournalism”
Legal and Digital Security Issues for Photographers
2013
Guest lecture for “Introduction to Photojournalism"
Legal and Digital Security Issues for Photographers
2012
With security expert Frank Smyth, CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator Danny O’Brien and Al Jazeera English reporter Melissa Chan
Digital Security Tools for Working Journalists
2012
With OPD Chief of Staff Sgt. Chris Bolton, journalist Tom Peele, Oakland North editor Kara Platoni and student Amina Waheed
How Not to Get Arrested . . . And What to Do If You Are
2012
Surveillance and Human Rights Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hands-On Activism Plenary: Using The Law to Uncover Abuse of Law Enforcement Agencies’ Surveillance Powers
2012
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedoms of Assembly and Association
Freedoms of Assembly and Association
2012
Panel with SFPD Chief Greg Suhr, SF Police Commission President Tom Mazzucco and National Lawyers Guild attorney Rachel Lederman
Legal Issues Surrounding the Occupy Demonstrations
2012
Guest lecture for “Photographing History in the Making”
The Right to Record
2012
Guest lecture for “Documentary: Text & Image”
Street Photography and the Law
2012
Guest lecture for Master’s-level “Introduction to Photojournalism”
Photojournalists’ Rights
2011
Guest lecture for “Photographing History in the Making"
The Rights of Citizen Journalists and Student Reporters
2010
Santa Clara University School of Law
Freedom of the Press
2010
Panel discussion with Karl Olson and Electronic Frontier Foundation Staff Attorney Matt Zimmerman
Bloggers’ Rights
2010
Panel discussion with ACLU Staff Attorney Linda Lye and UCPD Chief Mitch Celaya
Protesters: Know Your Rights
Publications
2009
Photographs by Geoffrey King, oral histories by Sunny Angulo, Introduction by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
Such a Bittersweet Day: Marriage Equality in the Wake of Prop 8
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Languages
English