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Lawyers

Attorneys and legal scholars known for defending software rights, fighting censorship, and protecting open source companies.

EFF Attorneys

  • PERSON-CINDY-COHN: Cindy Cohn — lead attorney in Bernstein v. DOJ (code as protected speech), former EFF Executive Director.
  • PERSON-CORYNNE-MCSHERRY: Corynne McSherry — EFF Legal Director, specializing in IP, copyright, open access, and fair use.
  • PERSON-MITCH-STOLTZ: Mitch Stoltz — EFF Senior Staff Attorney, fights copyright abuse and defends open source.
  • PERSON-KIT-WALSH: Kit Walsh — EFF Senior Staff Attorney, coders' rights and free speech.

ACLU Attorneys

  • PERSON-JENNIFER-GRANICK: Jennifer Granick — ACLU surveillance and cybersecurity counsel, privacy, encryption policy, and Fourth Amendment.
  • PERSON-EBEN-MOGLEN: Eben Moglen — Columbia Law professor, SFLC founder, GPL v3 drafter, FSF general counsel.
  • PERSON-LAWRENCE-LESSIG: Lawrence Lessig — Harvard Law professor, Creative Commons founder, author of Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace and Free Culture.