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She was lead counsel in NBC Subsidiary v. Superior Court, 20 Cal. 4th 1178 (1999), and regularly represents media companies and journalists.

Univ of Utah COL; Salt Lake City UT



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Title Category Published
Public access to civil courts is a constitutional mandate, not a courtesy Constitutional Law Oct. 16, 2025
Case Name Topic Role Published
Katherine Hill v. Kenneth Heslep, Jennifer Van Laar, Joseph Messina, Mail Media Inc., Salem Media Group Inc., and Does 1-50, inclusive Torts Defendant Apr. 23, 2021
Janice Reyes v. CBS Television Services Inc., et al. Torts Defendant May 10, 2019
Patrick Maloney, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Tim Judge, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. T3Media Inc. dba Paya.com Intellectual Property Defendant May 16, 2015
Association For Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. Los Angeles Times Communications LLC and Robert Faturechi Government Defendant Nov. 2, 2013
Shahrokh Mireskandari v. Daily Mail, et al. Torts Defendant Aug. 10, 2013
Paul Baxendale-Walker and Shahrokh Mireskandari v. Richard Hegarty, Anthony Hyman Isaacs, Law Society of England and Wales, Malcolm Lee, Barrington Mayne, David Middleton, Mansur Rahnema, Patrick Rohrbach, The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, The Solicitors Regulation Authority and Antony Townsend Torts Defendant Jun. 22, 2013
Stephen Hanks v. A&E Television Networks LLC, Associated Television International, David McKenzie and Bristol Palin Torts Defendant May 4, 2013
In Re Clergy Cases I Government Jan. 26, 2013
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem v. General Motors LLC Intellectual Property Defendant Nov. 15, 2012
1 800 GET THIN, LLC v. Los Angeles Times Communications, et al. Torts Defendant May 12, 2012
Tammy Tousignant, et al. v. Gawker Media Torts Defendant Feb. 18, 2012
Los Angeles Times Communications LLC; McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. dba The Sacramento Bee v. California Legislature; California Assembly Committee on Rules; Nancy Skinner, as Chair of the California Assembly Committee on Rules Government Plaintiff Dec. 31, 2011
Katie Holmes v. American Media Inc. Torts Defendant Jul. 2, 2011
ANT v. Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Gallowgate Holdings Limited, The Gurin Co., John Does 1-10, XYZ Companies 1-10 Intellectual Property Defendant May 14, 2011
Harlan Ellison v. Fantagraphics Inc. Torts Defendant Oct. 13, 2007
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