YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – David Marburger, a nationally known media and constitutional law attorney, will address the Youngstown Press Club on June 18.
Marburger will present “From the Front Lines of Press Freedom: The Legal Threats Reshaping the News” at a noon luncheon at the main branch of the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, 305 Wick Ave.
Marburger, who was the founding general counsel for the Ohio Coalition for Open Government, has been practicing First Amendment law for more than 40 years. A retired partner in the national law firm of BakerHostetler, working primarily from its Cleveland office, he has defended media in more than 110 libel suits. He has also brought lawsuits on behalf of the media to vindicate media rights under the First Amendment and under state open records and open meeting laws.
He represented The Vindicator for more than 20 years and has represented WFMJ-TV 21 for more than two decades. His clients have also included The Plain Dealer, The Pittsburgh Press and other newspapers.
Before becoming a lawyer for journalists, Marburger was a journalist at KQV all-news radio in Pittsburgh in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is the co-author of “Access with Attitude,” a book about freedom of information in Ohio.
The cost for the event is $30 for Youngstown Press Club members and $40 for nonmembers. Register HERE by June 12.