Communications & Media Lawyers
7,259 verified communications & media attorneys across the United States. Find experienced Communications & Media counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process.
Ms. Laura Jo O Thacker is a lawyer practicing city, county & local govt law, city, probate & trust and 7 other areas of law.
Joseph William Hovermill is a lawyer practicing communications & media, project finance, commercial & business litigation and 16 other areas of law. J...
Richard J. Behr is a lawyer practicing personal injury defense, litigation, lawsuits & disputes and 2 other areas of law.
Mr. Afshin Pishevar is a lawyer practicing business, corporate and transportation law, criminal law & practice and 15 other areas of law.
Patrick R. Martin is a lawyer practicing employment litigation, employment law, commercial litigation and 2 other areas of law.
Randy Scott Zelin is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, communications / media, white collar crime and 15 other areas of law. Randy received a B.A....
Christina Marie Habas is a lawyer practicing torts & insurance, insurance-bad faith, medical malpractice and 6 other areas of law. Christina received ...
Allison Sinclair Lovelady is a lawyer practicing intellectual property, intellectual property litigation, civil practice and 4 other areas of law. All...
Tara Catherine Norgard is a lawyer practicing appeals, communications & media, intellectual property litigation. Tara received a B.A. degree from Marq...
Mrs. Melissa Ann Prickett is a lawyer practicing medical devices and drugs, communications / media, defective / dangerous products and 1 other area of...
Mr. Michael Paul Kelly is a lawyer practicing intellectual property, communications & media, internet and 8 other areas of law.
Joseph Darrell Songy is a lawyer practicing administrative law, appeals, business and 9 other areas of law. Joseph has been licensed for 16 years.
Stephen G. Strauss is a lawyer practicing communications / media, class action, product liability and 4 other areas of law.
Jonathan L. Marks is a lawyer practicing tax fraud / tax evasion, communications / media, insurance fraud and 4 other areas of law.
Mr. John Robert Hutchins is a lawyer practicing intellectual property litigation, licensing and transactions, international experience and 3 other are...
John Steven Olson is a lawyer practicing communications & media, commercial, business and real estate litigation and 5 other areas of law. John receiv...
Mr. Daniel C Barr is a lawyer practicing business litigation, employment & labor, communications and media and 6 other areas of law.
Mr. Robert O Rice is a lawyer practicing employment law, commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation and 4 other areas of law.
William Clayton Crawford is a lawyer practicing general practice, communications & media, insurance coverage & first party claims and 8 other areas of...
Jeffrey W Jacobs is a lawyer practicing workers compensation law, labor & employment law, civil trial law and 7 other areas of law. Jeffrey received a...
John S. Slosson is a lawyer practicing products liability, insurance, litigation and 7 other areas of law.
Mrs. Virginia Cambre Dailey is a lawyer practicing administrative litigation, energy facility siting, public utility law and 2 other areas of law.
Mr. James Vincent Meath is a lawyer practicing communications & media, corporate & incorporation, government and 9 other areas of law.
Jeff C. Spahn, Jr. is a lawyer practicing employment & labor, defective and dangerous products, arbitration and 9 other areas of law.
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Robert S. Grodberg is a lawyer practicing estate planning, wills and probate, trusts and estates and 3 other areas of law.
Michael Brian Hickman is a lawyer practicing real estate, commercial, communications / media. Michael received a B.S. degree from University of Arizon...
Joshua Michael Masur is a lawyer practicing communications & media, intellectual property, litigation and 1 other area of law. Joshua received a A.B. ...
W. Cliff Moore III is a lawyer practicing litigation, transactions, real estate and 6 other areas of law.
James Philip Adams is a lawyer practicing tax, communications & media, internet. James received a B.A. degree from Louisiana State University in 1969,...
Cal R Feingold is a lawyer practicing civil rights, communications & media, probate and 9 other areas of law. Cal received a B.S. degree from Brooklyn...
Arthur S Margulis is a lawyer practicing criminal law, criminal defense, communications & media. Arthur received a A.B. degree from Washington Univers...
Mindy J. Spector is a lawyer practicing antitrust / trade law, communications / media, complex commercial litigation and 1 other area of law.
Nicole Suzanne Page is a lawyer practicing entertainment, intellectual property, executive employment law and 2 other areas of law. Nicole received a ...
Marc Lewis Bailin is a lawyer practicing communications & media, entertainment law, corporate law and 2 other areas of law. Marc received a M.B.A. deg...
Malcolm R. Goldstein is a lawyer practicing condemnation, communications & media, appeals and 1 other area of law.
Mari Colleen Bush is a lawyer practicing personal injury, products liability, arbitration and 12 other areas of law. Mari received a B.A. degree from ...
Mr Douglas Gerlach is a lawyer practicing antitrust & trade law, health care, communications & media and 3 other areas of law. Douglas received a B.A....
Benjamin Curtis Johnson is a lawyer practicing communications & media, civil litigation, business litigation and 6 other areas of law. Benjamin receiv...
Mr. Kenneth Neal Davis is a lawyer practicing litigation, insurance, communications & media.
Gary R Cunningham is a lawyer practicing personal injury, medical malpractice, communications / media. Gary has been licensed for 50 years.
Mr. Richard Wayne Hird is a lawyer practicing administrative law, commercial transactions, contracts and 17 other areas of law.
Brooke E. Humphrey is a lawyer practicing administrative law, appellate practice, energy facilities siting and licensing and 2 other areas of law.
Mr. Lance H Locke is a lawyer practicing construction law, transportation, products liability and 3 other areas of law.
Andrea J Kaufman is a lawyer practicing employment law, public finance & tax exempt finance, communications & media and 2 other areas of law. Andrea r...
Cathy Ann Christian is a lawyer practicing communications & media, gaming law, government law and 3 other areas of law. Cathy received a B.A. degree f...
Peter Kenneth Michael is a lawyer practicing construction litigation, contract litigation, business law and 8 other areas of law. Peter received a B.A...
Michael Stephen Glazier is a lawyer practicing sports law, ncaa regulation, advertising and 1 other area of law. Michael received a B.S. degree from I...
Frank Brand Bredimus, Jr. is a lawyer practicing communications & media, probate, real estate and 3 other areas of law. Frank received a B.A. degree f...
Gerald Francis Mace is a lawyer practicing finance & restructuring, communications & media, bankruptcy & corporate restructuring and 6 other areas of ...
Merl F. Code is a lawyer practicing employee relations, communications / media, diversity and 2 other areas of law.
David M. Kuchinos is a lawyer practicing tax, state and local tax, tax-exempt organizations and 4 other areas of law.
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Stephen Carl Betts is a lawyer practicing negligence defense law, medical malpractice, probate law and 3 other areas of law. Stephen received a B.B.A....
Joseph Victor Hoffer is a lawyer practicing child abuse, communications / media, criminal defense and 3 other areas of law. Joseph received a B.S. deg...
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Ronald W Bronstein is a lawyer practicing workers' compensation law, family, communications / media. Ronald received a B.A. degree from Rutgers Univer...
Barry E Levine is a lawyer practicing general civil litigation, personal injury law, professional malpractice and 15 other areas of law. Barry receive...
Kirk Ross Harrison is a lawyer practicing mediation, communications & media, general practice. Kirk received a B.A. degree from University of Utah in ...
What is Communications & Media?
Communications & Media is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, communications & media sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way communications & media works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Communications & Media attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Communications & Media lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 7,259 verified communications & media attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Alabama.
When do you need a Communications & Media attorney?
Most people contact a communications & media lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for communications & media representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by a communications & media lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 7,259 communications & media attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose a Communications & Media attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing a communications & media lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of communications & media experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does a Communications & Media lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay a communications & media lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for communications & media attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side communications & media work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing communications & media needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about communications & media
How quickly can a communications & media lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a communications & media lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many communications & media attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does a typical communications & media matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are communications & media lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between communications & media and the related practice areas?
Communications & Media overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find communications & media attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the communications & media roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Communications & Media Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Communications & Media by State
All states →Find communications & media attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.