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Jeff Kosseff is a media and privacy lawyer at Covington & Burling LLP and a former journalist. Before becoming an attorney, he was a Washington, D.C. reporter for The Oregonian, a major newspaper based in Portland, Oregon.[1]

Education

He graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and from Georgetown University Law Center with a juris doctor.[2]

Personal

He lives with his wife in the Washington area.

Career

Kosseff represents media and technology companies in a wide range of First Amendment and privacy issues. Among his representative matters, he advocates for federal shield law for journalists on behalf of a coalition of more than 70 media organizations.[3] Before joining Covington, Kosseff clerked for Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[4]

As a journalist, Kosseff worked for The Oregonian's in the Washington, D.C. bureau since 2004. Prior, he three years covering technology for The Oregonian.[5]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Covington & Burling -- Jeff Kosseff". Retrieved 5/12/2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Covington & Burling -- Jeff Kosseff". Retrieved 5/12/2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Covington & Burling -- Jeff Kosseff". Retrieved 5/12/2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Covington & Burling -- Jeff Kosseff". Retrieved 5/12/2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "Oregon and National Politics: About The Oregonian's Politics Team". oregon live. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  6. ^ "2007 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism". The New York Times. 16 April 2007.
  7. ^ http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2007-National-Reporting

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