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Joshua Koltun is a general commercial litigator whose practice has focused on media, intellectual property, advertising/trade practices, unfair competition, privacy/ecommerce, and consumer law. He has experience with trial, appellate, and complex litigation in the federal and state courts.
He also counsels on licensing matters and reviews content before publication for intellectual property, defamation, privacy and related issues. His pro bono work has included civil rights litigation, a death penalty appeal, and human rights litigation in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Swaziland.
He has represented and counseled (among others) software companies, ecommerce sites, publishers and authors (of books, newspapers, magazines, online publications, electronic games, software and databases), network broadcasters, manufacturers (of networking equipment, LEDs, medical technology, jewelery, motorcycles, beverages, and cosmetics), local governments, insurance brokers, and religious, educational and charitable institutions.
Until 2007 was a partner at the global law firm DLA Piper US LLP (and its predecessor firms, including the San Francisco boutique firm Steinhart & Falconer). In April 2007 he opened his own law practice.
- Admitted to California State and Federal Courts
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Court (Massachusetts), 1993 to 1994
- Yale Law School, J.D. 1993 (Senior Editor, The Yale Law Journal)
- Legislative Analyst to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1989 to 1991
- Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), 1983 to 1986
- Harvard University, B.A.1983 (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
