Stephen Rohde is an attorney, writer and lecturer in Los Angeles, specializing in constitutional and intellectual property law, including First Amendment, entertainment, copyright, trademark, book publishing, defamation, invasion of privacy and right of publicity disputes.
A graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia Law School, Mr. Rohde has written and lectured widely on freedom of expression, intellectual property, censorship, media regulation, hate speech, pornography, and the Internet.
Mr. Rohde is the author of American Words of Freedom and Freedom of Assembly and co-author of Foundations of Freedom. He is a regular contributor to a series of reference works published by Salem Press. Mr. Rohde hosted a segment on Pacifia Radio's Clear and Present Danger. He has served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and Chair, of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California. He is a Past President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
