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Steven J. Metalitz

Steven J. Metalitz

Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Steve Metalitz, a partner in the Washington, DC office of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, has been an active participant in ICANN since its inception, and has been president of ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency since 2005. He is also counsel to the Coalition for Online Accountability, representing nine leading copyright industry companies, associations and membership organizations on a range of ICANN-related matters. For the past 14 years, Steve has been counsel to a number of copyright industry coalitions on many legislative and policy initiatives, both in the U.S. and internationally. In his law practice, he advises trade associations and companies in the copyright industry, including motion picture studios, record labels, and software, videogame, text and image publishers, on domestic and international copyright matters. Besides intellectual property, his practice also focuses on counseling, compliance advice, and policy advocacy on privacy, information law and e-commerce issues for a wide range of business clients.

Before returning to private law practice in 1994, Steve was Vice President and General Counsel to the Information Industry Association, and held senior staff positions at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, including Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, and Chief Nominations Counsel. Steve has taught copyright law courses and seminars as an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, has lectured widely on copyright and e-commerce topics, and is a frequent witness before Congressional subcommittees. He holds degrees from the University of Chicago (A.B.) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.), is a member of the District of Columbia and South Carolina bars, and is admitted to practice before numerous federal courts.

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Biography last updated September 30, 2009