The First Amendment Lawyers Association

Founded in 1968, the First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting free speech.

Who we are

The First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) is a not-for-profit, nation-wide association of hundreds of attorneys devoted to the protection of Free Expression under the First Amendment, who represent businesses and individuals engaged in constitutionally protected activities. Formed in the mid-1960s, FALA’s members practice throughout the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in defense of the First Amendment and free speech and, by doing so, advocate against all forms of governmental censorship. FALA often appears amicus curiae in the Supreme Court and other appellate courts in cases in which First Amendment issues are at stake, and its members have been involved in many of the landmark cases that helped define and strengthen protections for freedom of expression.

Our members are dedicated to the defense of the First Amendment and free speech. We represent businesses and individuals engaged in constitutionally protected activities.

Board of Directors

The First Amendment Lawyers Association is governed by a board of directors, elected by the membership.

  • D. Gill Sperlein

  • Zach Greenberg

  • Ed Rudofsky

  • Barry Covert

  • Brad Shafer

  • Al Gelbard

  • Lou Sirkin

  • Paul Cambria

  • Andy Contiguglia

  • Luke Lirot

  • Ronnie London

  • Zach Youngsma

  • Krista Baughman

  • Gary Edinger

Board of Officers

  • Barry Covert

    National Chair

  • D. Gill Sperlein

    President

  • Zach Greenberg

    Vice President

  • Ed Rudofsky

    National Treasurer

  • Andy Contigula

    National Secretary

Administrators

  • Brad Shafer

    Co-Administrator

  • Wayne Giampietro

    Co-Administrator

Chair Emeriti

These members have served as president of the board of directors.

  • Stanley Fleishman (1920-1999)

  • Robert Eugene Smith

  • Joseph Taback

  • Joel Hirschhorn

  • John H. Weston

  • Arthur M. Schwartz

  • Richard J. Hertzberg

  • Elmer Gertz (1906-2000)

  • Paul J. Cambria, Jr.

  • J. Steven Beckett

  • Yale Freeman

  • Morris M. Goldings

  • William E. Seekford

  • Errol Copilevitz

  • Alvin Pudlin

  • Wayne B. Giampietro

  • Kenneth H. Tatarian

  • Jerome H. Mooney

  • Don E. Gasaway

  • Jerry B. Kraig (1937-2000)

  • Clyde DeWitt

  • Daniel A. Silver

  • Carl Rubin (1943-1998)

  • H. Louis Sirkin

  • Richard L. Wilson

  • Randall D.B. Tigue

  • J. Michael Murray

  • G. Randall Garrou

  • Bradley Shafer

  • Luke C. Lirot

  • Jeffrey J. Douglas

  • Carl Max (Toby) Janavitz (1938-2003)

  • Cory G. Begner

  • James S. Benjamin

  • Percy L Julian (1940-2008)

  • Reed Lee

  • Gary S. Edinger

  • Lawrence G. Walters

  • Alan I. Begner

  • Jennifer M. Kinsley

  • Steven H. Swander (1951-2012)

  • Daniel R. Aaronson

  • Robert Corn-Revere

  • Allan Rubin

  • Cary S. Wiggins

  • Marc J. Randazza

  • Andrew J. Contiguglia

  • Edward S. Rudofsky

  • Ronnie London