OMLN Staff
Jeff Hermes (Director): Jeff is the Director of the Online Media Legal Network's parent project, the Citizen Media Law Project, and is a Fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1997. Prior to joining the Berkman Center, Jeff assisted a wide array of clients in First Amendment, media, intellectual property and Internet law issues as a partner in the litigation practice of Brown Rudnick LLP and later as counsel to Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing, P.C. in Boston. Over the last fourteen years, Jeff has represented an international media network and its subsidiaries, major metropolitan newspapers, local broadcasters on television and radio, Internet-based publishers and social media networks. He has written for numerous publications and spoken at a wide array of events on media law issues, including extensive collaboration with the Media Law Resource Center. Jeff received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1994.
Andy Sellars (Staff Attorney): Andy is the Staff Attorney for the Citizen Media Law Project, and is a Fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Andy received his J.D. with high honors from the George Washington University Law School, where he was awarded the Peter D. Rosenberg Award for Patent and Intellectual Property Law. He is no stranger to the Berkman Center, having worked as a summer intern at Berkman's Cyberlaw Clinic, where he researched and assisted in drafting two amicus briefs for the Citizen Media Law Project on Internet free speech issues – Mortgage Specialists, Inc. v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries before the New Hampshire Supreme Court and Barclays Capital v. Theflyonthewall.com before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He also advised other clients on a wide variety of copyright, media law, and online publication matters. Prior to law school, Andy worked in the music industry, including for the festival production and promotion company Great Northeast Productions and as assistant tour manager and stage manager for the band moe. He received his undergraduate degree in music, summa cum laude, from Northeastern University in 2008, where he interned at the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts (now part of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston).
Arthur Bright (Research Attorney): Arthur is a Research Attorney at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society's Citizen Media Law Project and edits the CMLP website. Arthur received his J.D. degree from the Boston University School of Law in 2010, and was a CMLP summer intern in 2008. Prior to law school, Arthur was the Online News Editor at The Christian Science Monitor, and he continues to blog for the Monitor on global terrorism and security issues. He also worked for several years as the Network and Systems Administrator for the Boston Architectural Center (now Boston Architectural College) before he became a journalist. He received his Masters degree in Journalism from Boston University's College of Communication in 2005 and undergraduate degrees in Astronomy and Philosophy from Amherst College in 1998.
Lauren Campbell (Legal Assistant): Lauren is a student at Boston College Law School and an intern with the Citizen Media Law Project. Prior to entering law school, Lauren worked as a media and communications analyst and consultant, studying in part consumer use of digital media and corporate engagement strategies.
David Ardia (Founder): David served as the first Director of the Citizen Media Law Project from 2007 to 2011, and is a Faculty Associate of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and an Associate Professor at the UNC School of Law. He received his J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Prior to coming to the Berkman Center, he was assistant counsel at The Washington Post and before that was an associate at Williams & Connolly in Washington, DC, where he handled a range of intellectual property and media litigation. While at Williams & Connolly, David also performed pre-publication libel review for the National Enquirer and In Touch Weekly. David is a former member of the Newspaper Association of America’s Legal Affairs Committee and is a current member of the First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association, the Media Law Committee of the District of Columbia Bar, and the New England Media Lawyers Group.