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The firm represents media and public interests exclusively, in the courts and in the political arena. John Bussian,
the firm's principal, has litigated scores of libel and open government issues, as well as subpoenas directed to newsrooms,
courtroom and court records access disputes, and circulation, advertising, and intellectual property matters in state and
federal courts across the country. The firm represents on regular basis Freedom Communications' properties, including
its nine North Carolina newspapers and its papers in Florida, Texas, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
and Missouri, along with the member newspapers of the North Carolina Press Association and the Southern Newspaper
Publishers' Association. The firm also represents The News & Observer in Raleigh, The Herald-Sun in Durham,
WNCT-TV in Greenville, and the Duke Student Publishing Company, and has litigated for the Associated Press and the
Houston Chronicle. John Bussian is admitted to the bars of North Carolina, the District of Columbia, Florida, and Texas.
JOHN A. BUSSIAN
Curriculm Vitae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1991 - Present
National First Amendment Counsel -
Freedom Communications, Inc. - Counsel and
litigate
First Amendment, open government, intellectual
property,
advertising, and circulation issues
1999 - Present
First Amendment and Legislative Counsel -North Carolina
Press Association - Counsel the association's 200-
newspapers on First Amendment issues, direct
association's
amicus curiae filings in federal and state
courts, and serve as the members' chief lobbyist in the
North
Carolina General Assembly
2000 - Present Of
Counsel, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, LLP -Raleigh
1993 -2000
Principal, The Law Firm of John A. Bussian, P. A. -
Durham
1984 - 1993
Litigation Partner, Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius.
1980 - 1984
Associate & Partner - Isler, Brown, Smoak, Harrison
Nabors, & Bussian - Panama City, Florida
EDUCATION
Georgetown University
Law Center - J. D., 1979
Duke University
- B. A., 1976
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