Adam Steinbaugh
FIREStaff Speaker
Adam grew up in Colorado before moving to Los Angeles, where he attended Whittier College and graduated cum laude from Loyola Law School.
In 2016, Adam joined ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ’s Philadelphia office, working on the Individual Rights Defense Program to defend the rights of students and faculty members. After leading this team from 2018 to 2022, he joined ÃÛÖÏãÌÒ’s litigation team.
Adam is a member of the California and Pennsylvania state bars. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the Federal District Courts for the Central District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California, Eastern District of California, District of Colorado, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Western District of Michigan. Adam is also a member of the First Amendment Lawyers Association.
Adam lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Sarah McLaughlin, and their two cats, Sunny and Daffy.
Recent Writings
- FIRE’s defense of pollster J. Ann Selzer against Donald Trump’s lawsuit is First Amendment 101,
- Broad ‘friend of the court’ support pours into Supreme Court for citizen journalist Priscilla Villarreal,
- Idaho AG: Anti-abortion law does not restrict academic speech at public universities,
- Connecticut Supreme Court narrows ‘racial ridicule’ law abused by police as general hate speech law,
- FIRE calls on Idaho’s Lewis-Clark State College to restore abortion-themed artwork censored to avoid violating state law,
- FIRE Statement on Florida Senate Bill 1316,
- Thought the ‘Stop WOKE Act’ was bad? A new Florida bill is worse,
- ‘Stop WOKE Act’ is no solution to orthodoxy. It’s censorship that will further entrench orthodoxy.,
- FIRE files amicus brief in Louisiana criminal defamation arrest over criticism of ‘clueless’ detective,
- Hamline University president triples down in defending instructor’s nonrenewal for showing Muhammad painting,
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