Joe Slaughter

Partner, Ballard Spahr

Joe Slaughter's practice focuses on content-related disputes, including defending the rights of the news media, TV and film producers and distributors, advertising agencies, and other content creators in state and federal courts across the country. He regularly represents media and entertainment clients in matters involving defamation, privacy, right of publicity, and First Amendment issues; copyright, trademark, and trade secret claims; FOIA/FOIL and related access matters; and general commercial disputes. He also provides counseling on pre-publication review and other production-related legal issues.

In addition to his media and entertainment practice, Joe maintains an active commercial litigation practice, and has substantial experience in a wide variety of substantive areas of law, including general commercial litigation, white collar disputes and investigations, labor and employment matters, antitrust, securities litigation, and litigation arising from bankruptcy.

Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Joe served as a law clerk in federal court in Washington, D.C., and was associated with the firms Boies, Schiller & Flexner and Kobre & Kim.