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1. 1. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP: Sheppard Mullin Adds Distinguished Trial Lawyer, Gary L. Bostwick

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   Published on: 11/23/2007   Last Visited: 4/19/2008

   Sheppard Mullin Adds Distinguished Trial Lawyer, Gary L. BostwickSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP: Sheppard Mullin Adds Distinguished Trial Lawyer, Gary L. Bostwick
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   Sheppard Mullin Adds Distinguished Trial Lawyer, Gary L. Bostwick
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   Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP announced today that Gary L. Bostwick has joined the firm as partner in the Business Trial and Entertainment and Media Practice Groups in Los Angeles.Bostwick has over 25 years of litigation and counseling experience in complex business matters and constitutional law and civil liberties, with specific expertise in First Amendment, libel, journalism privilege, slander, defamation and invasion of privacy litigation.He joins Sheppard Mullin from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
   
   Bostwick said, "A move is always exciting, but this move to one of California's pre-eminent law firms and premier entertainment and media practices is particularly so."He added, "The wide range of clients that the firm serves will give me the chance to do what I love most: go to trial and argue appeals.In particular, I look forward to forging strong relationships with the firm's national media clients and advising them on their pre-litigation counseling and litigation and appellate matters."
   
   Robert Beall, chair of the Business Trial Practice Group, commented, "Gary is an experienced trial lawyer who brings highly specialized expertise in First Amendment, libel and slander matters.
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   "In addition to his extensive trial experience, Gary is well regarded as a trusted advisor to media companies in connection with their business matters outside of the litigation context.
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   Bostwick litigated several high-profile libel cases, including representing Arianna Huffington in Lawrence v. Huffington, author Janet Malcolm in the landmark Masson v. New Yorker case, and a prisoner in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Sandin v. Conner, which involved due process and equal protection claims.
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   Additionally, Bostwick served as principal defense counsel in re San Juan Dupont Fire Litigation, which arose out of a hotel fire disaster in Puerto Rico.He has served as trial counsel on matters concerning contract, employment discrimination, commercial real estate, construction, and partnership disputes.
   
   In addition to lecturing on libel, slander and First Amendment issues as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Bostwick has been an Instructor at the University of Southern California School of Journalism.
   
   He received his law degree from Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, in 1977, his Masters of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976, and his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1963.
   
   Admitted to practice in California and Wyoming, Bostwick is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.Bostwick has written numerous articles, including an article entitled "A Taxonomy of Privacy: Repose, Sanctuary & Intimate Decision," 64 CALIF. L. REV. 1447 (19 ), which has been cited by the California Supreme Court.

2. 2. Gary L. Bostwick

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   Published on: 12/14/2006   Last Visited: 12/14/2006

   Gary L. Bostwick gbostwick@sheppardmullin.com
   
   Mr. Bostwick is a Partner in the Entertainment and Media Practice Group in the firm's Century City office.
   
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   Gary L. Bostwick is a partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, in the Century City office in Los Angeles.He is a trial and appellate lawyer who practices complex business litigation and constitutional law, with special expertise in the First Amendment and in a variety of media matters, especially the defense of libel, slander and invasion of privacy suits.He was elected a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1997, one of the premier legal associations in America in which membership is by invitation only.In 2003, Los Angeles Magazine named him a Southern California Super Lawyer, along with more than 20 other attorneys in the firm.Mr. Bostwick was recognized as one of the country's top leading media and entertainment lawyers by Chambers & Partners' 2006.He was also recently named as one of the Best Lawyers in America.
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   Mr. Bostwick has represented Kato Kaelin and Steve Garvey, has defended libel and privacy cases against CBS, HBO, Fox, Discovery, NBC, and the New York Times in a wide variety of contexts, including hidden camera matters and investigative reporting, has represented CNN in the ride-along case of Hanlon v. Berger in Montana, and has represented movie director Robert Altman, columnist and author Arianna Huffington, and many others in media matters.

3. 3. LAW.COM CLE CENTER ~ Program Details

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   Published on: 3/24/2008   Last Visited: 3/24/2008

   Gary Bostwick
   
   Partner Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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   Gary Bostwick has 25 years of experience in the areas of complex business matters and constitutional law and civil liberties, with special emphaisis on First Amendment, libel, slander and invasion of privacy litigation matters.