Berin Szóka is President of TechFreedom, a think tank dedicated to technology law and policy. Before founding TechFreedom in 2010, Berin was a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Previously, he practiced telecommunications and Internet law at Latham & Watkins LLP and Lawler Metzger Milkman & Keeney, LLC, and clerked for a federal district judge. He is graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.
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