Kevin Bankston

Kevin Bankston, a senior staff attorney specializing in free speech and privacy law, is one of the key lawyers working on EFF’s ongoing AT&T warrantless wiretapping case. Before joining EFF, Kevin litigated Internet-related free speech cases, including First Amendment challenges to both the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Edelman v. N2H2, Inc.) and a federal statute regulating Internet speech in public libraries (American Library Association v. U.S.). He has spent much of the last few months advising and informing members of Congress of the dangers of blanket retroactive immunity for telecommunication companies.