David Sobel
Senior Counsel
David Sobel is Senior Counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit organization that seeks to protect constitutional rights and civil liberties in the electronic age. He has litigated numerous cases under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking the disclosure of government documents on privacy policy, including electronic surveillance and encryption controls. His recent cases sought disclosure of information concerning the USA PATRIOT Act, the Total Information Awareness program and the privacy impact of aviation security measures and other homeland security initiatives. He participated in the submission of a civil liberties amicus brief in the first-ever proceeding of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Mr. Sobel has a longstanding interest in civil liberties and information policy issues and has written and lectured on these issues frequently since 1981. He was formerly General Counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (which he co-founded) and counsel to the non-profit National Security Archive. His clients have included Coretta Scott King, the Nation magazine and ABC News.
Mr. Sobel is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Florida College of Law. He is a member of the Bars of Florida, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court and several federal Courts of Appeals.
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Biography last updated September 2006