Berin Szoka

Berin is a Senior Fellow at The Progress & Freedom Foundation and Director of PFF's Center for Internet Freedom. He blogs at the Technology Liberation Front, the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology (techliberation.com).

Before joining PFF, he practiced... more »

Berin is a Senior Fellow at The Progress & Freedom Foundation and Director of PFF's Center for Internet Freedom. He blogs at the Technology Liberation Front, the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology (techliberation.com).

Before joining PFF, he practiced communications, Internet and satellite law as an Associate in the Communications Practice Group at Latham & Watkins LLP. Previously, he practiced at Lawler Metzger, a boutique telecommunications law firm in Washington and clerked for the late Hon. H. Dale Cook, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. A recognized expert on the legal and regulatory issues associated with space commercialization, Berin is a member of the FAA's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). He currently serves on, and previously chaired, the Board of Directors of the Space Frontier Foundation, a citizens' advocacy group founded in 1988 and dedicated to opening the space frontier by enabling "NewSpace." He received his Bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as Submissions Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology. « less