Power Lawyers 2012

The best-known First Amendment advocate on the West Coast won a victory on behalf of The Los Angeles Times and other papers in December, forcing the California State Assembly to disclose secret records about how it spends taxpayer money. She reps Conde Nast, Discovery Communications, Comcast, Turner Broadcasting and A&E Television, which she is defending in a case filed by a man who was filmed in a bar for a reality show featuring Bristol Palin.

➻ Most satisfying career moment Sager repped NBC in a 1999 case in which the California Supreme Court ruled there is a First Amendment right for the media to be present during civil trials.

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