Matthew Williams
Practitioner In Residence
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Bio
Matthew Williams is a Practitioner-in-Residence in the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic. Prior to joining American University Washington College of Law’s faculty, Matthew was a partner in the Washington, DC office of an LA-based law firm. His primary practice included representing trade associations of large copyright owners and litigating cases for their member companies, songwriters, directors, production companies, authors, screenwriters, recording artists, and producers. Billboard Magazine named Matthew a “Top Music Lawyer.” In addition to his law firm experience, Matthew has served as the Co-Chair of the DC Chapter of the Copyright Society of the USA, the Participation Coordinator for the ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency, and an Adjunct Professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. He is a member of the Copyright Alliance Academic Advisory Board, the Recording Academy, the Order of the Coif, and the District of Columbia and New York bars. Matthew is a magna cum laude graduate of the American University Washington College of Law. He is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in the Bennington College Writing Seminars. He completed the Fashion Law Bootcamp at Fordham’s Fashion Law Institute. Matthew’s scholarship has focused on copyright’s fair use doctrine, free speech, philosophical approaches to exclusive rights, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and moral rights.
