ALICIA CALZADA
Associate
[email protected]
PRACTICES: Media and Entertainment Litigation, Litigation, Social Media, Copyright,
Intellectual Property Litigation; INDUSTRIES: Media, Entertainment and Sports;
TRENDING ISSUES: Anti-SLAPP and First Amendment Rights
SAN ANTONIO
112 EAST PECAN STREET
SUITE 1200
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78205
T +1 210.978.7420
F +1 210.554.0480
AUSTIN
600 CONGRESS AVENUE
SUITE 1300
AUSTIN, TX 78701
T +1 512.867.8437
EDUCATION AND
CLERKSHIPS
J.D., St. Mary's University
School of Law, 2010, St.
Mary’s Law Journal, staff
writer and associate editor;
Evening Student Bar
Association, founding board
member
B.A., Photojournalism,
University of Texas at Austin,
1994
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Judicial Intern, Hon.
Rebecca Simmons, Fourth
Court of Appeals of Texas,
2010
Judicial Intern, Hon. Emilio
Garza, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit, 2009
Alicia Calzada is an associate in the Media and Entertainment Practice Group in the San
Antonio and Austin offices of Haynes and Boone, LLP. She has experience in general
litigation with an emphasis on matters involving defamation, First Amendment, commercial
practices, social media counseling and Texas' new anti-SLAPP law, as well as intellectual
property matters pertaining to copyright and trademark infringement claims.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Alicia was a photojournalist for more than 20 years. Her
work has been published in a variety of national magazines and newspapers, in addition to
several books.
Alicia speaks regularly on legal issues affecting photojournalists and has taught as an
adjunct professor at Texas State University. She is a member of the San Antonio Bar
Association, the Bexar County Women's Bar Association and American Bar Association's
Forum on Communications Law. Alicia attended the 2008 Institute on World Legal
Problems in Innsbruck, Austria.
Alicia is a past president of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)
(2005-2006), serves as an attorney for NPPA and is the founder and chair of that group's
advocacy committee. In 2013, the NPPA Board of Directors introduced the Alicia Calzada
First Amendment Award recognizing individuals that have supported advocacy work in First
Amendment freedoms.
Alicia has worked on a variety of legislative initiatives and was involved in the effort to
obtain passage of Texas’ anti-SLAPP statute in 2011. She runs the blog, Slapped in Texas,
which tracks the powerful statute as it is being put to use in state courts.
Professional Recognition
• Listed as one of San Antonio Business Journal’s 2015 Outstanding Lawyers, American
City Business Journals, 2015.
• Alicia Calzada First Amendment Award established by the National Press
Photographers Association, January 2013.
Professional and Community Activities
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ALICIA CALZADA
Associate
ADMISSIONS
Texas, 2011
Connecticut, 2012
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COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit
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LANGUAGES
Spanish
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Bexar County Women’s Bar Association
San Antonio Bar Association
American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law
National Press Photographers Association
Selected Publications and Speeches
• "Copyright Realignment - Updating Copyright Law for the 21st Century,” panelist,
CLIPT Symposium, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, April 15,
2016.
• “Five Open-Government Champs,” author, Caller Times, March 19, 2016.
• “Can a newspaper decline to run same-sex wedding announcements?” Attorney's
Opinion, Texas Press Association, June 29, 2015.
• “Ag-Gag Laws and the First Amendment,” State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, San
Antonio, Texas, June 18, 2015.
• “Ag-Gag Laws and the First Amendment,” Animal Law Institute, Austin, Texas, April 17,
2015.
• “The Nuts and Bolts of a Photographer’s Contract: Northern Short Course,” speaker,
March 2014, March 2015.
• “Texas Legislative update,” Texas Associated Press Managing Editors’ Annual
Meeting, March 31, 2015.
• “Business of Photography: Copyright,” Women Photojournalists of Washington,
Washington, D.C., March 11, 2015.
• “FAA Announces Proposed Drone Rules: Will Allow Use of UAS under 55 lbs., under
500 ft; Certification Required,” National Press Photographers Association, February 15,
2015.
• “FAA’s Proposed Drone Rules Offer Hope, But Some Limits for Journalists,” Media Law
Letter, February, 2015.
• “The Texas Legislative Session: bills for journalists to love and hate,” co-author, Texas
Press Association E-Newsletter, February 2015.
• “Hot Issues in Ethics,” panelist, Forum on Communications Law Annual Conference,
Scottsdale, AZ, Feb. 5-7, 2015.
• "A Busy Year For Anti-SLAPP Litigation And Legislation," co-author, Law360,
December 18, 2014.
• “Agricultural Gag Laws—Your First Amendment Rights, Your Health, Animal Welfare,
and Our Environment,” speaker, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, September 27,
2014.
• "Drone Journalism" column in Ask An Attorney, Texas Press Association e-Newsletter,
September 2014.
• "A Victory For State Anti-SLAPP Laws," Law360, July 16, 2014.
• "Using Images From Social Media: 3 Lessons From AFP Case," guest author, Law360,
February 24, 2014.
• "Shut Out: The Dispute Over Media Access Rights in High School and College Sports,"
7 DePaul J. Sports L & Contemp. Probs. 1, 2010.
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