Lawrence G. Walters
| Lawrence G. Walters | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, IL |
| Residence | Longwood, FL |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Website | Walters Law Group |
Lawrence G. Walters is an American First Amendment attorney and anti-censorship advocate. Walters currently heads up Walters Law Group, a boutique law firm focusing on First Amendment and Internet Law, and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida.
Walters is firmly rooted in the free speech camp, and regularly represents the interests of the online entertainment community. He has defended website operators in numerous high-profile obscenity cases, and regularly comments in the print and television media on Free Speech and Internet Law issues. Walters was listed in the Top Ten Percent of attorneys by the Orlando Business Journal, and has received a “10.0 – Superb” rating from AVVO.com.
Previously in 1999, Walters defended Tammy Robinson in the first obscenity case based on website content. The charges were ultimately dismissed after Walters filed 2 federal lawsuits against prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies.
Walters has defended Chris Wilson against more than 300 obscenity charges arising from his operation of a controversial website which included images from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The case represented the first obscenity prosecution against a website based on user generated content, and was the subject of a Rolling Stone article.
In 2007, Walters defended Karen Fletcher, who was charged with obscenity based on written stories published on her website. The case tested the boundaries of obscenity law, and was covered by the New York Times.
Walters’ novel legal strategy in an obscenity case against Clinton McCowen made front page headlines in the New York Times, as he announced plans to introduce Google Trends evidence showing that online users were more interested in sexually explicit topics than in generic terms like “apple pie” or “watermelon.” The case was settled shortly after Walters issues a subpoena to Google for supporting evidence.
Walters is also known as a prominent advocate for the free speech rights of protestors, street performers, and topless dancers. For example, in 2006 he won an appellate court victory upholding the First Amendment right of a topless protestor in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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