Rene Milam
Vice President/Legal and Employee Relations and General Counsel
Areas of expertise
Advertising/commercial speech
Corporate and anti-trust compliance
First Amendment freedoms
Independent contractor
Intellectual property
Internet, regulatory issues
Labor relations
Tax policy
Telemarketing
Rene Milam is the chief legal officer for NAA, its subsidiaries and affiliate entities. She directs NAA’s legal activities, including corporate and anti-trust compliance, and amicus curiae filings. Milam is responsible for advancing the interests of member newspapers in a variety of areas, including First Amendment freedoms, advertising/commercial speech, intellectual property, independent contractor, and labor relations. She wrote the Association’s publications on fair housing advertising, employment advertising, telemarketing, and direct seller (independent contractors) compliance. Before joining NAA in 1983, Milam litigated civil cases on behalf of the District of Columbia as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Office of Corporation Counsel. She also served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Norma Holloway Johnson of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. Milam is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars and is admitted to practice before several federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. She also is a member of several professional bar associations. Milam graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and she received a law degree from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America.
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