Adam J. Tragone

Adam J. Tragone is the First Amendment Clinic's Local Journalism Attorney. Based in Pittsburgh, he helps news outlets and independent journalists in western Pennsylvania with a wide range of legal services, including seeking access to public records, court proceedings and records, defending against subpoenas, conducting pre-publication review and providing libel defense. He will also provide a variety of operations and commercial-related legal support from contract drafting and review to advice on corporate organization, fiscal sponsorship, IP, employee issues, privacy and physical and data security.

Adam's background is in journalism and First Amendment litigation. He has worked at two national nonprofit public-interest firms, as well as regional firms in Pittsburgh. He also served as a Visiting Professor of Legal Writing at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, receiving the Adjunct Professor Award from Duquesne's Student Bar Association in the fall of 2022. Before going to law school, Adam was the managing editor of a weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C.