Webinar: Navigating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in Federal District Courts
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone**
This one hour presentation will provide practical guidance on filing and litigating requests under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including discussion of the relevant FOIA exemptions, as well as the varying standards and procedures that govern FOIA cases in federal district courts.
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Presented by FBA’s Federal Career Service Division
Presenters
Mark Zaid, Managing Partner, Mark S. Zaid, P.C.; Co-Founder Whistleblower Aid;
Mark S. Zaid is a Washington, D.C. based attorney specializing in crisis management and complex litigation primarily relating to national security, international law, and the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts. His practice often represents federal employees, intelligence and military officers, and whistleblowers.
Mr. Zaid teaches D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education classes on FOIA/Privacy Act requests, defending security clearances, and federal whistleblower cases. Since 2009, he has been named a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer annually and is repeatedly designated a “Best Lawyer” by Washingtonian Magazine, which also named him one of D.C.’s Most Influential People for national security. In 2024, Forbes named him one of the top 200 lawyers in the United States. As the National Law Journal once wrote, “if Agent Mulder ever needed a lawyer, Zaid would be his man.”
He is the Executive Director and founder of the James Madison Project and co-founder of Whistleblower Aid. Mr. Zaid serves on the Board of Directors at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (University of Pennsylvania Law School), the Advisory Board of the International Spy Museum, and as a Fellow with the National Institute of Military Justice. He has previously served as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and Texas A&M’s George H.W. Bush School of Government & Public Service.
Mr. Zaid has provided testimony to a variety of governmental bodies, including the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. The American Bar Association Journal noted, “Zaid is an equal opportunity thorn out to pierce the sides of suit jackets bearing both elephants and donkeys on the lapels.”
A graduate and Associate Editor of the Law Review of Albany Law School, he completed his undergraduate education (cum laude) at the University of Rochester with honors in Political Science and high honors in History. He is a member of the Bars of New York, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.
Registration
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- Live Broadcast | FBA Member: $0
- Live Broadcast | Nonmember: $95
- On-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50
- On-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95
CLE
Please note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.
MyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states.
Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction.
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