Edward Birk is a legal professional with extensive experience in communications law and First Amendment issues. As General Counsel for the Florida First Amendment Foundation since January 2022 and a Shareholder at Marks Gray, P.A. since June 1999, Birk specializes in representing news media organizations in defamation and libel lawsuits while advocating for public records access. Birk's background includes roles as President and Treasurer of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, a Law Clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Lacey A. Collier, and a Public Information Administrator for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Early career experience includes reporting and editing for The Associated Press. Birk holds a Juris Doctor from Florida State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in English-Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Marks Gray, P.A. | Lawyers for Enterprise

Marks Gray, P.A. is a multi-faceted business and corporate law firm with a team of attorneys experienced in a wide range of practice areas. Marks Gray takes pride in providing over a century of highly personalized service and litigation in Northeast Florida. The attorneys at Marks Gray represent local, regional, national and international clients in a variety of matters. The firm’s diverse practices include an extensive commercial and tort litigation defense, professional liability defense, intellectual property, banking, real estate, business and employment law, commercial transactions, probate, taxation, wealth succession, immigration and surrogacy and assisted reproductive technologies. Founded in Jacksonville in 1899.