Paula Knudsen Burke

An RCFP attorney spent the past year helping local newspapers push for transparency in the case.

Helping newsrooms access settlement agreements is a priority for the Pennsylvania Local Legal Initiative.

RCFP attorneys represented journalist Brittany Hailer in her fight to access records concerning the death of a man in custody.

Reporter Ed Mahon discusses the legal battle he waged alongside an RCFP attorney to access medical marijuana data.

RCFP attorneys helped journalist Jerry Geleff challenge an unconstitutional court order that forced him to unpublish his reporting.

RCFP attorneys helped five newsrooms settle a lawsuit challenging how the York County Clerk of Courts handled access to records.

Attorneys from RCFP, Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic supported York Daily Record in effort to obtain settlement details

Without legal support from an RCFP attorney, Billy Penn reporter Michaela Winberg said, “The story wouldn’t have happened.”

The records were made public hours after local news outlets, represented by RCFP attorneys, sought to intervene in the case.

RCFP attorneys are representing five news organizations in their federal civil rights lawsuit against the York County Clerk of Courts.