Meenakshi Krishnan counsels and defends media, nonprofit, and technology clients in First Amendment, copyright, newsgathering, and defamation matters. Her experience includes researching and litigating significant issues surrounding free expression, privacy, and FOIA. Prior to joining DWT, Meenakshi worked as a Legal Fellow at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, where she focused on FOIA and First Amendment litigation, including legal challenges to social media blocking by public officials and the government's system of pre-publication review.