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The SPLC Team
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Frank LoMonte, Executive Director, is an experienced commercial litigation attorney who joined SPLC after practicing with the Atlanta-based law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and clerking for federal judges on the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Before law school, LoMonte was an award-winning investigative journalist and political columnist in state Capitol bureaus in Florida and Georgia and in Washington, D.C., with the Morris newspaper chain. LoMonte graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was a senior editor of the Georgia Law Review. E-Mail
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Adam Goldstein, Attorney Advocate, graduated from Fordham University School of Law in May 2002. He received his undergraduate degree in Internet journalism from Fordham College at Lincoln Center, where he was editor-in-chief of the FCLC Observer. For three years, Goldstein worked as a freelance producer and editor for FoxNews.com. E-Mail
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Beverly Keneagy, Development and Communications Consultant, has more than 20 years experience in development, communications, marketing and public relations. She began her career as a news reporter and has worked as the communications director for several state agencies. She most recently worked for a Florida non-profit, where she was a senior manager overseeing communications and development, securing nearly $5 million annually in funding. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications from the University of Florida and is a former SPLC intern. E-Mail
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Sara Gregory, McCormick Foundation Publications Fellow, studied history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but spent most of her time working at The Daily Tar Heel. In addition to spending two years as the paper's managing editor, she has interned at The Tampa Bay Times (formerly The St. Petersburg Times), The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and The (Greensboro) News & Record.
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Jennifer Kiel, Office Manager, is a graduate of Mary Washington College with a degree in elementary education and social studies. She has many years experience as a teacher, researcher, and administrative and executive assistant. Most recently serving as a research assistant with an investment bank, she came to the SPLC to bring her many years of experience in the "for-profit" world to the non-profit world where it would do more good.
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Mike Hiestand, Project Attorney, grew up in Alaska and is a graduate of Bartlett High School in Anchorage,
Marquette University's College of Journalism and Cornell Law School. Hiestand was the Student Press Law Center's staff attorney from 1991-2003. Over the years, he has assisted nearly 15,000 student journalists and advisers. He now works from the West Coast on occasional projects for the SPLC. E-Mail
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John Myers, Legal Fellow, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2011 and now works to help artists, musicians, and student journalists protect their creative work and assert their legal rights. John graduated from San Jose State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications in 2006 and has worked as a reporter and editor for newspapers and magazines in California,Alabama and North Dakota. E-Mail
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Our Interns (Fall 2012)
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Bailey McGowan is a senior journalism major at Texas Christian University interested in pursing a career in law and journalism.
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Jordan Bradley graduated in May from the University of North Alabama with a Bachelor’s of Science in Communication Arts, with emphasis in journalism and public communication. He worked at UNA’s student paper The Flor-Ala for two years, the last year as online editor.
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Samantha Raphelson is a junior at American University in Washington, D.C. where she studies print journalism and political science. She spent her summer as a features and metro intern at The Courier Post in Cherry Hill, NJ.
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Jessica Andrews is an International Media graduate student at American University. She’s from Mesa, Arizona and received her undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism from Arizona State University, where she worked for the award winning Cronkite Newswatch.
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Our Office
Student Press Law Center
1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100
Arlington, VA 22209-2275 USA
(703) 807-1904