McKay, William S.

Dana J. McElroy practices at the trial and appellate levels handling a wide range of matters involving media and communications law, including defending defamation and invasion of privacy suits, pursuing access to judicial proceedings and public records, resisting subpoenas for videotape and reporter's testimony, and conducting pre-publication review of television broadcasts and news articles. Dana also regularly litigates intellectual property matters, including defending misappropriation claims, and trademark and copyright infringement actions, as well as general commercial and business litigation.

In her more than twenty years of practice, Dana has been active in professional and trade organizations focusing on communications law, in addition to teaching, lecturing and publishing. She currently serves on the Media Law Resource Center's New Legal Developments Committee, and is the immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association's Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section's (TIPS) Media, Privacy and Defamation Law Committee. Dana is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Florida's First Amendment Foundation, has chaired the Florida Bar's Media and Communications Law Committee, as well as its annual Media Law Conference and Reporters' Workshop.

Dana is a member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. A former editor of the Independent Florida Alligator at the University of Florida, Dana worked as a staff writer for the Florida Times Union and Gainesville Sun before attending law school. She also has been chosen for induction into the Independent Florida Alligator Hall of Fame.

Dana was born in Winter Park, Florida, and is a life-long Florida resident. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Florida in 1984, and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law in 1989.