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J.D. Obenberger
 J. D. Obenberger established his firm in Chicago in 1993; Starting from the representation of local and regional adult entertainment venues, he has developed an outstanding national and international reputation for representing the interests of the online entertainment community, political and religious extremists, and as an advocate of Liberty in general. His practice areas include First Amendment Law, Obscenity, Defamation, Adult Entertainment Law, Criminal Law, the Law of Privacy, and Municipal Licensing and Zoning Law.

J. D. Obenberger is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 1979), the United States Army Judge Advocate General's School (1979), and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (1986). He taught Political Science 101 for Texas Central College (1982).

A former elected municipal Alderman, he also served as Mayor Pro-tem, Zoning Board of Appeals member and Planning Commission member. He was decorated for outstanding performance of duty as a criminal defense lawyer while a Captain of the US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps and was undefeated as a prosecutor. While a Captain in the Army JAG Corps, he lived in Goeppingen and Stuttgart, Germany for three years, and he speaks fair conversational German.

He successfully litigated the Mike Jones criminal obscenity case and now is engaged in obscenity criminal defense in Louisiana.

XXXLAW has represented numerous clients in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, providing services in all of the legal issues confronting the webmaster and content producer: The defense of content producers and retailers accused of obscenity, copyright infringement and right to privacy representation, domain name disputes, and content reviews of adult megasites are regular parts of its practice area.

He is an active member of The First Amendment Lawyer's Association and the Free Speech Coalition. He is the author of numerous and frequently reprinted articles including “The Seven Circles of Internet Content Hell”, and “Every Webmaster's Primer on Section 2257”. He often provides commentary in television and print media on issues affecting online communications and has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Wired, AVN Online, XBIZ, YNOT News, Klixxx and numerous other publications, and has been a guest on The O'Reilly Factor . He is a popular and frequent speaker in the United States and Canada concerning Liberty in expression, having spoken at 28 international, national and regional adult Internet conferences and meetings of national trade organizations since October, 2000.

He has handled a wide variety of criminal cases, ranging from obscenity to conspiracy, aggravated kidnapping, forgery and drug cases, both as a prosecutor and as defense counsel, at trial and on appeal, and in locations as geographically diverse as Brownsville, Texas, Vicenza, Italy, and throughout Germany. Four approximately three years, appointed by the Circuit Court of Cook County, he acted as an arbitrator in the mandatory arbitration program established by the Illinois Supreme Court for civil cases. He has conducted a significant number of trials, including those tried to a jury, in both criminal and civil cases.

He has been admitted to practice regularly before the following Federal courts: the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, The United States Court of Appeals for Seventh Circuit, The United States Court of Military Appeals, The United States Claims Court, and the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar) and the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. He is also admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court. He may defend criminal cases in other jurisdictions with the approval of the trial court, pro hoc vice.


Reed Lee
 Reed Clayton Lee has been practicing law for 15 years and concentrating on free expression matters for well over ten years.

His free expression work has involved representation of clients ranging from political activists of widely varying points of view to those who produce and disseminate sexually oriented expression.

He has represented clients in both civil and criminal matters, and - in the civil cases - he has represented those seeking affirmative relief against threatened government action as well as those defending against proceedings the government has brought. In all free expression and related cases, though, he has represented the free speech claimants, that is, those who faced trouble with some government agency because of what they had to say or publish or what they wanted to read, see, or hear.

He has acted as defense counsel in criminal obscenity jury trials involving both live performances and videotapes.

He attended law school at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and did his undergraduate work at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Mr. Lee is an active member of the First Amendment Lawyers' Association and the Constitutional Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association.

In connection with the defense of free expression, he has defended clients against condemnation of real property by government authority and has handled for them a wide array of commercial and corporate matters in litigation.

Reed Lee is admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Northern District of Illinois. He is also admitted before the Illinois Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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