Edward Andrew Paltzik earned a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2006, where he won the Scholastic Excellence Award. He earned a B.A. from Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences in 2003, where he was a history major and graduated with Distinction in All Subjects. Mr. Paltzik has represented hundreds of civil and criminal clients in a wide variety of high-stakes matters, in both State and Federal courts. Mr. Paltzik is proud to serve as outside counsel to the Second Amendment Foundation. He focuses his practice on 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Amendment Litigation seeking to safeguard these fundamental rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, numerous other forms of constitutional and administrative litigation at both the State and Federal levels, White-Collar Criminal Defense and White-Collar Investigations, Complex Commercial Litigation, Defamation Litigation, and Employment Litigation. He has also authored numerous important amicus briefs in high-profile constitutional cases.Mr. Paltzik has successfully tried numerous cases, including serving as the lead trial attorney in the prominent and widely reported "Buck Foston's" First Amendment litigation in the District of New Jersey against the City of New Brunswick and its officials that resulted in a $1.535M jury verdict in favor of his has also secured many millions of dollars in settlements for a wide variety of civil clients in both the pre-litigation and litigation stages. After serving as a Partner at Joshpe Mooney Paltzik LLP in New York City for 11 years, he is currently a Of Counsel at Bochner PLLC. First admitted to practice law in 2007, Mr. Paltzik brings over 18 years of experience to his work, and is admitted to practice law in New York; New Jersey; Texas; Maine; Utah; the Supreme Court of the United States; the United States Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, D.C., and Federal Circuits; and the United States District Courts for the District of Colorado, District of Columbia, District of Maine, District of Maryland, District of New Jersey, District of New Mexico, Eastern District of New York, Northern District of New York, Western District of New York, Eastern District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, and District of Utah.His work has been reported by major news sources on numerous occasions, including Bloomberg, Breitbart, CNN, Daily Mall, Daily Wire, Deadline, FOX News, Guardian, NBC News, Newsweek, New York Law Journal, New York Post, New York Times, Reason, and Variety.*David Enrich, Trump's New Line of Attack Against the Media Gains Momentum, NEW YORK TIMES, 2/7/25*Brian Stelter, CBS staff alarmed by reports of settlement talks with Trump over '60 Minutes' Harris interview, CNN, 1/31/25*Yasmeen Hamadeh, Another Media Giant is Plotting Massive Settlement with Trump, DAILY BEAST, 1/31/25 *Thomas Maxwell, Paramount Reportedly Ready to Pay Off Trump Lawsuits to Get Merger Approval, GIZMODO, 1/31/25*Sandy Fitzgerald, Source: Paramount, Trump May Settle $10B '60 Minutes' Lawsuit, NEWSMAX, 1/31/25*Lauren Hirsch, James B. Stewart, and Michael M. Grynbaum, Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over '60 Minutes' Lawsuit, NEW YORK TIMES, 1/30/25*Nick Gilbertson, Trump Files Lawsuit Against Des Moines Register, Pollster J. Ann Selzer For 'Election Interference' Poll, BREITBART, 12/17/24* Gene Maddaus, Donald Trump Sues Des Moines Register Over Poll That Showed Him Trailing Kamala Harris, VARIETY, 12/17/24* Maya Yang, Trump sues for billions against media he says is biased against him, THE GUARDIAN, 11/15/24* Lachlan Cartwright, Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage, COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW, 11/14/24* Jacob Sullum, Trump's Legal Complaints Against 2 News Outlets Reflect His Disregard for Freedom of the Press, REASON, 11/4/24* Adolfo Pesquera, Trump Files $10B Suit Against CBS in Amarillo Federal Court, 11/4/24* Maia Spoto, Trump Sues CBS, Says Harris Interview Was Edited To Help Her, BLOOMBERG LAW, 10/31/24* Katrina Trinko, 'ELECTION INTERFERENCE': Trump Sues CBS Over Edited Harris '60 Minutes' Interview, DAILY SIGNAL, 10/31/24* Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Brooke Singman, CBS hits back at Trump's legal threat citing First Amendment rights: 'We decline' to release full transcript, FOX NEWS, 10/24/24* Brian Steinberg, '60 Minutes' Pushes Back on Threat of Trump Lawsuit Over Harris Interview, VARIETY, 10/23/24* Geoff Earle, Donald Trump brings in lawyers over Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' 'edited' 60 Minutes interview, DAILY MALL, 10/22/24* Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Brooke Singman, Trump sends letter to CBS demanding unedited '60 Minutes' Harris transcript, teases potential lawsuit, FOX NEWS, 10/21/24*Sean O'Driscoll, Donald Trump Ramps Up War With CBS Over Kamala Harris '60 Minutes Interview, NEWSWEEK, 10/22/24* Michael Clements, Supreme Court to Weigh 2nd Amendment Rights of Those Accused of Domestic Violence, EPOCH TIMES, 11/7/23* Ben Penn, Gun Law in Peril as DOJ Allows Freeing National Security Suspect, BLOOMBERG LAW, 8/30/23* Kaja Whitehouse and Natalie O'Neill, Vodka on the 'Sox': $1.5M in Yank 'bar fight,' NEW YORK POST, 5/1/14 (Page 3)* Kaja Whitehouse and Natalie O'Neill, Sox-fan mayor accused of putting 'Buck Foston' bar out of business, NEW YORK POST, 5/1/14* Joshua Alston, NJ Jury Returns $1.5M Verdict for 'Buck Foston's' Barkeep, LAW 360, 5/1/14* James Dator, New Jersey has a new sports bar: 'Buck Foston's,' SB NATION, 5/2/14* Barry Petchesky, Yankee Fan Wins $1.5M After City Wouldn't Let Him Open 'Buck Foston' Bar, DEADSPIN, 5/2/14* Go Figure: $1.5 Million - amount won in federal court by Lawrence Blatterfein after he sued New Brunswick, N.J., for not letting him name his sports bar Buck Foston's Road House, THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, 5/12/14* LI Man Arrested at Westchester Casino May Sue, NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND, 2/20/09 (Television) * Edward Andrew Paltzik, Red Flag Laws: The Retrograde 'Justice' of America's 21st Century Salem Witch Trials, SSRN, 9/5/23 * Edward Paltzik and Gavin Wax, Disgorgement and Despotism, AMERICAN MIND, 4/8/24 * Edward Paltzik and Gavin Wax, There Is No Place In Our Justice System For Communist-Style Wealth Confiscation, DAILY CALLER, 4/8/24 * Edward Andrew Paltzik, Strategy Memorandum Against Unconstitutional Disgorgements, NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW UNION, 3/6/24* Edward Paltzik, The Fallacy of Gun Control, AMERICAN THINKER, 1/1/13 * Edward Paltzik, Shredding the Constitution: The Port Arthur Phenomenon, AMERICAN THINKER, 1/21/13 * Speech at "The 39th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference" sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation, entitled "Public Housing Authorities and the Denial of Second Amendment Rights" (9/28/24) (San Diego, CA) * Speech at "The 38th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference" sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation, entitled "Red Flag Laws: the Retrograde Justice of America's 21st Century Salem Witch Trials" (9/23/23) (Phoenix, AZ)* Presentation of Academic Paper, "Red Flag Laws: The Retrograde 'Justice' of America's 21st Century Salem Witch Trials," 2024 Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference, sponsored by Duke University School of Law, Duke Center for Firearms Law (5/23/24) (Durham, NC)* ROBERT HUNTER v. CORTLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY,714 F.Supp. 3d 46 (2024) (N.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2024). Preliminary injunction granted against firearms ban in public housing.* JOHN RIGBY v. KATHY JENNINGS, Attorney General of Delaware,630 F. 602 (D. Del. Sept. 23, 2022). Preliminary injunction granted against Delaware ban on self-manufactured firearms.* BUCK FOSTON'S NEW BRUNSWICK, LLC v. JAMES M. CAHILL, No. 11-03731,2013 WL 5435289 (D.N.J. Sept. 27, 2013). Successful defense of motion for summary judgment by Defendant City, Mayor, and City Council Chairman against client who lost proposed sports bar due to Defendants' unconstitutional objections to the bar name "Buck Foston's." Motion for summary judgment on client's First Amendment claim denied.