Conrad M. Shumadine

Conrad M. Shumadine has practiced in the First Amendment area for more than 35 years.  He is listed among The Best Lawyers of America in the areas of First Amendment, Antitrust, Financial Institutions and Transactions, and Business Litigation.  He has argued First Amendment matters before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and numerous lower courts.

Conrad is a permanent member of the faculty of the Practising Law Institute Communications Law Seminars, a yearly seminar for communications lawyers.  He has lectured at seven Practising Law Institute national libel seminars.  In addition, he regularly lectures at state CLE programs and to media groups throughout the United States.

In addition to practicing First Amendment law, Conrad has an active commercial litigation practice with special expertise in antitrust matters.  He serves as special antitrust counsel to eight media companies.  In addition to representing media companies, he has represented firms and industries varying from toys to shoes to health care.

Conrad graduated from Harvard Law School in 1967 and has an undergraduate degree from Davidson College.  He is a permanent member of the Judicial Conference of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In 2000, he served as Chairman of the Merit Selection Panel for the United States Magistrate Judge vacancy and was appointed to the 1995-96 Civil Justice Advisory Group for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.  He is Past President of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association and served on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Silver Star Foundation and the Virginia Public Safety Foundation.

Conrad is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation and the Virginia Law Foundation.