Katie Townsend is a Partner in the Los Angeles area and Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson Dunn, a member of the firm’s Litigation and Media, Entertainment & Technology Practice groups, and Co-Chair of the firm’s First Amendment and Free Expression Practice group. An accomplished litigator with extensive experience in media and First Amendment law, Katie’s practice focuses on representing and advising individual and corporate clients in the media, entertainment, and technology industries.

Susan Margolin is an award-winning documentary film producer and a pioneer of digital distribution, with over 25 years of experience in independent film and media. She co-founded New Video/Docurama Films in 1992, growing it into a leading distributor of independent films, series, and documentaries before selling the company to Cinedigm in 2012. In 2016, Margolin founded St.