Admitted to practice in:

• Texas

• Connecticut

• Supreme Court of the United States

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

• Western District of Texas

• Eastern District of Texas

• Southern District of Texas

• Northern District of Texas

Alicia Wagner Calzada, PLLC is a boutique law firm focused on the needs of publishers, photographers and companies that utilize photography. With a background in photojournalism, Alicia has over a dozen years of experience serving the legal needs of a broad range of local and national media organizations including print, electronic, and television organizations as well as individual journalists, trade associations and photographers, on a variety of litigation matters and other matters involving defamation, First Amendment, and copyright infringement. Most recently she was a part of a decades-long coalition effort to obtain passage of the CASE Act, which will create a copyright small claims tribunal. She counsels corporate and journalism clients on social media, photography use, drone use, open government, and contract issues.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Alicia was a photojournalist for two decades, both as a staff and independent photographer managing a small business and creating dynamic images for a variety of magazines, newspapers, corporate and non-profit clients and was the president of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). She has brought this wide range of industry experience to serve clients in this unique and dynamic field.

Alicia serves as NPPA’s Deputy General Counsel where she advocates for members through legislative efforts, litigation, amicus briefs, educational efforts, and cooperation with other groups that support NPPA’s mission. In 2013, the NPPA Board of Directors introduced the Alicia Calzada First Amendment Award which is given annually in recognition of individuals that have supported advocacy work in First Amendment freedoms, particularly as it relates to photojournalism.

While in law school Alicia interned for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the Chambers of the Hon. Emilio Garza and the Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas in the chambers of Justice Rebecca Simmons and was an Associate Editor for the St. Mary’s Law Journal and a founding member of the Evening Student Bar Association. Before opening her own practice, she spent five years as an associate at Haynes and Boone, LLP.

Memberships:

• Co-Chair, Coalition of Visual Artists

• Executive Committee, Authors Coalition of America

• American Bar Association Forum on Communication Law

• Bexar County Women’s Bar Association

• Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio