Daliah saper - bio - cssl presenter

CSSL FACULTY BIOGRAPHY

Da l ia h Sap e r
Principal

Daliah Saper is a member of the Illinois Bar and both the General Bar
and Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
She has handledand is
national tv, radio, and in several publications including: Fox News,
CNBC, ABC News, The Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio, NPR, and a slew of
smaller websites. She has repeatedly received the honor of being
named aby Super Lawyers magazine, is recognized as a
leading Media and Entertainment lawyer byfeatured on the cover o profiled by the
and was recently nominated for the
prestigious ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award. In addition to
conductingt Saper Law on a monthly basis, Daliah is a
frequent lecturer, panelist, and instructor for organizations around the
city and the country. (For Daliah’s latest speaking engagements, please click on She is on the faculty of
Practicing Law Institute, and has been selected by Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet &
Society to be a member of Harvard’s new Online Media Legal Network (OMLN). Daliah is also an adjunct
professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, teaching a Sports and Entertainment law course.
Daliah received her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, where she was a staff member on the
Journal of Law Technology and Policy and served as President of the Intellectual Property Law Society. Her
work experience includes positions at Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, a large intellectual property law firm;
Lawyers for the Creative Arts, a non-profit organization assisting artists; and the Anti-Defamation League, a civil
rights organization. She has also worked at Playboy Enterprises, Inc., assisting with the maintenance and
enforcement of Playboy’s global trademark portfolio.
Prior to starting her own firm, Daliah gained experience as a commercial litigator and negotiated settlement
agreements on behalf of individuals sued by the Recording Industry Association of America. She also served as
Vice President and in-house counsel of diLuce Productions, Inc., a Chicago based public relations and
marketing consulting firm specializing in event production.
Daliah is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Chicago Fashion Foundation, the Technology
Executives Club, the Decalogue Society, the Standard Club, and IFP (Independent Feature Project). Through
her firm, she supports and sponsors many technology and arts related organizations such as Tech Cocktail and
the Midwest Independent Film Festival. She also volunteers for Lawyers for the Creative Arts, Kartemquin Films,
Chicago Filmmakers, Women in Film, and Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation.
Finally, Daliah has extensive overseas experience, having studied at Fudan University in Shanghai and the City
University School of Business in London. She speaks Hebrew and Farsi.

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