Lobbyist Taps First Amendment Expert as Counsel for Suit Against New York Times

For her defamation suit against , lobbyist Vicki Iseman has turned to Rodney Smolla, dean of the Washington and Lee School of Law, who has written articles, books and treatises on First Amendment issues. Smolla, who will be working with W. Coleman Allen Jr. of Allen, Allen, Allen, & Allen, says the case might bring up the tangential issue of whether the paper must identify two anonymous sources who told the newspaper about Iseman's alleged relationship with Sen. John McCain.