Gregg D. Thomas is a well-seasoned trial and appellate attorney and certified mediator. Gregg has handled multi-million dollar commercial disputes, trademark infringement litigation, arbitrations, mediations and sensitive internal investigations throughout his years of practice. Gregg has represented newspapers and television stations in more than one hundred defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and intellectual property matters.Gregg has argued media matters-including reporter subpoenas, access to judicial proceedings, public records, Government in the Sunshine Law proceedings, and defamation cases-in federal and state trial and appellate courts throughout Florida. He achieved positive results in three substantial Florida Supreme Court cases involving reporter subpoenas, access to public records and misappropriation of likeness.In 2005, Gregg argued and won the Perfect Storm case (Tyne v. Warner Brothers) in the Florida Supreme Court. The case definitively interpreted Florida's misappropriation of name or likeness statute to apply only to the use of name or likeness when attached to an advertisement or commercial product.In 1990, he successfully argued a United States Supreme Court case (Butterworth v. Smith) about the First Amendment rights of a reporter who was subpoenaed before a Florida grand jury and then silenced for life about his testimony. The Court's unanimous decision ensures that the government cannot silence reporters.In 1988, Gregg led the media team in seeking injunctive relief against the banning of the film The Last Temptation of Christ in Pensacola, Florida. Within 24 hours of being retained, Gregg persuaded a federal judge to rule that the county ordinance was unconstitutional and enter a permanent injunction against its enforcement. Legal fees were recovered from the local government as a result of the First Amendment infringement.