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General Counsel
National Press Photographers Association
EAST AMHERST, New York, United States
Mickey H. Osterreicher is general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association. He is an award-winning photojournalist with over forty years’ experience in print and broadcast. He was a member of the IACP Public Recording of Police advisory Committee, has instructed at numerous IACP meetings and provided training to police nationwide. He is an instructor with ILEETA and the Daigle Law Group. He has been a uniformed reserve deputy sheriff with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office since 1976 and was named Reserve Deputy of the Year in 2017. He was an adjunct law professor in media and the law at the University at Buffalo Law School. The Society of Professional Journalists honored him in 2015 as a Fellow of the Society, for extraordinary contribution to the profession. In 2021 he was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He was named as the 2024 “Guardian of the Press,” by the LA Press Club for his contributions to press freedom. He received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1998. He is admitted to practice in NY State and several federal jurisdictions including the U.S. Supreme Court.
Monday, October 21, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET