Mr. Stephen Derek Bauer

BakerHostetler LLP

Derek Bauer is a trial lawyer with a concentration on litigation of First Amendment and healthcare issues. Derek leads BakerHostetler’s national Media and First Amendment practice group, is a past President of the Federal Bar Association (Atlanta Chapter), and is general counsel to the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. Derek also serves as a Co-Chair of BakerHostetler’s Healthcare Industry team and leader of BakerHostetler’s national Healthcare Litigation Practice team, and serves as the firm’s Atlanta Litigation Team Leader.

Derek’s constitutional law practice includes representing elected officials in separation of powers and civil rights issues, as well as news media, entertainment and other content providers in litigation to protect their and the public’s freedom to access, create and receive information, including defending print and broadcast defamation and privacy claims and ensuring news media rights of access and protection of confidential sources. In his healthcare practice, Derek helps hospital systems, physician practices, imaging providers, pharmacies and other provider-side entities resolve their commercial and regulatory disputes.