Larry Walters of The Walters Law Group is this week’s guest on Adult Site Broker
Talk.
Lawrence G. Walters heads up the Walters Law Group, concentrating on Internet law, intellectual
property, gaming, and First Amendment issues.

Mr. Walters has developed a passion for protecting civil liberties – in particular, online speech
and expression.

He has devoted over 35 years to defending constitutional rights and protecting free speech.
Mr. Walters is an accomplished civil rights advocate, a widely published author, and a well-known
public speaker.

He frequently represents clients in the online entertainment community, along with other more
traditional industries.
Larry is often consulted as a national expert on legal issues about freedom of speech and the
Internet. He regularly contributes to television news programs on networks such as NBC, ABC, PBS,
BBC, CBC, FNC, MSNBC, CNBC, and CNN.

His high-profile cases are often followed by the print and online media, including the New York
Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and others.

Larry began practicing law in Central Florida in 1988, after graduating from Florida State
University, College of Law, with Honors. While in law school, he studied English common law at St.
Edmund’s Hall in Oxford University and interned with a federal judge in the Northern District of
Florida.
During his career, Walters has served as a Legal Studies professor at the University of Central
Florida and acted as a director for the local bar association

and chamber of commerce. Among his many civic and community activities, he has served as Chair of
the Legal Panel of the ACLU, Central Chapter. He is a founding member of the Advisory Council for
the U.C.F. Legal Studies Department.
Larry also acts as General Counsel to the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, based in Washington, DC, and
serves on the Advisory Council to the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection. He has
established and directed numerous non-profit associations and trade groups. His efforts in helping
fight online child exploitation earned him the Annual Service Recognition Award from the ASACP.

His undergraduate alma mater, the University of Central Florida, recognized Walters with
“Outstanding Alumni” and “Professional Achievement” awards in 2011.

Walters has earned an “AV” (preeminent) rating from lawyers.com, the industry- standard rating
service for lawyers, and “10.0 – Superb” by AVVO.com, a popular online attorney rating service.

Since 2020, Mr. Walters has been recognized as a “Superlawyer” by Superlawyers.com, which awards
that title to only the top 5% of lawyers.
He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 News Makers by the media industry group, Xbiz, and was
included in the top 10% in the ‘Best of the Bar’ competition, through a poll conducted by the
Orlando Business Journal. He has been named First Amendment Lawyer of the Year on numerous
occasions.
Mr. Walters began his First Amendment practice in the late 1980s, defending Florida video store
owners accused of obscenity violations.
In 1997, he established the Florida Bar’s First Amendment Law Committee and chaired it for more
than ten years. Today, he represents hundreds of website operators worldwide, guiding them through
complex issues involving Internet law and intellectual property.
His work regularly involves online advertising, gaming, freedom of expression, Section 230
protections, DMCA Safe Harbor, 2257 compliance, domain disputes, blockchain, and other emerging
technologies. Walters is frequently at the center of precedent-setting litigation in online gaming,
adult entertainment, and social media. Many of his most notable wins have been achieved through pro
bono representation.

A sought-after speaker, Mr. Walters has lectured nationwide on Internet law and free speech. He has
also published extensively for the online entertainment industry, providing updates in leading
publications and trade journals.

In 2005, he joined the Board of Officers of the First Amendment Lawyers Association, later serving
as National Chairman and President.
Mr. Walters is admitted to all state and federal courts in Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court, the
Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the
U.S. Claims Court. In 2016, he earned foreign-trained lawyer certification from the Federation of
Law Societies of Canada.
Walters Law Group is an AV-rated firm, recognized for excellence in First Amendment and adult
entertainment law for more than 35 years, representing clients across the globe.

The firm serves some of the largest names in the adult space alongside independent entrepreneurs
and smaller operators.

Clients include platforms, studios, performers, producers, payment sites, and aggregators.
The firm has defended obscenity prosecutions, litigated constitutional claims, and handled complex
IP disputes at both the state and federal levels.

Walters Law Group has also participated in numerous U.S. Supreme Court cases involving free speech
and First Amendment principles.
You can follow them on X @WaltersLawGroup.

Bruce, the adult site broker, host of the show, and CEO of Adult Site Broker, said, “I’ve wanted to
get Larry on the podcast for a long time. We had an excellent discussion on the topic of obscenity
law, and it was fascinating.”

Adult Site Broker helps people buy and sell websites in the adult space. They are known as “the
ethical broker” for their business practices. You can contact them on their website at
adultsitebroker.com. Bruce, the adult site broker, is a two-time nominee for XBIZ Community Figure
of the Year.

Starting today, you can listen to Larry Walters of the Walters Law Group on Adult Site Broker Talk.

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