Paul J. Cambria, Jr. is an American criminal defense and appellate attorney, who has represented various figures and companies within the
pornography
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industry as well as many prominent white collar defendants. Cambria received his Juris Doctor degree from the
University of Toledo College of Law
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in 1973 where he graduated first in his class and a BA from the
State University of New York at Fredonia
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in 1969. He has been named one of the best lawyers in America for over 25 consecutive years. He is the past president of the New York state criminal defense lawyers' associationand Past chair of the New York State bar Association criminal Justice section. He has argued before the
United States Supreme Court
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. He is admitted to the bar in New York and California. D.C. and Pennsylvania.
A partner at the
Buffalo
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-based law firm Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, he practices in the areas of Criminal Trials, Appeals, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Zoning, Antitrust, and Professional Licensing Defense. His practice is nationwide and he divides his time between the firm's offices in Buffalo and
Los Angeles
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. He has represented nationally prominent figures including publisher
Larry Flynt
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Marilyn Manson
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, Deputy A.J. Previty,
NHL
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all-star
Patrick Kane
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Steve Kurtz Steve Kurtz is an American artist and co-founder of the art collective Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). His work with CAE is considered pioneering in the areas of politically engaged art, interventionist practices, and cultural research and action in th ...
stock car racing
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track. He is a member of the local chapter of
Variety, the Children's Charity
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History
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.
The Cambria List
After
George W. Bush
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's
2000 election
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Africa
* 2000 Ethiopian general election
* 2000 Ghanaian presidential election
* 1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
* 2000–01 Ivorian parliamentary election
* 2000 Ivorian presidentia ...
, there was concern within the
pornography industry
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regarding possible future U.S.
Justice Department
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prosecution over
obscene
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material. In 2001, Cambria was commissioned by adult entertainment company
Vivid Entertainment
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The PBS series '' Frontline'' in their 2002 program "American Porn" revealed some of the items on the list, which included
fisting
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gay sex
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Beha ...
, and acts involving
transsexual
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people. As of 2019, the Cambria List is generally regarded as obsolete within the pornography industry.
Slate
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