Biography
Mickey H. Osterreicher serves as general counsel to the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and is of counsel to the Buffalo law firm of Finnerty Osterreicher Abdulla. He is an award-winning photojournalist with over forty years’ experience in print and broadcast. His work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, Time, Newsweek and USA Today as well as on ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News and ESPN.
As a lawyer, Mr. Osterreicher is an advisor to the American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law, Copyright and is actively involved in such issues as: copyright and fair use, cameras in the courtroom, media access, public photography, ag-gag legislation, and use of drones for newsgathering. He has participated in many roundtables and submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright office on such issues as the CASE Act, orphan works and registration fees and testified before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Intellectual Property hearing titled Does the DMCA Contemplate Limitations and Exceptions Like Fair Use?
He was a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Public Recording of Police advisory committee and helped draft the manuals and provide training on this issue. He has also instructed at numerous annual IACP and National Sheriffs Association (NSA) meetings and provided training on this subject to many law enforcement agencies nationwide.
He has been an adjunct lecturer in Photojournalism at SUNY at Buffalo and an adjunct law professor in media and the law at the University at Buffalo Law School.? The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) honored him in 2015 as a “Fellow of the Society,” the highest professional honor given by the Society for extraordinary contribution to the profession. In 2021 he was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Mr. Osterreicher graduated cum laude in 1973 from SUNY at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Science degree in Photojournalism/Photography and received his Juris Doctor, cum laude from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1998. He is admitted to practice in New York State and several jurisdictions around the country including the U.S. Supreme Court.